Municipality of the Month




 

Advocates

  Luz María Sánchez
Perú
Advocate of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign since October 2013.
Email: ongestrategia@gmail.com
 
 


Professional Profile

Architect and Urbanist by profession, graduated from the National University Federico Villarreal, with a Masters in Urban Planning and a Masters in Gender-sensitive Housing Programs at the Royal School of Architecture in Stockholm, Sweden and Graduate in International Management and Graduate in International Administration in Earthquake Resistant Housing Construction Programs at the University of Lund, Sweden.

She has distinguished herself in her work towards the Empowerment of Women on issues related to Housing and Earthquake Resistant Construction. As director of the NGO Estrategia, Centre for Research and Action for Urban Development, she was recognized by the United Nations Habitat Program for the installation of a workshop for the production of prefabricated components for earthquake-proof construction driven by capacitated women and by the Municipal Earthquake Resistant Housing Program with Gender Equality, which was launched by the Mayor of the District of Ventanilla (Callao Region). In June 2007, the NGO Estrategia and the Centre for Research and Action for Urban Development represented Peru in the Gender and Development Programs promoted by UNISDR as successful Gender and Development experiences at the global level with the experience developed in disaster risk reduction programs with Gender Equality, contributing to the implementation of disaster prevention programs with the application of earthquake-resistant construction technology for the benefit of vulnerable communities of La Costa and Sierra Alto Andina of Peru, with the participation of Geo Hazards International, Stanford University in San Francisco USA, the Catholic University of Peru and the grassroots organization Mujeres Unidas para un Pueblo Mejor. 


    
 
 

The Resilient Cities: My City is Getting Ready campaign, driven by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UNISDR, with its programs for improving the living conditions of vulnerable populations,  has inspired me and made me committed to motivate and advocate for more districts of my country to become Resilient.

The involvement of Mayors is valuable and I consider that it is the local governments that should encourage communities to participate in disaster preparedness programs. As Advocate of the Resilient Cities Campaign, my interest will be reflected in that through awareness and training workshops on issues related to disaster risk reduction in Peru, the local governments and population will be motivated to apply the SINAGERD (National System for Disaster Risk Management) law approved by the government of Peru in 2011 at the national level.

Peru has initiated exchanges between provincial mayors, who have shown an interest in participating in disaster risk reduction programs through the Resilient Cities Campaign, registering their local governments in the campaign. Others who are already registered are in the process of reporting on their progress in relation to the 10 Essentials in order to launch their cities as resilient and thus comply with the campaign, with the hope that in 2015, we can achieve as a country this mission that has been entrusted to me.