Girls use laptops in the classroom for the first time in Papua New Guinea, a country where the public torture and murder of women accused of witchcraft, or sorcery-accusation-related violence (SARV), is on the rise, according to research by the Australian National University; misogyny is a factor not just in SARV itself, but also in the response to the crimes.

First published in the August 24, 2022, 8:21 a.m. edition

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