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Civil Society and NGO Reports, Papers and Statements

Gun Violence Against Women & Girls
Oxfam International, March 7, 2009
Elleen Kolma, country representative for Oxfam International in Papa New Guinea spoke at an event in Port Moresby to mark International Women's Day. Her speech highlighted the insecurity experienced by women in a society where guns are seen as part of everyday life.

"Making Their Own Rules"
Police Beatings, Rape, and Torture of Children in Papua New Guinea
Human Rights Watch, 31 August 2005
This report documents boys and girls being shot, knifed, kicked and beaten by gun butts, iron bars, wooden batons, fists, rubber hoses and chairs. Some are forced to chew and swallow condoms. Eyewitnesses describe gang rapes in police stations, vehicles, barracks and other locations. Children are also routinely detained with adults in sordid police lockups and denied medical care.

Pacific Women Exploring Nonviolence
International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), Documentary, September 2004
This new 25-minute video explores the reality behind the myth of a peaceful Pacific. Twenty women peace activists from Bougainville, East Timor, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands explain the causes and effects of armed conflict in their region, and the risks they are taking to build peace.

Bougainville Women Leaders Meeting: Recommendations and Action Plan
Kuri Village Resort, Buka Island, 15 May 2003

On International Women's Day
Helen Hakena, Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, March 2003

Background on Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom
Joan Macdonald, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Aotearoa), January 2001

Indigenous Wisdom on Peace-Making and Peace-Building: How to Make Peace in Post-Colonial Conflicts
Jossie Kauona Sirivi, Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom (BWPF), Justice Conference - International Day, Auckland-New Zealand, 27 April 2000

UN Documents and Reports

UN Supports Women's Development in Bougainville
UN Television, April 2004

Government Reports

On Resolution 1325: Women, Peace and Security
H.E. Mr John Dauth LVO, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, Security Council Open Debate, New York, 29 October 2003

Books, Journals and Articles

As Mothers of the Land
Josie Tankunani Sirivi and Marilyn Taleo Havini. Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2004
Bougainville is a matrilineal society where women are the custodians of the land, some with chiefly roles. Women's participation as a group has advanced the peace process in Bougainville since their inclusion in the 1997 negotiations. Yet, without a permanent record, there will be no history of women's valuable contributions to peace. As Mothers of the Land tells the story of one of the deadliest crises of the last decades - the Bougainville conflict - and the peace process that followed, not through the eyes of politicians or military leaders, but through the personal accounts of Bougainville aboriginal women whose commitment and determination played a crucial part in the resolution of the conflict.
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Making Waves: Interview with Helen Hakena, Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency
Chris Richards, New Internationalist 350, October 2002

Aid as an Instrument for Peace: a Civil Society Perspective
Julie Eagles, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, Accord, Edition 12, 2002

The Role of Women in Promoting Peace and Reconciliation
Sister Lorraine Garasu, BICWF Forum for Peace workshop, 1996, Accord, Edition 12, 2002

Building Peace in Bougainville
Geoff Harris, Naihuwo Ahai and Rebecca Spence (Eds.). Centre for Peace Studies, University of New England, Australia. Papua New Guinea: Centre for Peace Studies, UNE and the National Research Institute, July 1999
This book examines the origins of the Bougainville armed conflict, the effects of the war and the efforts made to end the fighting. Its main focus, however, is on the short and long term tasks of building a peaceful Bougainville. Contributors include activists, NGO workers and academics from Australia, Bougainville and Papua New Guinea.
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The Role of Women in Promoting Peace and Reconciliation: Bougainville
Sister Lorraine Garasu, CSN, BICWF Forum for Peace workshop, 1996; Accord: an international review of peace initiatives, 2002