| Office: | Member of 1st Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament |
| Term Start: | 22 February 2019 |
| Term End: | 1 August 2022 |
| Office1: | Chairperson of Bangsamoro Women Commission |
| Party: | Moro National Liberation Front |
| Awards: | Nobel Peace Prize nominee with 1000 PeaceWomen |
Hadja Bainon Guiabar Karon (born 1953[1]) is a politician from the Philippines, who is a former Member of the Bangsamoro Parliament. She is also Chairperson of the Bangsamoro Women Commission. In 2005 Karon was one of 27 Filipino women, who were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, as part of the 1000 PeaceWomen initiative
Born in 1953, Karon is the eldest of nine children: five of her brothers were killed in separatist fighting. At 18 she married Ibrahim Gampong Sema,[2] a member of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), joining the organisation and subsequently leading the Women's Committee of the Central Committee. In 1996, after the signing of the peace agreement, Bainon was appointed to Chief of Division in the Department of Agriculture. From 2002 to 2005 she was appointed to the role of Social Welfare Secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) by Parouk Hussin.
A leader in the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), her faction supported a peace deal in 2012, after Nur Misuari had criticized it.[3] [4] [5] She was elected as an MP for the 1st Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament on 22 February 2019.[6] She was not reappointed to the 2nd Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.[7] As of 2024 she continued to be Chairperson of the Bangsamoro Women Commission.[8] [9] [10] [11]
In 2005 Karon was one of 27 Filipino women, who were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of 1000 PeaceWomen "in recognition of women's efforts and visibility in promoting peace all over the world."[12]