Tribal fighting has long been a persistent and devastating part of life in the PNG highlands — but high-powered weapons, money and politics took things to a destructive new level. ABC presenter Hilda Wayne visited the highlands to speak to those affected.
abc.net.au/news/hilda-wayne-on-covering-png-tribal-violence-homeland/102222284Tribal violence is not new to the highlands of PNG. It has changed and escalated over the past 20 years, with the introduction of guns and a breakdown in the traditional rules governing warfare.While the impact is felt by every victim, girls and women are uniquely affected.
On top of that, tribal violence has closed schools, and for girls, the barrier to education becomes even harder. When we landed at Wapenamanda airport, we travelled the highway to Wabag town, Enga province's main town.There was a death of an elder and chief and, due to tribal conflicts, the village's people had asked for a security escort to take his body across the dangerous territory.We went there to witness that ceremony and passed a place called Tole, where there had been a massacre of 11 innocent children, women and men as well.
This association caters for women who are widowed and children who are orphaned through tribal conflicts, as well as those who are HIV positive, disabled or marginalised.I wasn't prepared for what I saw and what I heard from the mothers.The Enga Sori Mamas group are worried for their children's future.
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