Maria Elena Katigbak
Country: Philippines
Advocacy 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 is currently taking her MA in Women and Development where her research focuses on GBV, child sexual abuses (CSA), institutional trauma and social protection, and continuous traumatic stress.
In her free time, she produces music, dances, and teaches yoga.