Mga Ina ng Bayan: Life Stories of Filipino and Japanese Women Community Leaders

Mga Ina ng Bayan: Life Stories of Filipino and Japanese Women Community Leaders
by Amaryllis T. Torres, Marlene dela Cruz, and Thelma Magcuro

322 pages
ISBN - 9718280162

Description: The reader of the life stories of five Filipino and six Japanese women community leaders in this book will embark on a journey that traverses the mental and physical spaces of exceptional females working in extraordinary circumstances-Mga Ina ng Bayan (mothers of the country) by virtue of their steadfast dedication to the advancement of their communities and their gender as grassroots leaders.

Dr. Amaryllis T. Torres, Marlene dela Cruz, and Thelma Magcuro of the U.P. College of Social Work and Community Development expertly capture the living testaments and heartwarming experiences of the women community leaders and interpret them within a carefully constructed theoretical framework that illuminates the essential role that they perform in nation-building.

An enriching, scholarly, inspiring, and movingly human research study.

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Price: P450.00


Posted on May 28, 2008

Health of the People, Health of the Nation

Health of the People, Health of the Nation
Council for Health and Development

202 pages
ISBN - 9718933018

Description: “…I welcome the publication of this book, and highly recommend it as supplementary reading for all health professionals, health science students, as well as practitioners and students in other fields – particularly community development, economics, sociology, and political science. Officials and staff of national and local government health services as well as private practitioners will find in this book information and inspiration on how to improve the current dire health situation of the Filipino people.” – Fernando Sanchez, Jr. M.D., M.P.H., Executive Director, Association of Philippine Medical Colleges Foundation, Inc.

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PRICE: P 250.00

Nightmare Journeys: Filipina Sojourns through the World of Trafficking

Nightmare Journeys: Filipina Sojourns through the World of Trafficking
by Rina Jimenez David

156 pages
ISBN - 9718280138

Description: The international trafficking of women as prostitutes, especially Filipinas, for too long has lain at the heart of the dark side of globalization. Enticed by dreams of the good life in Japan, the Netherlands, the U.S., and even Nigeria, Lebanon and Cyprus, Filipinas, caught up in the iron grip of poverty at home, fearlessly venture forth into journeys that, alas, too often turn out to be nightmares that crush the soul, break the spirit, and, sometimes, even kill.

(Finalist - 2003 National Book Awards)
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PRICE: P 290.00

Holding Up Half the Sky: Success Stories in the Economic Empowerment of Women

Holding Up Half the Sky: Success Stories in the Economic Empowerment of Women
Edited by Herminia R. Fajardo and Erlinda E. Panlilio

142 pages
ISBN - 9718280065

Description: It is said that women hold up half the sky but that, alas, they often get much less than half of its manna. As a response to this global and seemingly timeless problem, the Zonta Foundation Phils. has compiled, in this book, a series of carefully documented cases of its successful projects to empower women economically in order to protect them from violence, from the violation of their human rights, and to redress the many social inequalities that they face in the Philippines.

Part One of this book presents several theoretical frameworks used by the Zonta Foundation Phils. for the economic empowerment of women. The frameworks are thoroughly and expertly explained by Dr. Herminia R. Fajardo and Dr. Paz H. Diaz, both of whom have spent many decades of their lives in working with disadvantaged women in the informal sector.

Part Two is comprised of detailed case studies of successful projects for the economic empowerment of disadvantaged females. The studies carefully analyze the peculiar circumstances of the major participants in each project and the processes, outputs and outcomes that took place. They also identify the factors that were behind the success of the projects in order to facilitate their replication in similar efforts in the future. Finally, they capture the heartwarming drama inherent in each project to empower women – the triumph of the extraordinary spirit of ordinary women against formidable obstacles, the inspiring tales of their victories over their unfortunate circumstances, and the stirring emotions they felt as they struggled for survival and development.

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PRICE: P 320.00