Official: Report violence case

 MANY abused women are ashamed to report their perpetrators, usually husbands, a social worker in Madang says.

Modilon General Hospital social worker Robin Borausiki said women saw their husbands as heads of families so men often took advantage of this to do whatever they wanted.

“I believe violence against women is high because of our culture in PNG,” Borausiki said.

“Women just do ‘women’s jobs’ like cooking, taking care of children, doing the laundry and so on.

“Boys get sent to school instead of girls. 

“As a woman, you must just look, listen and accept.  

“Men feel like they have a higher status than women which is an imbalance.” She said most of the women that went to them for counselling had experienced physical violence, emotional abuse, rape and sexual assault.

“Some don’t speak because of their children,” she said. 

“If they leave what would happen to them?” 

Borausiki said growing up in PNG she saw a lot of violence.