Louiseanne Gohul Laris

Papua New Guinea

Louiseanne Gohul Laris is a TV journalist for the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. She has covered stories of violence against women in an armed conflict, which often happens when women are resisting a destructive development project like mining. Louiseanne also wrote a story on the central role that women play in supporting their families but despite this, they have little economic security because of patriarchal attitudes that deprive them of their rights.