Electronita Duan Explained

Electronita Duan
Nationality:Indonesian
Other Names:Eton
Occupation:Activist
Known For:N-Peace Award recipient

Electronita Duan is the Indonesian founder of Politeknik Pembangunan Halmahera, and recipient of the N-Peace Award in 2011.[1]

Duan became involved with conflict resolution and peacebuilding following the Maluku sectarian conflict in North Halmahera, Indonesia. She founded Politeknik Pembangunan Halmahera an institute of higher education formed to provided education to students whose studies were interrupted by the conflict.[2] She has also been an advocate of the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) Women's Schools for Peace[1] and worked with the Search for Common Ground organization to tell her story of peacebuilding in the Maluku Islands,[3] In 2011 Duan was one of inaugural recipients of the N-Peace Award.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electronita Duan . N-PEACE . 13 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Hanley . Brian D. . Women: Leaders of Peace . HuffPost . 13 September 2020 . en . 26 September 2011.
  3. Web site: INDONESIA: Women in Indonesia Building Peace Side By Side . PeaceWomen . 13 September 2020 . en . 3 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Asian women peace advocates receive awards for their leadership . UNDP . 12 September 2020 . en.