Mothers of the Land: North Bougainville women urge Papua New Guinea to honor independence mandate

Women in North Bougainville are urging Papua New Guinea’s national lawmakers to set aside political maneuvering and honor what they describe as the region’s true architects of peace: Bougainville’s women.

Their appeal calls for recognition of women from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and respect for the region’s historic independence mandate. The brief account frames the issue around the role women played in building peace and the responsibility of Parliament and Papua New Guinea’s national institutions to acknowledge it.