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Melissa Bungcaras

DDR workshop, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines (Horacio Marcos C Mordeno/MindaNews/DFAT/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

Reducing disaster risk: understanding barriers to women’s leadership

July 4, 2017

by Melissa Bungcaras

Melissa Bungcaras

Melissa Bungcaras is the Gender and Resilience Advisor at ActionAid Australia. She is currently managing a portfolio of programs across the Asia-Pacific focused on women’s resilience to climate change and disasters, and drives policy advocacy on climate justice and women’s leadership in emergencies. Melissa has over 8 years’ experience in international development and holds a Master of Environmental Management and Development from the Australian National University.

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