TOWNS Awardees

Rina is a notable Philippine journalist who retired after 30 years with the Philippine Daily Inquirer where she was a columnist and multi-awarded advocate for women’s rights. She was a former National Chair of the women’s group PILIPINA and is still active in NGO activities. She was a fellow on reproductive rights reporting at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in Baltimore. Her book Woman at Large was a finalist in the Philippine National Book Awards in 1994.