Janetta Douglas, née Smith, MBE is a

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n charity worker. In the late 1960s, she was "a young teacher in

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", where she "encouraged the women to continue to make pots, assisted with marketing to surrounding villages and to Australia", and helped stimulate a "tourist trade in pottery". Douglas is the author of a book on ''Tourism in Papua New Guinea'' (Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, Port Moresby, 1975). Dame

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has described her as an "unsung hero", and said that "without people like Janetta Douglas, the disability data for Moresby South would not be being collected". In June 2009, she was made a Memder of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

by the Queen of Papua New Guinea,

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

, for "service to commerce and charities, especially through helping people living with disabilities"."Queen's birthday honours list: Commonwealth"
''The Guardian'', June 13, 2009

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