PNG: Womens group wins Pacific human rights award

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Updated December 11, 2007 14:43:40

A women's peace group in Papua New Guinea has won the seventh annual Pacific Human Rights Awards.The awards are run by the Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team funded by the United Nations Development Programme and were announced on International Human Rights Day.

Presenter: Barbara Heggen
Speakers: Mary Kini, Papua New Guinea's Kup Women for Peace group

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