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Deborah Carlos-Valencia, the Glossary

Deborah Carlos-Valencia (born) sometimes written as Deborah Valencia) is a Filipino social worker, feminist, founder of the Kasapi Union, and co-founder of the Melissa Network, an organization that brings together leaders of the established migrant community in Greece.^[1]

Community leader is a designation, often by secondary sources (particularly in the media), for a person widely perceived to represent a community.

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ElDiario.es

elDiario.es is an online newspaper based in Spain.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Ferdinand Marcos

--> Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, dictator and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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Filipinos

Filipinos (Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Kasapi Union

The Kasapi Union of Filipino Migrant Workers in Greece (Greek: Kasapi Hellas) is a Greek trade union founded in 1986.

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Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos

At 7:15 p.m. on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the Philippines under martial law, stating he had done so in response to the "communist threat" posed by the newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the sectarian "rebellion" of the Muslim Independence Movement (MIM).

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Melissa Network

The Melissa Network of Migrant Women in Greece is a Greek not for profit organisation that supports needs of migrant women.

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Microcredit

Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to impoverished borrowers who typically lack collateral, steady employment, and a verifiable credit history.

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Organization

An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose.

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Organizational founder

An organizational founder is a person who has undertaken some or all of the formational work needed to create a new organization, whether it is a business, a charitable organization, a governing body, a school, a group of entertainers, or any other type of organization.

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Panteion University

The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (PUSPS) (Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University, is a university located in Athens, Greece.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Viktoria Square

Viktoria Square (originally Kyriakou Square) is a large square in the Municipality of Athens, Greece between 3 September and Aristotelous streets.

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Workers' resistance against the Marcos dictatorship

During the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino workers in the labor industry experienced the effects of government corruption, crony capitalism, and cheap labor for foreign transnational industries, One of the objectives of Martial Law was to cheapen labor costs, in order to attract transnational corporations to export labor to the Philippines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Carlos-Valencia

Also known as Deborah Carlos Valencia.

Deborah Carlos-Valencia, the Glossary

Table of Contents

ElDiario.es

Feminism

Ferdinand Marcos

Filipinos

Greece

Kasapi Union

Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos

Melissa Network

Microcredit

Organization

Organizational founder

Panteion University

Trade union

Viktoria Square

Workers' resistance against the Marcos dictatorship

See also

Filipino emigrants to Greece

Filipino founders

Filipino refugees

Filipino trade union leaders

Filipino trade unionists

Filipino women's rights activists

Greek trade unionists

Refugees in Greece

References