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As mothers of the land :

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As mothers of the land :

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the birth of the bougainville women for peace and freedom /

editors Josephine Tankunani Sirivi and Marilyn Taleo Havini.

Sydney :

Pandanus,

©2004.

1 online resource (xx, 190 pages)

"The lights went out in Bougainville in 1990. In an attempt to force the island to give up its claims for independence, the government of Papua New Guinea imposed a military blockade, withdrawing all government and commercial services. The PNG military took control, imposed a permanent curfew and began an armed campaign against Bougainvillean rebel forces." "As Mothers of the Land is a unique account of one of the deadliest conflicts in recent decades, told not by military or political chiefs, but by those caught in the middle of the fighting: Bougainvillean women." "Bougainville is a matrilineal society, in which women are custodians of the land, but, as the conflict escalated, they became unwilling pawns in the fight to control the country's destiny. They were forced from their homes and herded into PNG-controlled 'care centres' or were forced to live on the run, fleeing to the jungle to escape violence, rape and military rule." "Normal society fractured as fear and anarchy took hold. With no access to health, education and basic community services, women were forced to call on traditional knowledge and self-reliance to rebuild a sense of community in the heart of the jungle. They also began to build a women's movement for peace and freedom." "As Mothers of the Land is a record of the years of war and the quest for peace, told by the women who lived through it. It is an essential record of the vital role women played in the Bougainville peace process and their remarkable achievements in a country torn apart by decades of violent struggle."--Jacket.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

--As mothers of the land.

9781740760430

Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom.

Women and peace-- Papua New Guinea-- Bougainville Island.

Femmes et paix-- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée-- Bougainville.

Frau.

Friede.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Peace.

Politics and government

Women and peace.

Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea), Politics and government.

Bougainville (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée), Histoire, 1988- (Crise)

Bougainville (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée), Politique et gouvernement.

Bougainville

Papua New Guinea, Bougainville Island.

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Havini, Marilyn Taleo.

Sirivi, Josephine Tankunani.

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