Migration Experiences of Babaylan Philippine Women’s Network in Europe
by Malu Padilla
We did it for ourselves; it changed our lives – knowing that we have made history by founding Babaylan – the Philippine Women’s Network in Europe.
September 1992 Barcelona, was a milestone in the herstory of Filipina migrants in Europe. It was an unforgettable moment for the founding mothers of Babaylan in Europe.
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The Filipino Women Migrants in Germany
by Mary Lou U. Hardillo
Between 1955 and 1990, there were about 20 million people who
came and settled in Germany (SZ, 04.05.04). The country has had to
cope with a number of immigrants like Soviet Jews, ethnic Germans
from Eastern Europe (Aussiedler) and asylum seekers, who have been
coming in since the last fifty years. The influx of people intensified
when East and West Germany reunited. ...
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Filipina Migration in the Netherlands
“In the service of our kababayans ” -
Bayanihan Philippine Women’s Centre
by Malu Padilla
Just like in any part of the world where they are, Filipinos in the Netherlands are found in various sectors of the Dutch society. Today, the majority of the Filipino community is composed of permanent residents, complimented by a number of students and scholars, au pairs, refugees, land-based seafarers and oilrig workers, and undocumented (domestic) workers. ...
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Overseas Filipino Workers in Belgium and their information needs
By Joyce del Rosario
This essay will look into the historical roots of Philippine migration to Belgium and provide the status and mode of migration including the different types of migrant workers. A historical appreciation of Filipino migration allows the reader to fully appreciate and understand the basis of information requirements, needs and practices of overseas Filipina/o workers (OFWs) in Belgium.
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A SIMPLIFIED MAP OF THE FRENCH-PHILIPPINES:
a bird’s eye-worm’s eye-view
by Maya Meyewski
An estimated 50 000 Filipinas and Filipinos work as migrant domestic workers in France. 30 000 are in Paris, the rest in the southern part of the Hexagon, including Monaco.
Only 6000 are officially registered and documented.
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Babaylan holds
15th year Anniversary during it's
Europe-wide Conference in Cologne
Babaylan, the Philippine Women's Network in Europe celebrated its 15th Anniversary by holding a Conference and General Assembly in Cologne, Germany on the week-end of October 26th to 28th.
With 65 attendees from 8 out of its 10 member countries, network members and officers from platform organisations in Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland
touched bases with each other under the theme of Gender, Migration and Development.
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Babaylan joins
the European Feminist Forum (EFF)
With great enthousiasm and vigour Babaylan joins the European Feminist Forum (EFF). Since March 2006 Babaylan, represented by Malu Padilla, Babaylan chairperson 1994-1998 and current member of the interim executive committee, has been an active member of the EFF Steering Committee.
Through the EFF, Babaylan hopes to develop a Migrant Feminist Agenda from the perspective of migrant women together with our European feminist sisters. Joining the EFF is an opportunity for Babaylan to meet women of diverse background and to have our voices heard on issues and concerns affecting black, refugee and migrant women in Europe.
As a member of the Steering Committee, Malu takes part in the monthly telephone conference meetings and has attended two face-to-face meetings in Warsaw. Last September, Lina Gschwend, another member of Babaylan interim executive committee, joined Malu for the EFF SC meeting in Warsaw to discuss the content of the EFF culminating activity in June 2008 in Warsaw.
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The BABAYLAN–EUROPE WEBSITE
Babaylan Europe, the Philippine Women’s Network, with member organizations in 10 countries (9 EU: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK and 1 non-EU: Switzerland) which was founded in 1992 in Barcelona, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. And what better fitting birthday gift to its members than launching its own website, a coming of age as it were, in our cyber-global world of today.
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Migrant Issues in Switzerland
by ANNY MISA HEFTI
Switzerland has one of the most restrictive immigration laws in Europe. Yet Switzerland is very dependent upon its foreign work force. One quarter of the entire volume of work is carried out by gainfully employed foreign nationals.
The philippine migrant community belong to one of the minority groups. ...
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History and the nature of migrant work in France
by Sally Rousset
The nature and specificity of Philippine migration in France cannot be detached from its history. While France was already a destination in the past for Filipinos who were doing higher studies at the Sorbonne or working in institutions like UNESCO, OECD, the big wave of migrant workers first came in the early 70s, at the time of the Iran-Iraq war, where Filipino workers in the Middle East managed to escape the war by coming to France. ...
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FILIPINOS IN FINLAND 2006
By Teresita Zurbano Ruutu
With perhaps a few exceptions, the first thing that immigrants do as soon as they arrive in the country of destination is to find co-expatriates in the area. Even just one with whom they can share and compare their new and different experiences without fear of embarrassment or offending the local inhabitants. In experiences where co-expatriates are distances away, the acquaintance of immigrants from other countries are likewise sought.
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For information, contact us at:
mail@babaylan-europe.org.
Another Babaylan wins award!
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It was a moment of jubilation for the group of Filipinas who attended the 12th Black Magic Woman Festival on November 15, when Diana Oosterbeek- Latoza of Stichting Bayanihan was proclaimed the winner of the ZAMI AWARD 2007.
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The Filipina Au Pairs in The Netherlands
by Diana Oosterbeek-Latoza
The new trend in child care for the past 10 years in the Netherlands is
hiring nannies from the Third World. Officially they are called au pairs
but in reality they are nannies and domestic workers blended into one,
working day and night. They are usually young women. Most of them
come from Eastern Europe, South Africa, the Philippines and most
recently Latin American countries.
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FILIPINO MISSIONARIES IN EUROPE,
Witnesses for Re-evangelization
by Sister Victoria Joson, RGS
In a Papal visit to the Philippines in the early ‘70s, Pope Paul VI exhorted the Philippine Church to be the bearer of the Gospel message in Asia, being the sole Christian country in this teeming continent. ...
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Becoming a Filipino Tilburger
by Maya Echavez Butalid
On the early morning of August 13, 1983, I stepped out of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was still in the middle of summer, and not just an ordinary summer day. There was supposed to be a heat wave. But I felt the cold penetrating even up to the core of my bones. What a cold country! I had never felt such coldness before. Ever.
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