Philippines

Jojana Christine GeneralCountry: PhilippinesAdvocacy areas: SRHR, GBV, Mental Health Background:Jana General is a queer feminist, gender justice, and right to health advocate, and human rights defender. After graduating Cum Laude with a degree in Behavioral Sciences and currently taking up Masters in Medical Anthropology from University of the Philippines – Manila, she has dedicated more than […]

Cyresse Ann AchilleosCountry: PhilippinesAdvocacy areas: Mental Health and Well-being, Children and Youth Programming, Leadership and Civic Engagement, Gender Equality Background:Cyresse graduated Magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines Visayas, and is a 25 under 25 Legacy Awardee of Common Purpose and an Ayala Young Leader. She is one of the representative of the Philippines

Maria Elena KatigbakCountry: PhilippinesAdvocacy areas: Unpaid care work, Institutional trauma and GBV, Tax and gender justice Background:Meggy is a feminist researcher-writer who has six (6) years of experience in the international development sector focusing on GBV, child sexual abuses, trauma, development finance, women’s labour, social protection, care work, small-scale gold mining, and women’s economic empowerment. She

Alyanna Fatmah BarapantaoCountry: PhilippinesAdvocacy areas: Gender and governance, Women’s Political Participation, Intersectionality, Gender Based Violence and Femicide Background:Alyanna Fatmah Barapantao is a 2nd-year Political Science student at Mindanao State University. She serves as the auditor of the Association of Political Science Students and is an accomplished journalist, holding key positions in multiple publications, including Editor-in-Chief of

Romielyn NazarenoCountry: PhilippinesAdvocacy areas: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Climate Change, Sexual and Reproductive Health Background:A licensed Social Worker and development practitioner with 14 years of work experience in public and private sector in areas of Community Development, Project Development and Management, Capability Building, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and Climate Change. Research interests include Local Governance,