Ma. Amalia Salamat

Philippines

Ma. Amalia Salamat is an award-winning journalist based in Quezon City, Philippines. She works for Bulatlat, a leading, progressive independent online publication. She has covered ecological conflicts – resulting in reports about communities bucking dam-building, mining, quarrying, reclamation, and militarisation that goes hand in hand with any of these economic activities. For the fellowship programme, Marya wrote a story on women environmental rights defenders in the Philippines who defend their land, water and resources from private mega-dam projects and on collective movement building fostered through inter-generational leadership that can sustain feminist activism and ultimately leads to change.