Josephine Abaijah states that she did not have contact at this time with others working for independence, but she recognised the needs of the people in rural areas who encouraged her to stand. She recalls that she thought she had no chance of being elected as a lot of women had stood but never been elected. She recalls that when she stood for Central Province she had no money for campaigning.
Josephine Abaijah discusses sport in Papua, and learning basketball from the women in the village in Milne Bay. She recalls playing at school and for Papua Medical College against the Teachers College. She relates how at PMC she began working in rural areas of Central Province doing work in health education.
