Daughter, you want to marry this man. Do you love  
him? Is he kind to you? Does he share faith with you?
Are you happy with him? Do you laugh with him? 
Does he want to help you to grow? Are you afraid of 
him? What do other girls say about him? Has he been 
violent to you? Does he control you? Will he give you 
his fortnight pay? Does he drink alcohol? Will he be 
unfaithful to you? Is he kind to children? 
Pikinini meri, yu laik maritim dispela man. 
Yu lovim em stret? Em i gutpela long yu? 
Em i bilip long God wankain yu? Yu amamas 
long em? Yu save lap wantaim em? Em i laik 
litimapim laip bilong yu? Yu pret long em?
Olgeta arapela meri i tok olsem wanem? Em 
i paitim yu bipo? Em i wok long bosim yu? Em 
bai givim yu fotnait pe bilong em? Em i save 
spak? Em bai kisim HIV/AIDS i kam insait long 
famili?
How do men abuse women in this 
country?
Women are abused in the world. It comes 
from the fact that men see themselves as 
superior gender and physically   stronger 
than women. Women have the task of 
looking after the house and family. They 
need money for food, clothes, soap, 
school fees and medicine. 
Many men will be angry at sharing money. 
Many will be angry if they come home at 
any time and food is not ready. Many will 
be angry if their wife refuses sex. So they 
bash their wife often in drunken anger.
Planti meri i kisim taim nogut stret long 
olgeta hap bilong graun. Long India 
i peim prais bilong maritim man. Mani i go 
long famili. Sapos pe bilong man i go antap 
prais i go antap. Planti meri i dai bikos man 
i laik kisim nupela meri.
Long olgeta hap, man i strong moa long meri 
long sait bilong bodi tasol. Planti meri i winim 
man long strong bilong spirit. Ol meri i mas i 
gat strong long lukautim famili. Planti i karim 
planti pikinini na strong bilong bodi i go daun. 
Ol meri i mas wok long kisim mani bilong baim 
kaikai bilong famili, marasin na klos. Ol i mas 
peim skul fi. Planti man i no strong tumas. Ol 
i no lukautim famili. Pikinini i sik, orait mama 
i lukautim. Planti man i kros sapos meri i askim 
em long givim mani bilong lukautim haus. 
As tru bilong HIV/AIDS em bilong planti man i 
raun na slip wantaim planti meri na kisim sik 
o givim sik long ol. Ol i kam na givim sik long 
famili bilong ol.
What are the traps for young women?
Many young women are trapped into a relationship with a 
man by false promises. They let a man bash them and do 
not see this as a danger sign. He will bash them again and 
again. The man does not help in the home. 
He comes home drunk. If the woman runs away, He will 
find her and take her back. Family may be afraid to stop 
him. They will blame the woman.
The biggest trap is to become pregnant and be forced to 
seek money from the man who may be a stranger to the 
woman. The man may trap a woman into early death with 
HIV infection.
Planti yangpela meri i amamas moa yet sapos 
wanpela man i laikim em. Ol i no sindaun na 
skelim toktok bilong em. Em i tok olsem em 
bai lovim em na lukautim em oltaim. Em i tru 
o nogat? 
Meri i no sekim em na painimaut olsem em i 
gat famili o nogat? Olsem wanem sapos em
i man i raun na grisim ol yangpela meri?
Em i tok olsem em bai putim em long bisnis 
koles na painim wok long wanpela opis bilong 
em. Em i gat opis bilong em o nogat? Orait em 
i stap wantaim dispela man na em i paitim em. 
Em i ranawe tasol man i kisim em i kam bek. 
Famili i pret long stapim em. Nau meri i gat 
bel na man i no kam na lukim em. Em i no 
kisim man ii kam. 
Meri i no go bek long famili bilong em bikos 
em i sem nogut tru. Em i raun long taun na 
painim ol man long givim em mani. 
Em i salim bodi bilong em. Bipo em i karim 
pikinini em i painimaut olsem e mi gat sik 
HIV/AIDS.
How can a woman make sure she is not 
trapped?
A woman can ensure safety by seeking the protection of 
family. She marries a man known to the family. She is very
careful about marrying a man whose clan lives hundreds of 
kilometers away and goes and lives in the village. 
The clan may support the man against his wife, especially in 
giving blame for the man being HIV infected. A woman can 
make sure that she does not have sex with any man and run 
the risk of HIV infection, pregnancy & Sexually Transmitted 
Infections (STIs). She is safest to wait until she is married to 
a man she can trust.
Famili i nambawan samting bilong sapotim na 
lukautim ol yangpela man na meri. Plant i laik 
lusim famili bikos ol i ting olsem famili bilong
em i no smat tumas. 
Ol i laik long raun wantaim ol stail pren.Tasol 
taim bai kam na ol bai painim trabel. Ples bilong 
hait em insait long famili. 
Sapos yangpela meri i gat planti brata na uncle 
ol bai inap halivim papa long lukautim yangpela 
man o meri sapos wanpela i painim trabel. Nogut 
sapos yangpela meri i maritim man i stap longwe 
long famili bilong meri. Nogut sapos man i paitim 
meri na meri i no inap singautim famili long kam.
 
