SAD CASE OF PNG WOMEN

Post Courier 26 April 2011 Johnny Poiya

The title above is the headline for an article on violence towards

women. It was based on a visit of the Regional Program Director

of Fiji-based UNWOMEN once known as UNIFEM with the PNG
nick-name of ANTIFAM.

I have watched old movies about undead coming out of graves at
midnight but have never before heard of unwomen.

The report based on her visit to one solitary hospital refers to the

crimes against women in this country which give PNG one of the

worst reputations in the world. She once went to the Sepik and

wrote a book on selling young women in the vanilla trade. It was

debunked by a Government minister.

She reported that doctors documented every brutal crime against

women like rape, poking hot metals into bodies, serious wounds

and other assaults presented to the police but nothing was done

against the perpetrators.

She said it is about for authorities to say enough is enough. The

international community can not believe that such atrocities are

committed in this country.

It is true that there is violence against women. We have to balance

this against the Seventh Day Adventist report that 36% of families

have violence. That means 64% of families have love and caring.

When this Director was the Care and Counselling officer in the

National HIV/AIDS response she had a fierce lesbian hatred of

family, marriage and men.

She worked to set up the koap scandal and promote the wholesale

distribution of condoms. She ignored the advice of churches. Now

in this report she blames the churches for doing nothing. Churches

can not win against the unwomen.

She wants to set up women’s power in this nation but without any

consultation with men. She wants confrontation and break-down of

families.

She will be the weak link in the chain in the setting up the 24 special

seats in parliament for PNG women. She will turn women’s rights into

conflict and ignore reality that over 60% of men support the rights of

women.

Sorry they are not part of the agenda. We unwomen want them to be

the enemy. What about family? Sorry we do not recognise family. Or
men. Or marriage.