A multi-awarded and globally recognized 23-year old young Filipina received this year’s Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN
First Filipino United Nations DRR Star Awardee Robyn Camille Mijares is joined by Toni Yulo-Loyzaga, DENR Secretary of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources; Kamal Kishore Special Representative of the United Nations General for DRR & Head of the United National Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; Jessica Sy of SM Prime; and Kristin Tilley Australia's Ambassador for Climate Change during the awarding ceremony at the PICC on Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024A multi-awarded and...
The APMC serves as the main platform in Asia and the Pacific in monitoring, reviewing and enhancing cooperation for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 — the global blueprint for preventing and reducing new and existing disaster risks in the world’s most disaster-prone regions.
Finalists include Nayyab Ali from Pakistan, India’s Dr. Nairwita Bandyopadhyay, Indonesia Country Manager for Build Change Mediatrich Triani, New Zealand’s Jewel Luti Leao Tuitama, and Nepal’s Liva Shrestha.Mijares Rishared her award with these women as she recognized that “each story we’ve shared is not just a testament to resilience, it’s a call to action.”
Mijares showed how a simple classroom assignment from a 19-year-old girl grew into a powerful movement to combat hunger—one of the slowest yet most persistent disasters faced on a day to day.
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