Miriam
Coronel Ferrer is a professor of political science at the University of the
Philippines and a peace negotiator. She chaired the government panel that
negotiated and signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB)
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on 27 March 2014. She is the first
female chief negotiator in the world to sign a final peace accord with a rebel
group. From January 2018-January 2021, she was a member of the United Nations’
Standby Team of Senior Mediators during which she provided mediation support to
UN missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Maldives, Kosovo, Georgia, Southeast Asia,
among others. She also supported various undertakings to advance women
and youth inclusion in mediation and peace processes.