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Fiona Hukula
Fiona Sonia Karejo Hukula (born 1977) is a Papua New Guinean activist. She advocates against gender-based violence, including women accused of witchcraft or sorcery. Personal life and education Hukula was born in Port Moresby from East Sepik Province. She currently lives in Port Moresby. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, Hukula went on to obtain her master's degree in Criminology, international criminology from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Hukula's PhD, which she received from the University of St Andrews in social anthropology, focused on the ethnology of a settlement in Nine Mile, Port Moresby. Hukula was the first Papua New Guinean woman to obtain a PhD in social anthropology. Career In 1998, Hukula was employed by the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute (PNGNRI) as a project research officer. She went on to become a senior research fellow, and led its Building Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Moresby
(; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II, it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas. As of the 2011 census, Port Moresby had 364,145 inhabitants. An unofficial 2020 estimate gives the population as 383,000. The place where the city was founded has been inhabited by the Motu-Koitabu people for centuries. The first Briton to see it was Royal Navy Captain John Moresby in 1873. It was named in honour of his father, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
