Emeline Siale ILOLAHIA (prefer name Siale) Executive Director, Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisations (PIANGO) Fiji/ Tonga/ Pacific region Siale is a Tongan civil society leader, women’s advocate and activist, working and base in Suva, Fiji. As Executive Director of PIANGO, she represents the interests of Pacific civil society in a range of regional and international fora specifically in areas of human rights based approach, governance and institutional building, effective and informed participation of citizens in decision making to ensure that interest of Pacific peoples are safeguarded. She has brought her experiences from her previous role as Executive Director of the Civil Society Forum of Tonga to the region in the area of coalition building on issues as diverse as ethical leadership, women’s access to finance, women’s leadership and political participation, humanitarian localisation and locally-led development. Siale was awarded an inaugural Jose Edgardo Campos Collaborative Leadership Award in Washington DC in 2016 in recognition of her contributions to local leadership efforts in