Most Filipinos are poor, and migration is part of the culture, often to countries that colonised them. Life in a Catholic country where divorce is illegal is very hard when families need one member to migrate. Women workers often live in conditions of domestic slavery, where a private life is impossible.
Migrants
A mental health journey to address grief and uprooting
Nancy Liscano has more than 20 years of experience working with Latin American immigrants in the mental health field. Originally from Colombia, her journey was marked by socio-political violence and today, working with different NGOs, she provides comprehensive therapeutic support to families in the diaspora. Her commitment, training and solidarity […]
Cova da Moura seeks shelter in the political storm
The economic and housing crises in Portugal provide fuel for right-wing anti-migrant rhetoric, while property speculators try every means to get hold of land whose value is increasing as a result. Proposed changes to migration law have led to protests by the Brazilian Government. “This is a crisis time for migrants in Portugal”, says Jakilson Pereira.
From London, Mayra Crean studies, fights and teaches others
She has lived in London since she was 19. Here she studies, fights and works as an educator. The twists and turns of her life led her to address challenges in public health and inequality in low-income populations, always with an eye on her Ecuadorean and Latin American communities. […]
From migration to rebirth: A story of pain and liberation
Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi rose from the heart of repression to turn her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration wasn’t an escape, it was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art, transforming pain into colour and silence into strength. “True artistry, for me, requires freedom, and I only found that outside Iran”, she says.
















