Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chair
Luwalhati Antonino (2nd from left) and USAID Philippines Mission Director
Gloria Steele (3rd from left) pose with mining engineering graduates Haiza
Pigkaulan (left) of Sultan Kudarat and Musarapa Insiang (right) of Maguindanao
during a presentation ceremony held recently in Makati City. The two graduates
have raised the banner of Mindanaoan women in the men-dominated profession
being among the only women graduates out of 13 all-Muslim mining engineering
scholars supported by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program.
(MinDA/PIA-Caraga)
