Audrey Christiaan

Audrey Christiaan is a Surinamese indigenous and environmental activist and politician. She is a member of the board of the Party for Law and Development (PRO) and in the 2020 elections she was a candidate in Paramaribo.

Biography Christiaan is a daughter of the indigenous activist Thelma Christiaan-Bigiman. Thelma was actively involved in the (VIDS).

In 2015, she established the Platform for Unity and Solidarity for Alliance and Progress (ESAV) (nl). On 21 January 2015 in Paramaribo the party proclaimed a 15-point programme. In 2017 she joined other Caribbean feminists as a panellist at the conference: "Towards a Politics of Accountability: Caribbean Feminisms, Indigenous Geographies, Common Struggles".

Christiaan left the role of chairperson at ESAV to focus on a political career in March 2019. She was elected a member of the board of the Party for Law and Development (PRO). She joined the PRO because its policies on indigenous rights aligned with her own priorities. In Suriname's 2020 elections she was a candidate in the Paramaribo district. However, the PRO party did not acquire any seats.