Richard Bal (45) shows disfigured ear of his wife Agita Bal (32) in the Morobe block, Port Moresby. In December of 2010 after coming home drunk, Richard took a bush-knife and cut half of Agita’s left ear. He spent one night in the police station and was released next morning due to ''insufficient evidence'' to initiate criminal proceedings. Agita’s relatives didn’t allow her to leave Richard, having received 500 kina (about 240 USD) from him for the ''potential damage''.

Peter Umba Moses (32), one of the leaders of the ''Dirty Dons 585'' Raskol gang. He says that raping women is a ''must'' for the young members of the gang. Peter himself has raped more than 30 women, 3 of them were murdered. By his words he has not been involved in any crimes for over a year, but he is still giving criminal advice to the young members of the gang.

An old woman on the street of Lae, the second largest city of Papua New Guinea. The level of crime in Lae is only inferior to Mount Hagen, the third largest city of PNG.

Banil Yalomba (16) came to the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby after having been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. A day after they separated, her former partner came to her parents’ house and dragged Banil to a bush area, threatening her with a knife. There he beat her and raped her. Banil’s father managed to find his daughter laying unconscious on the ground and brought her to the hospital.

Members of the Raskol gang “Dirty Dons 585”, Nine Mile Settlement, Port Moresby. All of these young men committed a set of rapes and armed robberies. The gang members admit that two thirds of their victims are women.

Gynecologist Dr. Freeda Wemin examines the genitals of 14-year-old Freda Masked, who was raped by a 40-year-old lawyer. Freda said that the man was a friend of her family and she didn’t suspect anything when he offered her a lift to the market. Instead he drove Freda to his house, raped her and then left her on the road of the settlement. Freda’s father brought his daughter to the hospital but wasn’t sure if he wanted to sue the rapist.

Helena Michael (40), mother of seven children. On December 27th (2011) she was attacked by a ''cannibal'' near the Boroko police station, in the central part of Port Moresby. The attacker bit off Helena's lower lip and wanted to sink his teeth into her throat. The woman managed to escape by kicking her assailant in his testicles and biting three of his fingers forcing him to release her. Police arrested the man and found out that it was his third attempt to eat human flesh. Having spent three days in the hospital, Helena went to the police station to initiate criminal proceedings against the cannibal, but discovered that he had been released due to the lack of complaints. Helena is still waiting for the hospital’s approval to start surgery for skin graft on her missing lip.

Mariana Tom (36), a victim of domestic violence in the imam's house near the mosque of Waigar village (Simbu province). Mariana’s husband constantly beats her and often expels her from their house. Though Mariana is not a Muslim, she is always welcomed by the imam Abdul Salam (39), who gives her moral support and shelter.

Molly Liri (42) is waiting for the medical examination at the Family Support Center of Port Moresby General Hospital. Molly was brutally beaten by her husband, a security guard, who does not allow her to leave their house. At the Family Support Center she will be given a 24-hours shelter and thereafter she will need to decide whether to report her husband to the police or go back home, where she is subjected to regular domestic violence.

Andres Sime (39), is waiting for trial in a prison cell, having been accused of multiple rapes. The Boroko police station, Port Moresby.

A taxicab waits for clients near the Harbour City shopping centre, Port Moresby. Taxi of PNG’s capital is the most dangerous public transport for women - many cases of rapes and attacks on female passengers occurred in cabs by drivers and their friends.

Omsy Evo’o Koivi (31), ex-member of “Kips Kaboni” (“Red Devils”) Raskol gang, with his wife Carol Koivi (24) in their house. Omsy was a rapist and a thief, but few years ago he left his gang activities and became a bas guitarist. His band “Amua Durupu” has won international awards. Omsy says, that after he quitted the gang, he also stopped beating his wife. However, he keeps his handmade gun for family protection, as they still live in Kaugeri settlement �" the most dangerous place of Port Moresby.

Early in April of 2012 Julie John Koru (6) was kidnapped and assaulted by four men in Nawae block, Lae. Those men raped the girl during eight hours and than left her in the street. Julie spent more than three weeks at hospital, and now is having psychological treatment. Because of the injuries inflicted on her, Julie barely walks and will never have children. Her tormentors were arrested by the police and are awaiting trial in custody.

Melinda Robert (13) having treatment at the Port Moresby General Hospital after being raped by her stepfather, 43-years-old Robert Peter, who burned her skin with a hot metal bar, forcing her stepdaughter to remove clothing. Melinda’s mother is afraid to report the police on her husband for fear of his revenge. Melinda is scared to come back home, but would have to do so to continue her schooling. She dreams to become a helicopter pilot after school.

Weapons confiscated from Raskol gang members during attacks on women. Top Town police station, Sexual Offences Squad, Lae town, Morobe Province.

A man with a bottle of beer in a bar on Friday night of Kundiawa town, Simbu Province. Most of the cases of violence against women happen on a weekend, when most of the male population of Papua New Guinea strongly gets drunk after a working week.

Jesus on a screen picture of a mobile phone of a PNG woman. Many women lost their hope to receive protection from the state and seek for help in religious organisations. Kundiawa town, Simbu Province.

Doring Kande (23 years old), 5 month pregnant, lost her unborn baby after she was brutally beaten by her husband in abdomen area. Her husband expelled her from the house, but later came to the hospital to take her back, continuing bashing her at the hospital ward. Although this violence case was reported to the police, the man had not been arrested. Port Moresby General Hospital, PNG.

Rasta Twa (around 60 years old), was accused of being a sorcerer by people from her village, after the death of a young man in 2003. During the funeral, which gathered all the villagers, the crowd surrounded Rasta and began to beat her severely, strangling her with a rope and wielding axes, bush knives and wooden sticks. Rasta managed to escape and ran into her house, where she was caught up by one of the pursuers. He intended to cut off Rasta’s head with a bush knife, but she managed to protect her with her arm, which was immediately chopped off. Rasta managed to survive that day, but had to leave the village for good. Her husband later received 600 kina (around 300 USD) from the village elders for the damage of his wife. Nevertheless, Rasta never received the money from her husband and had to seek for help from her relatives in her home village of Kudjip (Jiwaka Province), where she lives up to now.

Mutilated hands of Rasta Twa (around 60 years old), who was accused of being a sorcerer by people from her village, after the death of a young man in 2003. During the funeral, which gathered all the villagers, the crowd surrounded Rasta and began to beat her severely, strangling her with a rope and wielding axes, bush knives and wooden sticks. Rasta managed to escape and ran into her house, where she was caught up by one of the pursuers. He intended to cut off Rasta’s head with a bush knife, but she managed to protect her with her arm, which was immediately chopped off. Rasta managed to survive that day, but had to leave the village for good. Her husband later received 600 kina (around 300 USD) from the village elders for the damage of his wife. Nevertheless, Rasta never received the money from her husband and had to seek for help from her relatives in her home village of Kudjip (Jiwaka Province), where she lives up to now.

Dini Korul (54 years old), a victim of superstition-driven violence, lies on the bed in her house in Wormai village, Simbu Province. In May 2011 her son Bobby Korul died from a stomach infection. After Bobby’s funeral five his friends came to Dini’s house, accusing her of being a sorcerer, who had caused the death of her son. They took her out and dragged through the village to a pigsty, where they set a fire and made red-hot iron bars. Cutting her body with bush knives and burning with hot iron bars they forced her to admit that she was a witch. After numerous refusals they burned her vagina with the red-hot iron and were about to kill her, when women from another village called for help. Dini survived and spent over 10 month in the Kundiawa hospital. Her daughter paid for her treatment 450 USD and never received any help from the local authorities. Being expelled from the community forever, Dini had nowhere to go but to her village, where she still lives now. She almost does not leave the house during the daylight, living with a fear that she could be exposed to the brutal "punishment" again.

Linda Amaki grieves the death of her 25-year-old daughter Amanda, who died at the Emergency section of the Port Moresby General Hospital after being raped on the street by members of the Raskol gang. The bandits stabbed her several times and she died without regaining consciousness.

A woman looks down the valley from Kassam pass, Morobe province. According to the report made by the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission of Papua New Guinea in 1992, two thirds of PNG women are constantly exposed to domestic violence and about 50% of women become victims of sexual assaults. This rate goes up in Morobe Province and Highlands Region of the country, where more then 90% of surveyed women at least once in a lifetime suffered gender-based violence.