http://www.engagemedia.org Many of us know that West Papua is fighting for independence from Indonesia – but what else goes on there? How often do we hear directly from the Papuans themselves about life in Indonesia’s most secretive provinces? Papuan Voices is a project training and curating content from citizen video journalists and human rights advocates. daily 1 2011-12-01T17:25:20Z http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesjayapura/videos/awin_meke_final Indigenous Papuan women traders struggle to sell their goods in modern Jayapura. In their first fight, the women won themselves a space to set up shop. However, local city administrators backed out of their promise to support them by opening a competing market, run by non-Papuans, which sells the same goods. 'Awin' is 'mother' in the Biak language, and 'meke' means 'belonging' in the Wamena language, so the mamas refer to 'awin meke' as 'what belong to us'. No publisher Papuan Voices [Jayapura} pvhrd2011 market 2012-08-01T09:31:06Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesjayapura/videos/mamakasmira.mp4 A Papuan cocoa farmer from the Indonesia-PNG border region had to leave her farm to work for a palm plantation when the village elders made a deal with a Rajawali Group company to sell her land. Every day Kasmira works hard under the boiling hot sun, clearing bushes for the plantation. However, she has great hopes for her three children. No publisher EM News palm oil pvhrd2011 Rajawali Group 2012-10-03T11:12:51Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesmerauke/videos/surat_sang_prada A letter from a Papuan woman to an Indonesian soldier who was once based in her village on the PNG-Indonesian border. Theirs was a controversial relationship but she begs him to return to meet their three-year-old daughter: "I will continue to wait for you, Samsul. I don't care what people say." No publisher Papuan Voices [Merauke] pvhrd2011 border TNI Komnas Perempuan 2012-02-02T08:24:19Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesmerauke/videos/sagero The Malind tribe in Merauke is proud of its ecological traditions - each clan in the tribe is responsible for protecting a natural element. The Moiwend clan is responsible for the coconut trees and fruit. However, in recent times Malind youth have started using coconuts to make alcohol. The home-made drinks – which are much cheaper to buy than beer and spirits - have added to the town's problems. Now, some Malind elders are calling for the reinstatement of customary laws that would punish those who make use of coconuts in this way in order to save their tradition and their community. No publisher Papuan Voices [Merauke] pvhrd2011 adat Malind 2011-12-08T15:19:32Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesjayapura/videos/cendrawasih Primary school children in Arso on the Indonesia-PNG border are keen to study – but teachers rarely come to the local school. The one teacher who does come is only on a short-term contract and gets paid once every six months. When school is out, the kids end up doing hard labour for the local palm plantation to earn money and kill time. No publisher Papuan Voices [Jayapura} pvhrd2011 2012-09-25T09:30:14Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/emnews/videos/watch_papuan_voices Join us for the public screening of the latest work by our Papuan Voices videomakers. Papuan Voices project is a combination of empowerment and production. We collaborate with Papuan video activists to tell their own stories to the world. Tell us if you want to organise your own Papuan Voices screening! No publisher EM News Human Rights Day GFJA pvhrd2011 2011-12-09T09:22:05Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesjayapura/videos/papuacalling_ep1 Ustad Adnan and Fadhal are part of a small minority of West Papuan Muslims. They argue that the problems in Papua don't just affect the predominantly Christian population. "Don't view the problems in Papua as Christian problems," says Fadhal. "This is not a religious problem, this a humanitarian problem." No publisher Papuan Voices [Jayapura} pvhrd2011 papuanvoices BTD 2012-09-25T09:54:43Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesmerauke/videos/wasur_last_hunter.mp4 In 1990 The Wasur National Park in Merauke was made to protect the biodiversity and empower the local inhabitants. In 2012, there are very few animals left in the park, and Leo Wambitman, a hunter who lives in the Yanggandur village, is on the verge of giving up his bow and arrows in exchange of selling timber. No publisher Papuan Voices [Merauke] taman nasional pvhrd2011 2012-07-24T05:41:41Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesmerauke/videos/ironic Alex Mahuze is a Malind tribesman and a sago farmer in Merauke. His clan has for generations lived in harmony with nature. The arrival of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) program has forced him to earn money through other means, which ironically harms the environment. He lost his lands and his culture is threatened, but Alex fights on. No publisher Papuan Voices [Merauke] MIFEE pvhrd2011 Malind Anim Ha palm oil 2012-08-01T10:05:05Z Video http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/papuanvoicesmerauke/videos/wolkanamek Hybrid tribesman Leo Mouyuend is walking the talk. After spending years protecting his Marind land and culture through paintings, songs and videos, he is now Bibikem village head. He is now facing MIFEE companies head on. No publisher Papuan Voices [Merauke] MIFEE plantation pvhrd2011 2012-11-22T03:50:16Z Video