Banil Yalomba (16) came to the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby after having been sexually assaulted by her ex-boyfriend. A day after they separated, her former partner came to her parents’ house and dragged Banil to a bush area, threatening her with a knife. There he beat her and raped her. Banil’s father managed to find his daughter laying unconscious on the ground and brought her to the hospital © Vlad Sokhin

Helena Michael (40), mother of seven children. On December 27th (2011) she was attacked by a "cannibal" near the Boroko police station, in the central part of Port Moresby. The attacker bit off Helena's lower lip and wanted to sink his teeth into her throat. The woman managed to escape by kicking her assailant in his testicles and biting three of his fingers forcing him to release her. Police arrested the man and found out that it was his third attempt to eat human flesh. Having spent three days in the hospital, Helena went to the police station to initiate criminal proceedings against the cannibal, but discovered that he had been released due to the lack of complaints. Helena is still waiting for the hospital's approval to start surgery for skin graft on her missing lip © Vlad Sokhin

Peter Umba Moses (32), one of the leaders of the “Dirty Dons 585” Raskol gang. He says that raping women is a “must” for the young members of the gang. Peter himself has raped more than 30 women, 3 of them were murdered. By his words he has not been involved in any crimes for over a year, but he is still giving criminal advice to the young members of the gang © Vlad Sokhin

Members of the Raskol gang “Dirty Dons 585”, Nine Mile Settlement, Port Moresby. All of these young men committed a set of rapes and armed robberies. The gang members admit that two thirds of their victims are women © Vlad Sokhin

Richard Bal (45) shows disfigured ear of his wife Agita Bal (32) in the Morobe block, Port Moresby. In December of 2010 after coming home drunk, Richard took a bush-knife and cut half of Agita’s left ear. He spent one night in the police station and was released next morning due to "insufficient evidence" to initiate criminal proceedings. Agita’s relatives didn’t allow her to leave Richard, having received 500 kina (about 240 USD) from him for the “potential damage” © Vlad Sokhin

Mary Elaes (48), a wife of a Raskol gang member, called Blackie. Her husband hangs out with the gang almost all the time, coming home from time to time for food only. When there is no food in the house, he beats Mary, causing limb fractures and other injuries. Because of his criminal activities the police repeatedly look for Blackie in his house and, quite often, having failed to find him at home, arrests his wife. Mary was taken to prison many times, often with her children. To escape from her husband and police brutality, Mary often finds shelter in the local Catholic Church. Port Moresby, Eight Mile, Settlement © Vlad Sokhin

Kimberly Kamata (19) from Hohola area of Port Moresby, undergoes medical exams in Antenatal Clinic after being raped by 3 men in 8 Mile Settlement. In the morning of 22nd of January of 2012, she took a taxi to the city center. The taxi driver allowed 2 other men to enter the car, and drove Kimberly to the bush area, where she was sexually abused for 24 hours. Rapists left Kimberly on the street, from where she managed to come to the clinic © Vlad Sokhin

Molly Liri (42) is waiting for the medical examination at the Family Support Center of Port Moresby General Hospital. Molly was brutally beaten by her husband, a security guard, who does not allow her to leave their house. At the Family Support Center she will be given a 24-hours shelter and thereafter she will need to decide whether to report her husband to the police or go back home, where she is subjected to regular domestic violence © Vlad Sokhin

Andres Sime (39), is waiting for trial in a prison cell, having been accused of multiple rapes. The Boroko police station, Port Moresby © Vlad Sokhin

Anna Smith (42) and Bernadette Ktui (26) have been living in the City Mission refugee center since December of 2011. They arrived there severely injured and decided to ask for three months shelter, not wanting to go back to their husbands who abused them. The Port Moresby’s City Mission can shelter only 30 women at the same time. In the PNG capital, with the population of three hundred thousand people, 50% of the women are estimated to be in need of protection from domestic or street violence © Vlad Sokhin

A nurse of the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby is conducting a medical examination of Doring Kande (23), 5 month pregnant, who was brutally attacked by her husband and expelled from her house early in the morning. Doring's drunken husband assaulted her, kicking her in the abdomen, and repeatedly striking her face against the wall. During the ultrasound the doctors did not hear the heartbeat of the unborn baby. Doring reported to the police, but the man at the time of this report the man had not been arrested © Vlad Sokhin

Examination room at the Antenatal Clinic of Port Moresby. Doctors say that every week they receive at least three women, who were victims of sexual assault. However, the majority of Papua New Guinean women are afraid to report sexual violence, not wanting to have their case became known to relatives and neighbors © Vlad Sokhin