Josefina Phodaca-Ambrosio

Josefina Rodil Phodaca-Ambrosio (born about 1917 – died 3 September 1970) was a Filipina lawyer, politician and church leader.

She sat on the Manila City Council from 1947 to 1951, and was the first Asian president of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), serving from 1958 to 1960.

[2][3] Phodaca was admitted to the bar in Manila in 1940, and shared a law practice with her sister and her brother-in-law.

[2] Phodaca was elected president of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in 1958,[11][12][13] and was an advisor to the Philippines' delegation to the United Nations.

[16][21] In 1968, Phodaca-Ambrosio attended the Fourth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Uppsala, where she, Pauli Murray, Rena Karefa-Smart, Annie Jiagge, and others worked to improve women's representation on the council's governing bodies.