Rhadem Musawah
Consultant, Human Rights Defender, and Development Worker in Philippines
An Indigenous Human Rights Defender and award-winning documentary filmmaker from the Philippines. A member of PhilSilat Association under Philippine Olympic Committee, Changemaker Alumnus of Thomson Reuters Foundation and 2021 Philippine Film Ambassador Awardee under Film Development Council of the Philippines, Office of the Philippine President. One of the founding members of the leading pride organizer in the Philippines - PRIDE PH, and the communications director of Mujer LGBT+ Organisation, the leading LGBTQIA+ organisation in Mindanao. He is also an International consultant on human rights and humanitarian programs in the Philippines under several United Nations and Diplomatic Agencies. In 2022, he was listed as one of the top 12 SOGI Rights Defenders globally by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations and he is also the recipient of the Social Justice Award at the 2023 APCOM Hero Award in Thailand. Additionally, he writes for a Magazine and Newspaper on lifestyle and social issues.