Electronita Duan is the

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

n founder of ''Politeknik Pembangunan Halmahera'', and recipient of the N-Peace Award in 2011. Duan became involved with conflict resolution and

peacebuilding Peacebuilding is an activity that aims to resolve injustice in nonviolent ways and to transform the cultural and structural conditions that generate deadly or destructive conflict. It revolves around developing constructive personal, group, and pol ...

following the Maluku sectarian conflict in

North Halmahera North Halmahera Regency ( id, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) is a regency (on Halmahera Island) of North Maluku Province, Indonesia. It was declared a Regency on 31 May 2003. The capital town of the regency lies at the port of Tobelo. The Regency, whi ...

, Indonesia. She founded ''Politeknik Pembangunan Halmahera'' an institute of higher education formed to provided education to students whose studies were interrupted by the conflict. She has also been an advocate of the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) Women's Schools for Peace and worked with the Search for Common Ground organization to tell her story of peacebuilding in the

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...

, In 2011 Duan was one of inaugural recipients of the N-Peace Award.

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