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The Solomon Islands is a nation in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. Together they cover a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (10,965 sq mi). The capital is Honiara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands
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SOLOMON ISLANDS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN
ESCALATING RAPE CASES - CALL FOR INTERVENTIONS
TELEPHONE: 27529
EMAIL: sincw@solomon.com.sb
Media Statement:
The
Solomon Islands National Council of Women is concern about the escalation of
rape cases among its women population in this country especially in and around
Isolated
areas around some of the night clubs are havens for criminal activities to take
place. These are places where women and
young girls can often be sexually violated and brutally attacked. It is most frightening because such violent
and brutal attacks that happens to women and young girls often also happens so
close to home.
“Whilst it is important that women act to keep
themselves safe, it is indeed a sad reflection on society that this is even
necessary in the first place. Every woman has the right to feel safe in
public places and should not have to feel threatened or that she has to keep
herself safe.”
Women
and young girls have become targets of rape by men perpetrators who have no
sense of respect for cultural values and for humanity. These are criminals who have formed as
Gangsters whose purpose only is to carryout criminal activities such as rape,
murder and burglary in suburbs of
These
evil activities can also generate remorse and hatred among different Island
groups living in
There
is need to strengthen Community Policing initiatives in areas where there are
problems especially on weekends and near nightclubs would help the communities
to work with the police to make their areas safe and this could attract more people to be part of
community policing. People in the
community that are still not part of the Community Policing will become so
disturbed at what they see coming out of those nightclubs that they themselves
will campaign the relevant authorities to get them shut down like the Twin
Towers one at Town ground.
Women
in Honiara, we do need to have the capacity to speak out effectively and widely
when terrible things happen, but also to work together in the interim to make
sure that there are active campaigns in place in our neighborhoods to combat
growing gang problems and drinking, and the rapes and other violence that erupt
from the increase in alcohol abuse, kwaso, and marijuana use.
Mean
while the Solomon Islands National Council of Women has commended the work of
the Solomon Islands Police Force under the leadership of the Deputy Police
Commissioner Mr. Peter Marshal for the closing down of the Twin Tower Night
Club at Town ground. This is a step
forward and it should give a clear and a strong message to people who are
operating illegally as night club owners that such operation cannot be
tolerated.
The
Solomon Islands National Council of Women thanked organizations such as SPC
Solomon Islands and Christian Care Centre for their concern by supporting the
Council in making such a statement.
Ella
Kauhue
General
Secretary
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