An akava'ine or 'akava'ine is a Cook Islands Māori word used to describe transgender or transsexual women in the Cook Islands.

It can also refer to women who have an inflated opinion of themselves, draw attention to themselves in ways that disrupt groupness, don't heed others advice, or who act in a self-serving or self-promoting way.^[1]

Etymology[link]

The term 'akava'ine is a prefix of "aka" (to be or to behave like) and "va'ine" (woman).^[2]

Antonym: 'akatāne ^[3] - Act like a man, have manly qualities; be a tomboy.^[4]

Other terms[link]

Sometimes the word laelae is also used, typically when implying criticism or ridicule of feminine behaviour displayed by a man, for example being described as effeminate or homosexual.^[5] Laelae is the colloquial Cook Islands term; the word tutuva'ine (meaning "like a woman") is used less frequently.^[6] Homosexuality is illegal for males in the Cook Islands.^[7]

History[link]

Culturally, akava'ines have been around for centuries. And they've always been part of the family, part of the village, and part of the tribe. But when the missionaries came, things changed quite dramatically for everyone in the Pacific Islands, and the Cook Islands were no exception. In the 1800s they started bringing in homophobic and transphobic attitudes.^[8]

References[link]

Bibliography[link]

• Dancing from the heart: movement, gender, and Cook Islands globalization. By Kalissa Alexeyeff, University of Hawaii Press (2009)
• Cook Islands Maori dictionary. By Jasper Buse with Raututi Taringa, edited by Bruce Biggs and Rangi Moeka'a, published by The Ministry of Education, Government of the Cook Islands (1995)

See also[link]

• LGBT rights in the Cook Islands
• List of transgender-related topics

External links[link]

• A video clip from TVNZ news: Rarotongan Queens put on a performance promoting respect in Rarotonga (2008)

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AKAVA is a central union meaning that people are not personally members of AKAVA but of a trade union which is a member of AKAVA. AKAVA has 31 member unions, the most important of which are Trade Union of Education in Finland, Union of Professional Engineers in Finland, Talentia, The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers, Finnish Association of Business School Graduates (SEFE), and Finnish Medical Association.

AKAVA is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, the Council of Nordic Trade Unions, and the European Trade Union Confederation.

AKAVA's counterparts are the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK) and the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK).

External links[link]

• AKAVA's website in English

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