Durrie’s Piece #6: Searching for the Past in WWII Shipwrecks
Durrie looks for sunken planes from World War II near Rabaul.
Durrie’s Piece #5: Redefining Masculinity
The Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea faces one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence. A question for leaders there is how to stop violence against women. One answer: talk to men.
Durrie’s Reporter’s Notebook: You Never Walk Alone
In small town Papua New Guinea, you never walk alone.
Durrie’s Piece #4: Part 2 of 2 —Volunteers Fight Back Against Domestic Violence
In the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, two out of three women will suffer abuse by their intimate partner. It's a longstanding problem that has eluded solution, but is now being addressed by a volunteer network of so-called human rights defenders.
Durrie’s Piece #3: Part 1 of 2 — Partner Violence in Papua New Guinea
As Durrie reports in this powerful piece, the number one indicator of intimate partner violence is not GDP, or income, or literacy rates. It’s social acceptance of abuse. “It’s what the world we live in tells us we can accept.”
Durrie’s Piece #2: Betel Nut Sellers & Domestic Violence
“When men react violently because their wives are earning money on their own, it’s because they see power as a zero-sum game, says Richard Eves, an Australian National University anthropologist who has published several studies on masculinity based on fieldwork in Papua New Guinea’s highlands.”
