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A glasmeri witch-finder repudiates her previous accusations against an alleged 'sorcerer'(Anton Lutz)
‘Sorcery accusation-related violence in Papua New Guinea: The role of glasman/glasmeri as catalysts of accusation and violence’ by Miranda Forsyth, William Kipongi, Anton Lutz, Philip Gibbs, Fiona Hukula & Ibolya Losoncz, Issues Paper 36, National Research Institute of PNG. July 2021. Link here to the full research report
PORT MORESBY – A National Research Institute report says many incidents of sorcery-accusation violence in Papua New Guinea are triggered by glasman or, less commonly, female glasmeri.
A glasman or glasmeri (witch doctor) is a person skilled in interpreting and using supernatural forces, including the identification of people who are sorcerers.
They are often “perceived as providing the definitive proof needed to overcome the doubt about the use of sorcery … and as such, morally enable recourse to violence,” the report on sorcery-accusation related violence (SARV) says.
It states that glasman and glasmeri play a significant role in triggering violent responses to suspicions of sorcery, being involved in almost one-third of all violent incidents documented.
“There is a range of motivations for seeking out or listening to a glasman/glasmeri,” the report says.
“In the case of sickness or death, it is widely said that ‘there is no such thing as a natural death’.
“It is normal for people to ask not only what was responsible for the death, but who was the cause.”
The research paper describes the role of glasman/glasmeri, their motivation (which is usually financial) and discusses how they offer ‘proof’ of sorcery that they claim comes from dreams, prayer, meditation or rituals.
Due to the aura of authority they invoke, the people they accuse of being sorcerers find it difficult to disprove their pronouncements.
Unfortunately, their actions can lead to individuals being falsely accused and face stigmas that may last a lifetime.
In some cases there can be physical violence resulting in serious injury to innocent people, and even their death.
Many practice their craft for their personal financial advantage, however some genuinely believe they wield supernatural powers.
Under PNG criminal law, glasman and glasmeri can be charged for aiding, abetting and inciting criminal acts and courts have the power to issue orders to stop them identifying people as sorcerers.
The report, however, identified only one instance of these laws being enforced, and in this case the accused escaped from a holding cell before facing the court.
Accordingly, the report proposes that the conduct of these people be better regulated to address the urgent issue of sorcery-accusation related violence in PNG.
It also strongly recommends that serious consideration be given to creating a specific offence in the criminal law prohibiting glasman and glasmeri from directly or indirectly identifying people as sorcerers.
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Women and girls in Papua New Guinea are being reminded to stop seeing traditional doctors or witch doctors to cure them from women’s cancers.
Women and girls in Papua New Guinea are being reminded to stop seeing traditional doctors or witch doctors to cure them from women’s cancers.
Retired midwife and gynaecology nursing sister Helen Hukula, said this after returning from Hawain village on the west coast of East Sepik Province, where she conducted more than 100 pap smear tests.
“I found out that up to 100 per cent of villagers go to magicians or puri puri (magician) people.
“They believe that they will find the solution to their aches and pains and do not go to the clinic until the cancer develops to a later stage. It is about relationship and sex and that is how human papilloma virus (HPV) causes this disease, so get checked up, do not shy away, know your health status,” she said.
She said not all women will have cancer, as women know themselves and not their partners, the more partners a person has, the risk is high in having cervical cancer.
She said it is now a need to speak openly to women and get them to understand the importance of such awareness and tests.
“Despite a lot of awareness being carried out, the missing link is not carrying out pap smear tests,” she said.
“Every awareness carried out, it is a must for a pap smear test to be carried out to complement each other.
“If this does not take place, it is a waste of time and this can cause women to die.”
She said for this year, the approach she is taking is to go out from her comfort zone and reach out to women and train midwives.
Sister Hukula spent 25 years in nursing and 14 of those years in the gynaecology section at the Port Moresby General hospital.
This is her field of specialty. She is currently based at the Well Women’s clinic located at Waigani Heights, behind Anglicare and the Mobil service station.
“When I retired from work in 2011, I opened up the clinic and prepared myself within five years with paper work and registration.
“The clinic now sees five to six women in a day and charges K100 for a pap smear test because the equipment used to carry out these tests are costly,” she said.
The clinic provides counselling, family planning services, breast check, sugar tests and anything to do with women’s health below the abdomen.
“We do referrals where it is necessary.
“Women are actually running this clinic because whatever they pay goes back to sending their slides and in turn then the clinic keeps going.
“This clinic has seen 5000 women pass through already with 3500 pap smear tests being conducted, while the others are getting other services that the clinic provides.
“From this clinic, about 10 women have since passed away from cervical cancer,” she added.
Police communications systems in Bougainville have been given a major boost with the handover of advanced radio equipment, supported by Australia through the PNG-Australia Partnership.
The future of the National Population and Housing Census is still undecided even after a Provincial Census Co-ordinators workshop facilitated by the National Statistics Office ended last week.
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Police communications systems in Bougainville have been given a major boost with the handover of advanced radio equipment, supported by Australia through the PNG-Australia Partnership.
The future of the National Population and Housing Census is still undecided even after a Provincial Census Co-ordinators workshop facilitated by the National Statistics Office ended last week.
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