Celebrating the National Women’s Month, ARISE-Philippines in cooperation with SM Cares, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of SM Supermalls and Resilient PH, has conclude the “Women Leaders in building Disaster Resilience” webinar that higlights the topic about why women play in disaster risk reduction and management.
Other than talking about the role of a women in a disaster manangement, the webinar has talked about the women who have contributed to pushing their policies, projects, and programs that contributed to building national and community resilience.
#WomenMakeChange was the theme of the online event, featuring women industry leaders who have made strides in the fields of disaster response like Ms. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, President of the National Resilience Council; Engr. Liza Silerio, Vice President for Corporate Compliance of SM Supermalls and ARISE Global Board Member; Adelina Kamal, Executive Director of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance; and Atty. Lesley Cordero, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist of the World Bank. SM Cares Program Head on Women and Breastfeeding Mothers, Atty. Pearl Turley gave the Welcome Remarks.
“Women’s leadership is vital to reducing disaster risk and building resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted men and women differently. While men are more likely to die during the pandemic, women are the majority of front-line workers and more likely be exposed to the virus and women experience a higher burden of unpaid care in domestic work, and sadly higher rates of domestic and intimate partner violence. In order to recover from this crisis, we need women’s leadership at every level and in every sector, from national crisis committees to local communities, from politics to business, to public service,” Mami Mizutori, SPecial REpresentative of the United Nations Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction and co-Chair of ARISE Global network, said in her Keynote Address
They also mentioned the science based, disaster response, and its importantce, especially in collaboration with the local government
According to NRC’s Loyzaga, that we stand really strong because of the work that us, women are doing in order to advance the understanding of resilience in our country.
The webinar on resilient women and disaster response supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 5: Gender Equality, and 13: Climate Action.
ARISE-Philippines is the local network of the global private alliance of disaster-resilient societies organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). ARISE- Philippines is a volunteer network of private organizations committed to achieve the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, New Urban Agenda and Agenda for Humanity.
SM Cares is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of SM Supermalls, with programs to support communities and promote social inclusion and care for the environment. Its CSR advocacies include Programs for the Environment, Persons with Disabilities, Women & Breastfeeding Mothers, Children & Youth, Senior Citizens, and the creation of bike-friendly SM Malls across the country.
To know more about ARISE you may visit www.arise.ph while for SM CARES https://www.smsupermalls.com/smcares/ and https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSMCares/.
