Imelda Abano

Imelda Abano was awarded a grant to complete a multi-media project and hold a skills building workshop for local women journalists in disaster hit areas of the Philippines. Imelda is a freelance contributor for the Thomson Reuters Foundation based in Manila. She has covered climate change and other environmental issues in the Philippines and Asia for 15 years and is the president of the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists.

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Special Report for Women’s Month: Gender-based violence continues in disaster-stricken areas

TACLOBAN CITY – Super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) that hit the Philippines in November 2013 brought unprecedented devastation: displaced and affected more than 18.4 million people, killed more than 6,000 people, and caused P89.6…