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Can’t get a break: Story of Filipina migrant workers
Often, in the spheres of the Global Forum of Migration and Development and/or the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, icons of migrant workers are those that look like the pictures below. Smily. Shiny. Happy. Eager. But in the real world, the one that’s not smily. Not shiny. Migrant workers are dealing with some really complicated issues.…
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Hostage
Headlines about the Philippines peppered many of today’s international news circuits (NY Times, Reuters, BBC, Examiner, etc.) with the words “gunman”, “hostage”, “standoff” and “(insert number here) dead.” The most I’ve seen the Philippines on the news since the presidential race. 55-year old Rolando Mendoza was recently laid off as a senior police officer in Manila,…
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IWA!
My organization, Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE) (see http://www.firenyc.org), just went on a summer field trip to Montreal to participate in the Montreal International Women’s Conference and the founding assembly of anti-imperialist, grassroots women’s organizations from around the world, called International Women’s Alliance! This is what happened in Montreal last weekend: There are more…
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maligayang pagdating
so really this is the first time, i’ve actually sat down and thought about my trip to the philippines with some type of reflection and reflexivity. and the funny thing is, i’m already here. in the real time hustle and bustle of my life in the Big Apple, i was super uber still trying to…
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