This is a modified extract of my longer Lowy analysis (see below) published by The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald and featuring the photographs of my colleague Vlad Sokhin. It focuses on a single, shocking event in a village outside Wewak late last year – the rape by police of a teenage girl – … Continue reading
In this long analysis published by the Lowy Institute, I draw on recent interviews, my older notebooks, and the expert insights of PNG commentators, specialists and anthropologists to explore a range of questions around the endemic violence against women in Papua New Guinea. My principle concern is to explain to a wider readership how, and … Continue reading
(Photograph by Stuart McEvoy) ‘Women would come to me and put their heads on my shoulder or hold my hand,’ recalls Governor Julie Soso. They said ‘Julie, we need you to get in there (the Parliament), because we can’t continue to walk with our rice bag and kerosene and cooking oil and salt from that … Continue reading
Notebook & Narrative by Jo Chandler 