'She set the benchmark': trailblazing PNG politician Nahau Rooney dies, aged 75

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'She set the benchmark': trailblazing PNG politician Nahau Rooney dies, aged 75
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Manus Island’s Nahau Rooney, at one time the only woman in PNG’s parliament, dedicated her life to advancing women in her country

Hardworking, audacious, occasionally controversial, but always vivacious: one of Papua New Guinea’s political pioneers, Nahau Rooney, has been remembered as a trailblazer for PNG women in power following her death on 15 September, aged 75.

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