Fiona (not her real name) still remembers roaming the streets of Port Moresby in the dark, hungry and with nowhere to go after her husband beat her up and kicked her out of the house.

WARNING: This story contains detailed descriptions of violence and sexual assault that may be distressing to some readers.

She was in a desperate situation, too ashamed to reach out to anyone she knew to help her and unable to return home to her partner.

"I was so hungry because I had not eaten all day," she told the ABC.

"I didn't have any money. I wanted to ask someone to buy me food, but I was too ashamed."

It was another torturous night in a years-long cycle of abuse that Fiona couldn't see a way out of.

Her partner would often get drunk and abuse her. He kept weapons in the house, she said, inclu

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