Birthdays in the Cemetery by Katinka Floro Rodriguez, A Memoir of a Filipina Woman’s World War II Childhood
ANNOUNCEMENTS Raissa Alvero ANNOUNCEMENTS Raissa Alvero

Birthdays in the Cemetery by Katinka Floro Rodriguez, A Memoir of a Filipina Woman’s World War II Childhood

Just after Pearl Harbor Day, a motherless six-year-old girl awakens when a bomb falls a block from her home, the beginning of years of shattering deprivation.

In World War II Manila, Katinka suffers starvation, illness, and cruelty and loses family in the infamous Bataan Death March. She survives the Japanese occupation and the Battle of Manila. By the end of the war, Manila is destroyed and a million Filipinos are dead, but Katinka has endured the worst and now experiences the American liberation and reconstruction.

Available now on Alford Marr Press.

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FWN Women Take Action on International Women's Day at Manila Peninsula, March 8th
EVENTS, ACTION ALERTS Raissa Alvero EVENTS, ACTION ALERTS Raissa Alvero

FWN Women Take Action on International Women's Day at Manila Peninsula, March 8th

FWN members convened at the Ramon Magsaysay Room at the Manila Peninsula Hotel on March 8th to #TakeAction in celebration of International Women's Day. The celebration brought together over a dozen FWN members and awardees for an afternoon of great food, networking and inspiring conversations to kick off the 13th Filipina Leadership Global Summit in the Philippines this September. The discussion focused on gender parity and a thoughtful discussion of how we can mobilize Filipina women to lead on parity issues as a FWN strategy initiative.

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