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Legarda calls for increased protection of women

March 7, 2015

MABALACAT CITY — In observance of the International Women’s Day on March 8, Senator Loren Legarda reiterated Saturday her call for increased protection of women, as well as children, the elderly and persons with disabilities, around the world in emergency situations such as disasters caused by natural hazards.
Legarda, United Nations Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia-Pacific, noted that disasters affect about 200 million people all over the world yearly, half of them women or girls […]

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Legarda Calls For Increased Protection Of Women, Vulnerable Sectors Against Disasters

March 6, 2015

In observance of the International Women’s Day on March 8, Senator Loren Legarda today reiterated her call for increased protection of women, as well as children, the elderly and persons with disabilities, around the world in emergency situations such as disasters caused by natural hazards.
Legarda, United Nations Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation for Asia-Pacific, noted that disasters affect about 200 million people all over the world yearly, half of them women or girls whose special needs […]

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François Hollande & the earth(y) women around him

March 5, 2015

During his historic state visit to the Philippines, the first by a French head of state, President François Hollande came armed with stellar attractions: at least three beautiful, photogenic women were with him, and each was a champion of Mother Earth.
With their beauty and accomplishments, each could have caused many a temperature to soar. But Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard and actress Mélanie Laurent, and French minister for the environment and sustainable development and energy and Hollande’s ex-girlfriend Ségolène Royal, […]

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Legarda pushes for global united front vs climate change

March 3, 2015

MANILA, Philippines –Senator Loren Legarda is urging governments of the world to build a united front against climate change.
Legarda, head of the Senate committee on climate change, particularly asked the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) to join the cause.
The senator made the call during a discussion with ICAPP Chairman Jose de Venecia, Jr., who readily agreed to convene the ICAPP to join a global alliance to fight climate change and its impacts.
“ICAPP Chairman De Venecia has readily agreed […]

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Philippines and France, climate change allies

March 3, 2015

In the same forum, Senator Loren Legarda, veteran champion of the environment and our most prominent advocate of addressing climate change and disasters, articulated what was at stake in this first ever-state visit of a French President to our country. She pointed out the consequences of climate change: “extremely harsh weather events, flooding, declining fish catch, water scarcity, declining agricultural harvests, exacerbating health issues, extinction of animal and plant species, displacement of people, and even the demise of low-lying areas, […]

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