Tag: Sexual abuse
PNG health survey shows 56% of women suffer violence at age...
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby
Key findings from the 2016 to 2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey reveals that 56 percent of...
Sunday Samoan: Sex crimes, truth and pride in Samoa
By the Samoa Observer Editorial Board
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi’s insistence on telling the media how to do its job is unnecessary....
Thousands of Indonesian women march on State Palace to mark IWD
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of women's rights activists commemorating International Women's Day yesterday gathered near the Horse Statue monument before holding a long march...
‘Victim blaming’ in latest Indonesian uni sex abuse case angers thousands
By Sri Wahyuni and Evi Mariani in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
A leading Indonesian university's initial response to a recent sexual assault case allegedly involving two of...
Pacific Island leaders tightening the screws on press freedom, dissent
ANALYSIS: The three-hour "detention" of television New Zealand Pacific affairs reporter Barbara Dreaver for "breaking protocols" over interviewing refugees on Nauru. But Josef Benedict...
Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar
AL Jazeera's report on the crisis in Myanmar: The video includes exclusive interviews with villagers who reveal accounts of military officers killing a 13-year-old...
Leaked documents reveal children sexually abused at Nauru prison
This Al Jazeera report on YouTube says a leaked Nauru report highlights "appalling" refugee conditions.
More than 2000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted...
Women still not safe from sexual abuse in Indonesia’s ‘rape culture’
Special Correspondent in Jakarta
The Indonesian government’s response in the wake of a spate of rape and murder of young women and children this year...