March 3, 2025
As the country celebrates National Women’s Month, Senator Loren Legarda calls on all sectors of society, both public and private, to turn commitments into lasting change and take decisive action to ensure that every Filipina can thrive in a society free from violence, discrimination, and systemic barriers.
“This year is an opportunity to accelerate progress,” Legarda said.
“2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint for women’s empowerment. This framework has expanded access […]
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February 26, 2025
A decade after the historic Manila Call to Action on Climate Change, Senator Loren Legarda remains at the forefront of global climate action—this time, with an urgent call to protect the world’s oceans.
As the Philippines prepares for the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, Legarda is pushing for stronger commitments on marine biodiversity conservation, blue carbon ecosystems, and climate-resilient ocean governance.
“With just 100 days before the UN Ocean Conference, we must move beyond pledges and into action,” Legarda declared. […]
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February 26, 2025
Her Excellency, Ambassador Marie Fontanel, esteemed guests, and dear partners in climate action:
Ten years ago, I stood beside French actress and climate advocate Marion Cotillard, holding a piece of paper that was meant to do the impossible: to make the world listen. It was the Manila Call to Action on Climate Change, a declaration led by Presidents Benigno Aquino III and François Hollande.
I remember that day vividly. The air was heavy with urgency, but also with hope. Behind my voice […]
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February 26, 2025
Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: magandang araw sa inyong lahat.
Two thousand years ago, in the highlands of pre-colonial Philippines, a child stood at the edge of a terrace, his toes curled over the ledge. Below him, his grandfather waded knee-deep in the paddies, tending to a vast staircase of earth, mud walls carved with precision, rising along the mountain’s natural contours to altitudes and inclines unmatched anywhere else in the world.
The child does not yet understand what he is […]
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February 26, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda called on embracing cultural preservation as an indispensable investment in the nation’s future during her keynote address at Cultural Thoughts and Trajectories, held at Manila House on Monday, February 26, 2025.
The event, organized in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in celebration of National Arts Month, brought together policymakers, diplomats, cultural leaders, and academics for a thought-provoking exchange on safeguarding and advancing Filipino identity in an era of rapid global change.
“We cannot […]
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