Article: Warrior women, the Holy Spirit and HIV/AIDS in rural Papua New Guinea.(Author abstract)

INTRODUCTION

In late 2004, early in the morning in Balimo town, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, a group of well-dressed women walked along the main street. They were alternately singing and praying in loud voices, and marching with great purpose. As they neared the entrance to Buila Mission Station, now the property and concern of the Evangelical Church of Papua New Guinea (ECPNG) and populated primarily by teachers, nurses and other health officials of the District, they saw a young woman quietly leaving by one of the gates. She was carrying a small plastic bag in her hand. The group of women, assuming that the girl's bag was filled with rice, tea and sugar ...

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