International Women’s Day Featuring Student, Keziah Gerosano

Keziah Gerosano, a 2nd year NOVA student has received an invitation from the Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council to present ideas and engage with member states on April 1st and 2nd during the United Nations Economic and Social Council Youth Forum. Youth from all over the world will meet with member states to develop strategies and work on sustainable development goals.

Keziah first came into contact with the United Nations when she visited September 2019 during the 24th General Assembly where she led a roundtable discussion on the environment and restoring ecosystems. This great work is funded by the United Nations Population Fund and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. Her work along with other students will be published in an outcome document called ‘Restoring Ecosystems’. In this process, she also helped organize and contribute to the Youth Climate Declaration, which is a blueprint      for youth all over the world asking for change.

Ms. Gerosano’s focus at the forum was climate action, women in justice, peace and health with a focus on the Philippines and advocating for indigenous women there. She will be presenting her feasibility study in April and seek partners interested in connecting. She is currently under mentorship from Global Change Makers as she has since created her own non-profit.

A year ago, Keziah founded the Regla Project in hopes of creating change and combatting social injustices in the Philippines.  Through research, she has learned some citizens in the Philippines resort to joining gangs due to duress in the region and farmers are killed due to striking against injustices.

In her work, she has connected with the Department of Health in the Philippines and the World Food Program. First and foremost, she sees how these injustices affect women in the region and hopes to provide these indigenous women with a source of income to combat social issues they currently face.

Keziah plans to transfer to the King’s College or to New York University where she can continue her work with the United Nations.  Kudos Keziah!