Home-Brewed Alcohol, Gender and Violence in the Highlands of Papua, Indonesia

Jenny MunroState, Society & Governance in MelanesiaAustralian National University

Baliem Valley Festival, 2013

Market area, 2006

Market and terminal, 2013

Annual cultural parade (Karnaval), 2013

Migrant-owned shops

Burnt vehicle and shop, 2013

Contemporary Dani women: gardener, housewife, NGO worker

Dani women sellers at market with new infrastructure, 2013

Contemporary Dani men: gardener, development facilitator, university student

River construction projects, 2013

• What are the impacts of specific kinds of economic exclusion on gendered identities?

• Do women have eroding support in new family and religious contexts?

• How might home-brew and violence be addressed through policy responses including civil society strengthening and indigenous economic activities?