For many women in their 60s and older, Social Security checks are the all-important means of survival. But for older female immigrants those benefits often don't exist. After spending their working lives taking care of their families or working off-the-books in low-wage jobs, they don't qualify. So what do they do? The answer, according to a recent study by a New York group, is many just keep on working.
News story courtesy of Women's eNews
Afril Bernardino fired a tournament-high 32 points as Perlas Pilipinas downed India, 82-76, in the relegation playoff, earning the Filipinos a ticket to Fiba Asia Women’s Championship’s elite Level I competition.
News story courtesy of TheInquirer.net
Coryn Rivera, a 22 year-old Fil-American rider, sprinted to victory on July 21st at the Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen. She emerged victoriously from a select group of 11 riders that escaped early in the stage according to online reports on Velo News.
News story courtesy of The Manila Standard Today
The Chula Vista City Council unanimously approved the boundaries for 4 election districts on Tuesday, July 14th, a historic moment for the second largest city in San Diego County that has held at-large elections until now.
News story courtesy of San Diego Free Press
Filipino-American World War II veterans who have been waiting for years to bring their family members to the U.S. will soon be able to do so through a new policy, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday.
News story courtesy of HuffPost Politics
GABRIELA USA demands immediate justice to find Joseph Scott Pemberton guilty as charged on the vicious hate crime and killing of Filipino trans woman, Jennifer Laude, last October 2014 in Olongapo, Philippines. Last Monday August 24, U.S. Marine Corporal Joseph S. Pemberton admitted to choking Jennifer Laude until she stopped moving, but claims she was still alive when he left the hotel room. Autopsy reports show she died from asphyxiation by drowning. Pemberton claimed he acted in self defense as he was surprised to find that Jennifer was a “man” and feared being “raped” by him. This does not excuse the soldier's malicious intent to harm and ultimately take the life of Jennifer Laude. His admission to choking her only exposes Pemberton’s intent to kill Jennifer upon realizing Jennifer’s transgender identity.
From GabrielaUSA
For a while, Jennifer Pan’s parents regarded her as their “golden” child.
The young Canadian woman, who lived in the city of Markham just north of Toronto, was a straight A student at a Catholic school who won scholarships and early acceptance to college. True to her father’s wishes, she graduated from the University of Toronto’s prestigious pharmacology program and went on to work at a blood-testing lab at SickKids hospital.
Pan’s accomplishments used to make her mother and father, Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan, brim with pride. After all, they had arrived in Toronto as refugees from Vietnam, working as laborers for an auto parts manufacturer so their two kids could have the bright future that they couldn’t attain for themselves.
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Raissa Alvero is delighted to be the Filipina Women’s Network Fellow (2015-2016) and new Editor of the ePahayagan. With a special interest in communications and project management, she looks forward to harnessing and developing her professional skills amidst a community of supportive and inclusive Filipina women.
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- Raissa
