Christina Stinnett (known as "Kiki") is a Micronesian

Women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

activist and businesswoman, who is the President of

Chuuk Women's Council Chuuk Women's Council is a women's rights organization in Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Founded in 1984, it represents over sixty women's groups spread across the state, and actively campaigns for greater gender equalit ...

(CWC), which overlooks more than 60 women's organisations within Chuuk State in the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

Career

Stinnett established the first travel agency, Truk Travel Unlimited, in the state in March 1984 and owns the Truk Stop Hotel, along with the restaurant at Truk Lagoon Dive Center. The

(CWC) was established in the late 1980s and attempts to educate and empower women on various women topics such as leadership, education and health, and preservation of culture. Stinnett is President of the CWC. She also sits on the board of the Chuuk Conservation Society, Chuuk State Board of Education, and FSM Women in Business Network, of which she is the Vice President of their alliance of NGOs. In October 2014, Stinnett was one of around 300 people invited to attend the 3rd FSM Women's Conference in

Kolonia Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It was also the former FSM capital before being replaced by Palikir in 1989, located nearby to the southwest in the municipality of Sokehs ...

, Pohnpei. In 2011, Stinnett was named of the US State Department's 100 Women in their 100 Years/100 Women Campaign to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day. She has also been named one of Pacific Community's "70 Inspiring Pacific Women".

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