This is a direct quote from a Government minister in Papua New Guinea in 1987. The law has changed now, and violence against women is a criminal offence. In this New Internationalist article, Disarming the Fist , Christina Moore explains what changed. In Bahrain, Amnesty International reports that women and children as young as seven are subject to arbitrary arrest and increasing abuse following the 'pro-democracy' movement that began in 1994.
Women can be aggressors as well as victims.
Caroline Moorhead writes for Index on Censorship on the use of rape as a weapon of war in hostage to a male agenda. Traditional harmful practices, or female genital mutilation, is another form of physical violence against women. Arlene Getz , from Gemini News Service, reports on a young African woman who is fighting a legal test case to avoid deportation from the UK to her homeland where she faces forced circumcision. An extraordinary collection of wired-up women's organisations helping the individuals and groups who suffered during the civil war in the Balkans. It's difficult reading.