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When government services have broken down or when international nongovernment organisations are uninterested or unable to help, grassroots non-government organisations provide important humanitarian, educational and advocacy services. Yet, too often the story of the crucial role played by these organisations in conflict and post-conflict recovery goes unheard. The Leitana Nehan Women’s Development Agency provides many salutary lessons for grassroots non-government organisations undertaking peace making and peace-building work. In the thirteen years of its existence, it has contributed humanitarian assistance, provided education programs on peace, gender issues and community development, and has become a powerful advocate for women’s and children’s rights at all levels of society. Its work has been recognised through the award of a United Nations’ Millennium Peace Price in 2000 and a Pacific Peace Prize in 2004. This book makes a unique contribution to understanding the role of nongovernment organisations in promoting peace and development and gender issues in the South West Pacific.

Women in development --- Women and peace --- Non-governmental organizations --- Peace-building --- Humanitarian assistance --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- INGOs (International agencies) --- International non-governmental organizations --- NGOs (International agencies) --- Nongovernmental organizations --- Organizations, Non-governmental (International agencies) --- Private and voluntary organizations (International agencies) --- PVOs (International agencies) --- Peace and women --- Development and women --- GAD (Gender and development) --- Gender and development --- WAD (Women and development) --- WID (Women in development) --- Women and development --- International agencies --- Nonprofit organizations --- Peace --- Women pacifists --- Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) --- History.