Helen Hakena
Helen Samu Hakena (née Gogohe, born 13 September 1955) is an organiser and campaigner for peace and women's rights from Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.[1] In 1992 she co-founded the Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency to help restore peace to the island.[1][2] The organisation contributes humanitarian assistance, provides education programs on peace, gender issues and community development, and advocates for women's and children's rights. In 2000 the agency's work was recognised with a United Nations’ Millennium Peace Prize, and a Pacific Peace Prize in 2004.[1]
After peace was declared, Hakena lobbied to have women involved in the constitutional development and disarmament processes with little success; only three women were included in the Bougainville Constitutional Commission and no women were involved in the weapons disposal programme.[3]
Hakena is also a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development.[4]
Publications[edit]
- NGOs and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency, Bougainville, co-edited with Peter Ninnes and Bert Jenkins (2006), ANU Press[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Helen Hakena - Asia Pacific Feminist Forum". apwld.org. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ "Helen Hakena". Women In Peace. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ Durham and Gurd, Helen and Tracey (2005). Listening to the Silences: Women And War. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
- ^ "APWLD Members Sarankhukhuu Sharavdorj and Helen Hakena Speak at APFSD". Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ Jenkins, Bert; Hakena, Helen; Ninnes, Peter. NGOs and Post-Conflict Recovery. ANU Press. ISBN 1 9209 4218 1.