On April 12, 2025, ๐๐ซ. ๐๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (WMSU), delivered a powerful and inspiring speech at the ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, held in Seoul, South Korea.
Carrying the theme โContemporary Challenges to World Order: Establishing a New Era of Peace and Prosperity,โ the summit brought together prominent leaders and changemakers from across the globe. Dr. Ochotorena stood out as she passionately highlighted the crucial role of education in global peacebuilding and empowering women.
She shared that WMSU has long embraced its responsibility as a peace-building institution, actively promoting education as a tool for unity, empathy, and shared understanding. She further emphasized her commitment to push for women’s empowerment through education, believing that inclusive development is only possible when women are given equal access to learning and leadership opportunities.
Her message resonated with the summitโs core idealsโemphasizing how education serves as a foundation for establishing peace in divided societies and fostering inclusive prosperity.
Joining her on the global stage were other 12 influential figures such as H.E. Madam Signe Zeikate, First Lady of the Republic of Costa Rica; H.E. Madam Fatima Vila Nova, First Lady of Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe; H.E. Madam Dr. Ida Odinga, spouse of the Prime Minister of Kenya; and H.E. Dame Patience Jonathan, Former First Lady of Nigeria.
The World Summit, hosted by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), serves as a premier international platform. It unites leaders and experts from politics, economics, religion, culture, media, and the arts to pursue solutions to global crisesโincluding the inter-Korean conflictโthrough principles of interdependence, mutual prosperity, and universally shared values.
Dr. Ochotorenaโs presence and message at the summit not only represented the Philippines with pride but also underscored WMSUโs global relevance and her unwavering commitment to shaping a more peaceful, equitable, and empowered world through education. (Aziz S., PAO)
