SM Prime Holdings (SMPHI) recently announced its support for the global search for women leaders in disaster resilience.
SMPHI Vice President for Corporate Compliance Liza B. Silerio said that the support is aligned with the company’s drive to recognize women’s leadership in disaster risk reduction. “This is important in inspiring other women to fully and effectively participate in promoting gender equality and empowerment while building our collective resilience.”
UN Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami
Mizutori expressed gratitude for the support, stating, “The awards
highlight the key role of women as leaders and agents of change in building
resilience and actively participating in the creation and implementation of DRR
strategies, policies, plans and programs in their regions. Their stories
reflect the diversity of solutions required to meet the converging challenges
of accelerating climate change and disasters in the region.”
“We look
forward to continued collaboration with SM in our DRR agenda,” Secretary General Mizutori added.
The WIN DRR
Excellence Awards 2022 sponsored by SM Prime has 15 finalists shortlisted from
420 nominations received from across 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific. The
winner will be announced at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction in Brisbane on 21 September 2022. US$10,000 will be awarded to
an individual woman who has achieved exceptional professional success in DRR.
The WIN DRR
partnership is consistent with SM Prime Holdings’ social commitment towards
women empowerment, resilience, good health and well-being of women. The
company’s corporate social responsibility arm, SM Cares, supports
programs that advance these causes.
The Women's
International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) is a professional
network to support women working in disaster risk reduction, in all their
diversity. Its overall goal is to empower women to attain leadership and
enhance their role in decision-making in disaster risk reduction in
Asia-Pacific. The WIN DRR Philippine Network is powered by SM Prime and Asia
Pacific College.
Earlier this
year, SM Prime through its SM CARES, partnered with UNDRR in celebrating
women empowerment through a webinar on the role of women in disaster
resilience. In her keynote message, Mizutori emphasized “women’s equal
participation and leadership in public life including disaster risk reduction
is important and it is also essential to reducing disaster risk in achieving
the United Nations sustainable development goals.”
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