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Allegations of Sorcery in the 21st Century: Violence against Women
Asaro Mudmen. Legend has it that they were defeated by an enemy tribe and forced to flee into the Asaro river. The enemy saw them rise from the muddy banks covered in mud and thought they were spirits. People in PNG have strong connections with the spiritual world (picture-alliance/dpa)
News about atrocities against women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was commonplace in the last few weeks. Women who have been accused of sorcery were either killed or forced to flee their homes. But this brutal violence against women is not new in PNG. In June 2014 UN rights adviser Signe Poulsen told DW in an interview that the PNG government had failed to protect the victims and bring the attackers to justice. In fact, over the past view years, women accused of being witches have been tortured or burnt in PNG.
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Gender Equality in the Fight against violence
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Do you know Bill Cosby? Have you heard that Bill Cosby is alleged to have sexually assaulted a number of women? This kind of news spreads very quickly mostly because he is a celebrity. Do you know Denis Mukwege? If you don’t, you ought to.
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