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… the World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development, local researchers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea organised focus groups to elicit …
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… to economic opportunities without any focus on gender and gender relations, especially the role of gender norms and practices in the context of marital relationships. … decisions or influence decisions on issues of livelihood management (such as children’s education and general …
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… Even as the importance of women’s economic inclusion and empowerment is acknowledged and acted on, it is also … Melanesian communities in Solomon Islands and Fiji, any cash in the hands of women can expose them to risk of violence by men, often in association with resource-depleting activities such as gambling and drinking. …
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… the relationship between women’s economic empowerment and violence against women through in-depth qualitative … women in the urban context of Arawa (Kieta District) and rural women involved in informal marketing and alluvial mining (Panguna District) and in informal …
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… Numerous studies show obvious links between alcohol abuse and violence in Melanesia. In Papua New Guinea, alcohol is incorporated into sociality involving gift exchange and distribution practices associated with the ‘big man’ … arguing that alcohol contributes significant tax revenue, and that liquor bans are not successful and would ‘force the …
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… was repealed in 2013 in the wake of several high profile and gruesome killings related to sorcery accusations, because … rural areas where concerns about sorcery are strongest, and are often a matter of nearly daily discussion. This short … cases. Greater support, in terms of both resourcing and adjudication guidance, could go some way towards closing …
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… of witchcraft in Papua New Guinea drew international and national attention to the problem of sorcery and witchcraft accusation–related violence. In the face of … the government responded by repealing the Sorcery Act 1971 and creating a new provision in the Criminal Code Act 1974 …