Papua New Guinea should declare an emergency in response to an increase in violence against women who are accused of sorcery, an aid worker has told a Senate inquiry.
Oxfam country director Esmie Sinapa says women are being accused of witchcraft when the real issue is often about land rights - and many have died because they couldn't get help soon enough.
"Papua New Guinea needs to declare an emergency on sorcery-related violence - it is widespread," she told the inquiry into Australia's PNG aid program in Canberra on Tuesday.
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