By Marjorie Gorospe
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — We often see or hear news about Filipina overseas workers experiencing abuse from their employers. They are often belittled, discriminated and oftentimes, stereotyped as domestic helpers in almost any foreign country.
To purposely change this notion about Filipino women, Timonera Grafik Production, backed by Illustrado Magazine and the Philippine embassy in Abu Dhabi, created a documentary film entitled, “The Empowered Filipina: A woman of Substance”. The film aims to uplift the morale of our kababayans as well as open the eyes of the world to who we truly are and what we can offer.
In its trailer, the violence experienced by global Filipinas is linked with foreigner’s perception of our race as third-rate, having been pinned on a lower class of society.
One of the interviewees in the film said, the change of people’s perception about us can only happen if we too, aim for bigger and better dreams.
“The moment we think this is how far we can get or that we can never really achieve our ambitions because we are only seen as domestic helpers or women of no values, that’s the worst thing of all. We can’t allow that to happen to us.”
Filipinas deserve to be regarded highly as many of us excel in our fields both here and abroad, in fact, many even hold high positions in international companies. What we need to do really is prove others wrong.
In Director Kamil Roxas’ youtube channel, he wrote that the documentary follows a collective group of global Filipinas who have been deeply affected by these issues. They share in the vision to uplift the morale of Filipinas everywhere by spreading positivity and participating in the advocacy of reshaping the Filipina image.
The documentary film was shown to the public in Godolphin Ballroom, Emirates Towers, Dubai on March 27, 2010. It was produced by Lalaine and Ramon Benitez.
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