#FWNSummit 2018

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: 
Marily Mondejar

DIRECTOR: 
Genevieve Jopanda, Chief of Staff, Office of Fiona Ma- Chair Emeritus, CA State Board of Equalization UNITED STATES

PRODUCTION MANAGER: 
Trish Marie Edar Marco, Marketing Coordinator Mark Thomas Walnut Creek, CA UNITED STATES [Quartenary Economic Sector: interior design, architecture, management].


CAST AND CREW:

Catherine Sy Luib, D.C., Owner/Physician, Luib Health Center, San Diego, California, UNITED STATES [Tertiary Economic Sector: Healthcare]

Christen-Leonor Santos Montero, Chief Markeing Officer, Blue, UNITED STATES [Tertiary Economic Sector: Technology]

Crystal Dias LLB, Partner, Dias Solicitors, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM  [Tertiary Economic Sector: Legal]

Danabelle Hazel Ramirez Gutierrez, Spoken Word Artist, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [Tertiary Economic Sector: Entertainment]

Editha Tijamo Winterhalter, Ed.D., California State University, Northridge, Associate Vice President for Strategic Business Operations  UNITED STATES

Elizabeth von Atzigen, Primary, Secondary Educator; Cambridge English Exams Prep Trainer, KiTs Bilingual Dayschool, Wil Switzerland, SWITZERLAND [Tertiary Economic Sector: Education]]

Evelyn Tang Uy, Managing Director, Isaias Uy & Sons Development Corporation, Zamboanga Del Norte, PHILIPPINES [Tertiary Economic Sector: Travel and Tourism]

Gizelle Covarrubias Robinson, Senior Managing Director - IT, Digital Accelerator Journey, Technical Owner, Digital Solutions UNITED STATES [Quaternary Economic Sector = knowledge-based and production of information: Media: journalism]

Leonor Vintervoll, Founder, Philippine Women's Organization (PWO) Resource Center. Board Director & Country Representative for Norway, European Network of Filipino Diaspora (ENFiD), Oslo, NORWAY(Global FWN100™ '15)

Maria Beebe, Ph.D., President, Global Networks, Hawaii, UNITED STATES(US FWN100 '11 and Global FWN100™ '13)

Maria Victoria M. Acosta, Senior Vice President – International Marketing, Megaworld Corporation, PHILIPPINES [Secondary Economic Sector: Construction, Real Estate]

Myrna Tang Yao PHILIPPINES, President and CEO, Richprime Global Inc. PHILIPPINES

Pamela Gotangco, Visual Artist, Motivational Speaker, Gotangco Art, Aargau, SWITZERLAND [Tertiary Economic Sector: Communication Services]

Rayla Melchor Santos, President and CEO, Proactive Resources, Inc., Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES[Tertiary Economic Sector: Non-profit/non-governmental]

Hon. Thelma Boac, Trustee, Berryessa Union School District, San Jose, California, UNITED STATES (US FWN100 '07, Global FWN100™ '13).


DESCRIPTION:
Since 2003, Filipina Women's Network has convened the production of The Vagina Monologues to raise awareness and help STOP violence against Filiina women and girls.

Violence against women takes shape in a multitude of forms including domestic violence, stalking, rape, sexual assault, the trafficking of women and children, date rape, verbal abuse, harassment and hate crimes.
 
Join the chorus of voices around the WORLD, as we say "NO" to violence against Women of Color.  Bring your grandmother, your mother, your wife, your aunt, your sister, your daughter, your niece, your friend.  Empower them.  Free them.  Bring the men in your lives, too.  Let us all help stop the madness.

The Filipina Women's Network advocates for an education campaign to raise awareness about the violence being perpetrated against Women. Consider the following statistics:

• 41 – 61% of Asian women report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner during their lifetime. 
  
  Source: A. Raj and J. Silverman, Intimate partner violence against South-Asian women in Greater Boston Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association.
• 56% of Filipinas and 64% of Indian and Pakistani women had experienced sexual violence by an intimate in a study interviewing 143 women. 
  
  Source: Yoshihama M, Bybee D, Dabby C, Blazevski J. Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipino, Indian and Pakistani Women: Implications for Justice System Responses. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice; 2011.
• 5,200 – 7,800 Asians and Pacific Islanders comprise the largest group of people trafficked into the U.S., out of an estimated total of 14,500-17,500 individuals trafficked in 2004.
  
  Source: U.S. Department of Justice. Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons. 
• 68% of Filipinas and 50% of Indian and Pakistani women reported being stalked by an intimate partner.

Source: Yoshihama M, Bybee D, Dabby C, Blazevski J. Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipino, Indian and Pakistani Women: Implications for Justice System Responses. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice; 2011.

• Research shows that children who witness domestic violence show more anxiety, low self esteem, depression, anger and temperament problems than their peers. They are at greater risk for abuse and neglect as children and to become abusers themselves as adults. 
  
  Family Violence Prevention Fund. Fact Sheet: The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children. San Francisco, CA: Author; (n.d.).

Statistics from: Asian-Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

https://filipinawomensnetwork.org/vday-fwn-against-violence/