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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Women Not Witches Papua New Guinea, a country rot with superstition, has an alarming rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Natural disasters, disease, poverty, limited economic development and other misfortunes are often attributed to “black magic”. Individuals and communities, in rural and urban settings alike, search for scapegoats for their tribulations. The social status of women and prevalence of GBV has led many women tofall victim to witch-hunts. These victims may be maimed, beheaded or burned alive. Papua New Guinea, a country rot with superstition, has an alarming rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Natural disasters, disease, poverty, limited economic development and other misfortunes are often attributed to “black magic”. Individuals and communities, in rural and urban settings alike, search for scapegoats for their tribulations. The social status of women and prevalence of GBV has led many women to fall victim to witch hunts. These victims may be maimed,beheaded or burned alive. Gender Based Violence Early in April 2012, six-year-old Julie was kidnapped and assaulted by four men in Lae. The men raped the younggirl for eight hours and then left her in the street. Julie spent more than three weeks in the hospital. Because of the injuries inflicted on her, Julie can barely walk and can never have children 59% Rape Rate in Asia-Pacific region Papua New Guinea: 2011-2012 Country Gender Assessment Education Concerns for girls‘ safety are a significant barrier to their school attendance Violence significantly reduces the range of actions a womancan take to support her family and enhance her health and education, as well as that ofher children. "Family and Sexual Violence" (FSV) has long been recognized as an extremely serious problem in PNG GBV & FSV -Forced Marriage -"Honour violence":When a young woman forms a relationship with a man disapproved of by her male relatives, they may lock her up, cut her hair, burn her clothes and beat her, to punish her -Child Sexual Abuse and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Community Violence Sorcery-related Killings A recent scoping study on women‘s issues in market places, which serve as the major community hubs for trade and social activity, highlights the prevalence of violence in markets. Around 70% of women in Papua New Guinea will suffer GBV Around 70% of women in Papua New Guinea will suffer GBV Social tradition of “wantok” or solidarity: community witnesses fear to report Sorcery related crimes Women Not Witches The project will be implemented in January 2015 The main components of the project include:At the Regional and Local Community Level (Western Highlands)--Series of classes at schools--Short educational drama performances--Training for selected young men from communities that are at high riskAt the Nationwide Level--Changing perception activities in public city Spaces – including outdoor campaigns and educational/changing perception activities and drama performances for informal youth groups in Port Moresby, Lae and Mount Hagen--Nationwide awareness-raising activities in national radio and other media A nation-wide survey found that only 57 percent of women reported they could read andwrite, compared to 69 percent of men. Women Not Witches Follow us on our blog for up-to-date reports on the project:http://seedstheatre.org/the-women-not-witches-project-2/ STATS *Many acts of Gender Based Violence (GBV) go unreported out of fear of backlash Human Development Index Gender Inequality Index 0.617 0.466 *ranking it 134 out of 148 countries(placing it in the bottom 10%) *placing it in the low human development category
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