In the 66th year of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, five recipients were announced, including the founder of Japan’s Studio Ghibli and Bhutan’s first-ever awardee.
The 2024 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Karma Phuntsho (Bhutan), Miyazaki Hayao (Japan), the Rural Doctors Movement (Thailand), Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong (Vietnam), and in the category of Emergent Leadership, Farwiza Farhan (Indonesia).
“These transformative leaders are molding norms, stoking pathways, painting virtues, transforming systems, weaving peace, and reimagining the world born from countless dreams,” Cecilia L. Lazaro, Chairperson of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) said during the global announcement of awardees on Saturday.
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