domestic violence

Take action on violence against women and children

On 06 Oct, 2011 By Effrey With 1 Comments

Joy Wartovo sufferred serious physical abuse (pictured) at the hands of her policeman husband for six years before he was arrested and suspended from work in January. But Simon Bernard was never prosecuted for his crimes and last week Joy was back in hospital being treated for stab wounds inflicted by her husband....

PNG anti-domestic violence group sees phenomenal growth in 24 hours

On 06 Oct, 2011 By Effrey With 4 Comments

An anti-domestic violence group created on the social networking site facebook has become the fast growing Papua New Guinean group in 24 hours.

A failed model of development is letting our children down: infant mortality, HIV/Aids and family violence in PNG

On 18 Jun, 2011 By rait man With 1 Comments

Papua New Guinea is chasing a development dream based on a failed, foreign, neo-liberal economic model. Along the way it is loosing its sense of family and is drifting away from what once really mattered - Papua New Guinea is letting its children down.

While vast, foreign owned, extractive industries rip out our forests, gold, silver, oil and gas, common preventable illnesses claim hundreds of lives every week and none are more vulnerable than the young.

Blinded: another wife the victim of an abusive policeman

On 01 Feb, 2011 By rait man

A young mother is completely blind because of injury inflicted by her abusive policeman husband in a violent three-year marriage that ended in November last year, reports the Post Courier.

Real Men don't beat up Women

On 14 Jan, 2011 By Effrey

By Reginald Renagi...

Lets ACT NOW! on violence against women

On 29 Dec, 2010 By rait man With 1 Comments

By Billy Boram

Members of ACT NOW! and PNG as a whole, I suggest the formation of a Coalition against Violence against Woman.

There are certain coalitions and civil groups formed to fight corruption, graft, HIV and child abuse. I appeal to good-thinking professional men and women to mobilize and form a group similar to what we already have and lets combat Violence against woman.

Policemen warned against wife bashing

On 29 Dec, 2010 By rait man

By JOHNNY POIYA

Highlands Divisional Police Commander Simon Kauba has issued a warning to his men that anybody who bashes his wife will be automatically suspended.

The ACP made the stern call during a luncheon with his senior officers and it follows a similar statement of zero tolerance from the Police Commissioner in Port Moresby.

Abusive Policeman suspended while Commissioner emphasises zero tolerance of violence

On 22 Dec, 2010 By Effrey With 1 Comments

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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

MEDIA RELEASE

Another cop husband, another wife beater

On 22 Dec, 2010 By rait man With 4 Comments

On December 11 the ACT NOW! blog featured a story about a policeman's wife who has suffered repeated violence at the hands of her husband. On December 21 the Post Courier newspaper followed up with the story below, by Nellie Setepano, about another policeman's wife.

As a result of these two stories ACT NOW! has contacted the Police Commissioner to demand action.

Joy's story

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