Cita Morei

{{Short description|Palauan activist}}

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| birth_name = Elicita Morei

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| known_for = Women's liberation and anti-nuclear weapons activism

| mother = Gabriela Ngirmang

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Elicita 'Cita' Morei is a Palauan women's liberation and anti-nuclear weapons activist{{citation|last1=Ferguson|first1=Kathy E.|last2=Mironesco|first2=Monique | contribution = Conclusion: Advancing feminist thinking on globalization |editor-last1=Ferguson|editor-first1=Kathy E.|editor-last2=Mironesco|editor-first2= Monique |title= Gender and globalization in Asia and the Pacific: method, practice, theory |year= 2008|publisher= University of Hawaii Press |isbn= 9780824832414|page=322}} and writer. She is a member of the Belauan women's organization, Otil a Beluad and author of Belau Be Brave{{citation |last= Morei |first= Cita | contribution = Belau be brave | editor-last = Crocombe | editor-first = Marjorie | title = Te rau maire: poems and stories of the Pacific | publisher = Tauranga Vananga (Ministry of Cultural Development) | page = 4 | location = Rarotonga, Cook Islands | year = 1992 | isbn = 9789822200058 }} and Planting the Mustard Seed of World Peace.{{citation|last=Morei|first=Cita|title=Pacific women speak out for independence and denuclearisation|year=1998|editor-last=de Ishtar|editor-first=Zohl|contribution=Planting the mustard seed of world peace|location=Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand Annandale, New South Wales, Australia|publisher=Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Aotearoa) Disarmament and Security Centre (Aotearoa) Pacific Connections|isbn=9780473056667|editor-link=Zohl de Ishtar}}

Morei is also an active campaigner for the preservation of the land in the Pacific island of Palau.{{citation |last= Tiffany |first= Sharon W. | contribution = Women in Oceania | editor-last = Stromquist | editor-first = Nelly P. | title = Women in the Third World an encyclopedia of contemporary issues | publisher = Routledge, Taylor and Francis | page = 643 | location = Hoboken | year = 2014 | isbn = 9781135498542 }}{{cite book | last1 = Morei | first1 = Cita | last2 = a Beluad | first2 = Otil | title = Petition from Cita Morei, Otil a Beluad, concerning the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | location = New York | publisher = United Nations | year = 1990 | oclc = 123381672 }}

Personal

Morei is the daughter of anti-nuclear campaigner and leader of Otil a Beluad Gabriela Ngirmang.{{Cite book|title=Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific: Method, Practice, Theory|last1=Ferguson|first1=Kathy E.|last2=Mironesco|first2=Monique|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0824831592|pages=322}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/celebrating-life-gabriela-ngirmang-palau|title=Celebrating the life of Gabriela Ngirmang of Palau|date=6 September 2016|work=Green Left Weekly|access-date=12 November 2017|language=en}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite AV media | people = Mary Beth Brangan (contributor/producer), James Heddle (contributor/director), Meikam Weers (contributor), Cita Morei (participant). | title = Islands on the edge of time | medium = VHS video | publisher = Options 2000 Productions | location = Bolinas, California | date = 1995 | oclc = 38454645 }}

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Category:21st-century Palauan women

Category:Living people

Category:Palauan anti–nuclear weapons activists

Category:Palauan women's rights activists

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