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The Philippines is but one of eleven countries in Southeast Asia and Prof.  Ferrer is not the only woman in the region whose ascent has shattered the glass ceiling.  But rather than offer a broad but necessarily shallow overview of the gains and frustrations of female professionals across the region, this webinar features an in-depth conversation with one Southeast Asian woman who has risen to prominence and influence in national security and the resolution of violent conflicts between insurgents and governments—visceral policymaking fields that have long been dominated by men.

Miriam Coronel Ferrer is unique among high-achieving women worldwide.  She is the first female in any country to have led successful negotiations with a rebel group.  In 2014, on behalf of the Philippine government, she co-signed with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front a Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).  The agreement led to a further step toward conflict resolution when a Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was finally established in 2019.  In 2020 she co-founded the Southeast Asian Network of Peace Negotiators and Mediators.  Professor Ferrer also advises the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders. As a member of the UN Standby Team of Senior Mediators from 2018-2021, she helped fashion mediation initiatives not only in Southeast Asia but in Afghanistan, Georgia, Kosovo, and other countries as well.  Her latest book, Region, Nation and Homeland (2020), examines discourses of resistance in Mindanao and Luzon.  Her degrees are from the University of Kent and UP Diliman.

This event is part of the 2022 Spring webinar series, Negotiating Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Asia, sponsored by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.