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From personal to political, and back: the story of the Filipino Women’s Council

For more than 25 years the Filipino Women’s Council in Italy has worked to improve the lives of their community. Could their path serve as a model?

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The Filipino Women’s Council displays its latest research. Photo supplied FWC.

The Filipino community in Italy is one of the oldest communities of migrants in southern Europe, with first arrivals dating to the 1970s. In 2016 the resident Filipino population in Italy was 167,176, of which 57.4% was female and 42.6% was male.