On February 13, The Globe and Mail’s editorial board weighed in on the important issue of rapes by security guards at Barrick’s mine in Papua New Guinea...Remarkably, The Globe determined that the deal Barrick is offering women who were raped...by employees of its Porgera mine...“seems fair.” In return for...“counselling, access to micro-credit and medical care” Barrick requires of a rape victim that “she will not pursue or participate in any legal action” against the company...Barrick’s deal, however, is neither “fair,” nor is it best practice...These indigenous women, who are poor and have very low levels of formal education, have not benefitted from any of the protections...[of] a court of law - and if they take what Barrick is offering them they never will...The Globe brushes over the fact that Barrick has known for years that its guards were raping local women without doing anything about it...Like Barrick, The Globe has long ignored this story despite the fact that local leaders from Porgera have come half way across the world to Canada to issue press releases and raise alarm about the rapes...