Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Climate change is driving more frequent and severe disasters, deepening inequalities, and heightening the risks faced by women and girls.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines with unprecedented force. Luchie survived the storm, but the conditions that followed exposed women and girls to new risks.
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This short film is produced by UN Women and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme, with support from the Governments of Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland.
For more information, please visit www.empowerforclimate.org.
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Producer: Mailee Osten-Tan
Director of Photography: Nicolas Axelrod
Editor: Mailee Osten-Tan
Translators: Adriene Cabalinan, Rona Compendio, Amparo Miciano, Niza Concepcion, Jonas Gregory Penalba Perez
Featuring: Luchie M. Corales, Rogelio J. Corales, Anita M. Ogrimen
Music: Artlist, Blue Dot Sessions
Archival: Courtesy of BBC and CNN
With thanks to: The Corales Family, Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK), UN Women Philippines, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Climate change is driving more frequent and severe disasters, deepening inequalities, and heightening the risks faced by women and girls.
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines with unprecedented force. Luchie survived the storm, but the conditions that followed exposed women and girls to new risks.
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This short film is produced by UN Women and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme, with support from the Governments of Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland.
For more information, please visit www.empowerforclimate.org.
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Producer: Mailee Osten-Tan
Director of Photography: Nicolas Axelrod
Editor: Mailee Osten-Tan
Translators: Adriene Cabalinan, Rona Compendio, Amparo Miciano, Niza Concepcion, Jonas Gregory Penalba Perez
Featuring: Luchie M. Corales, Rogelio J. Corales, Anita M. Ogrimen
Music: Artlist, Blue Dot Sessions
Archival: Courtesy of BBC and CNN
With thanks to: The Corales Family, Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK), UN Women Philippines, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
