URGENT ACTION! Migrant worker faces execution!

UA 22/10 Index: MDE 17/001/2010 Kuwait
Date: 25 January 2010

The death sentence against a Filipina female domestic worker, Jakatia Pawa, was upheld by Kuwait’s Court of Cassation on 19 January. The sentence will now be submitted to Kuwait’s head of state, the Amir, for ratification. This often takes between two weeks and a month, after which, if the sentence is ratified, Jakatia Pawa will be in imminent danger of execution.

Jakatia Pawa was sentenced to death on 13 April 2008 by a court of First Instance for the murder on 14 May 2007 of her employer’s 22-year-old daughter. The death sentence was upheld by an appeal court on 16 June 2009.

Throughout the judicial process Jakatia Pawa maintained she was innocent. Her lawyer stated that there was no evidence in the case file proving that his client had indeed committed the murder. During a court hearing in January 2009 she stated that one of the victim’s family members might have committed the murder because the victim was having an affair with a neighbour.

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Artistry of slim

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By owiend – March 6, 2010

Exhibit tour at the Philippine National Museum in Manila

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By owiend – February 16, 2010

European Feminist Forum – A Herstory (2004-2008)

European Feminist Forum - A Herstory (2004-2008)

This herstory tells the story of vision, conflict, struggle and courage, as an increasingly expanding group of people engaged in debate and organizing the EFF. The participants had to step outside their normal working environments to communicate with each other. Small feminist groups working with local struggles brought their issues into broader international contexts, and groups working across borders engaged with grassroots activists they may never meet again. For the organizers, we had to struggle with prioritizing our project in our own working lives, while at the same time realizing that resources we needed for the project were in some ways in competition with the resources needed for our groups and organizations. At times we had to balance the immediate needs of our own organizations with the potential long-term benefits of a collective endeavour. We engaged in political and strategic disagreements. And, as the timeframe stretched beyond the original commitment each of us made to this project, the ability of Steering Committee members to continue to be involved was put to the test. Meanwhile, questions surfaced around who has the legitimacy to call for such a meeting, and how to ensure that ‘Europe’ is understood as the wider Europe, whatever that actually is. ….

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By owiend – February 16, 2010

OFWs who registered for the May 2010 elections are encouraged to VOTE

To All GFNers:

As Lead Harvesters, please encourage and urge Overseas Filipinos who registered for the May 2010 elections to VOTE.

There are three modes of voting : personal, via mail or postal vote and automated. Comelec will print ballots for the 589,830 OAV registered voters. The Committee on Overseas Absentee Voters (COAV) in consultation with DFA-OAV determines the countries where voting shall be done by any specific mode taking into consideration the minimum ctiteria enumerated by the Overseas Absentee Voters Act of 2003.

Of the said number, 138,113 are postal voters while the 451,717 registered voters will have to vote personally at the embassy or consulate offices in the countries they are working. They must present a valid passport or identification with name, signature, and photograph to the special board of election inspectors (SBEIs). In the absence of identification documents, a voter may be identified through oath by an SBEI member. If a voter fails to prove his identity, he would not be allowed to vote. They have identified 49 foreign posts for voting by mail and about 40 foreign posts for personal votes. A foreign post includes consulates and embassies.

Polls in Singapore and Hong Kong may be automated based on the number of voters. Singapore has 31,851 voters while Hong Kong has 95,355. Combined, they make up 20 percent of the total number of overseas voters.

The consulates for a number of Middle East and Africa countries opted for personal appearance as a mode of voting. The consular posts are: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai, Doha, Oman, Riyadh, Manamam Muscat, Nairobi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tripoli.

Efforts were made by COAV to combine both postal voting and personal voting for Middle East and Africa posts, but upon consultation with the DFA-OAV, they decided enbanc one mode only i.e PERSONAL VOTING.

The May 10, 2010 elections defines the future of the country. To vote is a right and obligation. Let’s harness the power and energy of Global Filipinos in building a nation of good governance.

CONNIE GOMEZ VALDES
Deputy Executive Director
GLOBAL FILIPINO NATION
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