He began work as soon as a truce was brokered on the war-torn island that has been fighting for its independence. From Siwai to Nissan, from Rabaul to Brisbane, this is a report card from those who have received (or not) information on the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA), the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and referendum preparations. UPE is a traditional hat worn by boys especially in Terra and Rau Constituencies in the Wakunai area, Central Bougainville. Prior to this Bougainville had been, at various junctures, under German, British, Japanese and Australian control. Radio Ples Lain is a mobile, community radio station that was launched in 2014 by the ABG with support from the governments of Australia and New Zealand through the Government Implementation Fund (GIF). “I … Autonomous Voice Blong Bougainville. Hear Our Voice!’ The project has increased the confidence and leadership skills of young women through training in leadership, gender equality and human . As the people of Bougainville contemplate their future relationship with Papua New Guinea through the referendum, a small group of families who call themselves the Voices of Silent Bougainville are reviving their claims of compensation for losses suffered at the height of the tension, 30 years ago. In addition, Bougainville’s close ethnic ties and proximity to the Solomon Islands did not gel easily with being part of Papua New Guinea. ‏‎Without freedom, no one really has a name. The hat is not worn randomly, only in specific rituals. Bougainville Voices was recorded in central Bougainville in 1998 by musicologist Justin Tonti-Filippini at the personal invitation of Bougainville's leaders. CANBERRA, Australia, Sep 29 2020 (IPS) - Ishmael Toroama, a former revolutionary leader and fighter during the decade long civil war which engulfed the remote islands of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1990s, has been elected the autonomous region’s new President ahead of high-level talks about its political future. President for two consecutive terms since 2010, he was a leading instigator of the archipelago’s early secessionist movement in the 1970s while still a Catholic priest, then an … Bougainville Male Advocates: men from North Bougainville, engaged in drafting their regional pledge of commitments towards the safety and security of women and girls, supported by a WHRD. Bougainville’s president John Momis has long been a towering figure in local politics. We have a name, and a voice, The Voice of Bougainville. Bougainville was declared part of a newly independent Papua New Guinea in 1975. Photos copyright Ben Bohane/Wakaphotos.com ‏‎The Voice-Bougainville.‎‏ تحتوي على ‏‏١٢٬٣٢٨‏ من الأعضاء‏. Former Chief Secretary to the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), Monovi Amani, who is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific, in Vanuatu said, Buagainville is well prepared to run its own affairs. voice of over 1,000 Bougainvilleans living both in and outside Bougainville. Papua New Guinea: Human Rights Violations on Bougainville 1989-1990, (London: Amnesty International Secretariat, 1990a); Marilyn Taleo Havini, A Compilation of … Radio Ples Lain 89.1 FM. By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Buka, Bougainville. Photo credit: Harjono Djoyobisono/IWDA. 27 September 2019. 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