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Purple
Rose Campaign
This two-year
campaign was built on a recommendation from the Women’s International
Solidarity Affair in the Philippines (WISAP) in August 1998.
Hosted by
GABRIELA – Philippines (a national alliance of women’s organizations),
the recommendation to launch an international education and action
campaign against the trafficking of Filipino women is being implemented
in Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe.
The local
campaign was launched by the Philippine Women Centre in December
1999 in conjunction with an intensive research project into the
situation of Filipino mail-order brides in Canada. A major activity
in Vancouver was the fundraising concert in March 2000 for International
Women’s Day. Through public education, support will be developed
towards an international conference on the trafficking of Filipino
women to be held in the Philippines in July 2000 and to be hosted
by GABRIELA.
Objectives
- · To raise
awareness and provide public education about the trafficking
of Filipino women in Canada, particularly “mail-order brides”
(MOBs), entertainers and domestic workers;
- To support
the research and documentation into the situation and needs
of these women;
- To develop
resources and support the international campaign of GABRIELA
(Philippine-based alliance of women’s organizations) leading
up to an international conference on the trafficking of Filipino
women in the year 2000.
Help
Support the Purple Rose Campaign
- Donating
$100.00 to receive a signed poster, titled Purple Rose’, painting
by Nora Patrich, a well-renowned artist
- Purchasing
posters of the same painting at $10.00 each and distributing
them among your friends
- Distributing
pledge cards for mailing to relevant officials and Purple Roses
for wearing on lapels to help increase public awareness, for
a donation of $2.00 for each pledge card and purple rose
- Offering
in-kind and/or monetary donations
- Attend
he July 1999 International Conference against Trafficking Filipino
Women in Manila (hosted by Gabriella)
- Volunteering
for the campaign!
Email:
Reach us over
the internet! <pwc@netcom.ca> or
Click here.
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