Pura Velasco | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Filipina |
| Occupation | activist |
Pura Velasco is a Philippine-born activist and advocate for caregivers[1][2] based in Canada.
Pura M. Velasco was a student activist in the University of the Philippines.[3]
After her arrival in Toronto in 1989 from Vienna, where she was a migrant caregiver, Velasco took on the cause of her Filipina compatriots in Canada.[3] In 1991, she began to work as a facilitator for the organization Intercede for the Right of Domestic Workers, Caregivers, Nannies and Newcomers or INTERCEDE. She was a member of Instrac (Institute for Training and Accreditation of Foreign Professional Graduates) and the Multicultural Committee at Mid-Toronto Community Services.
She helped organize Migrante Women's Collective (MWC). Formerly known as the Coalition for the Defense of Migrant Workers' Rights, this organization evolved from a group of organizations such as the United Filipino Mothers, Caregivers' Cooperative, Katipunan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan, and others.[4] She also served as on the board of the Community Alliance for Social Justice.[5][6]
In 2007, Velasco founded Caregivers Action Centre, previously known as the Caregivers Support Services, with which she served as spokesperson,[7] advocating and lobbying for fair employment, immigration status, and access to settlement services.”[6]
- ^ Bonnar, John (June 11, 2009). "Community groups fight for better living, working conditions for temporary foreign workers and live-in caregivers". Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ Mike Colle, MPP, Elginton-Lawrence (April 9, 2009). "Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Government of Ontario: Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
- ^ a b Brazao, Dale; Cribb, Robert (April 3, 2009), Years of championing caregivers' cause pays off, Toronto Star
- ^ Santos, Maria Deanna (2000). "A Matter of Policy or Strategy? Promoting the Human Rights of Filipina Domestic Workers in Canada". Philippine Sociological Review. 48: 137–159. JSTOR 23898408.
- ^ Mercurio, Edwin (September 19–25, 2004). "Filipinos in Canada Organize To Protect Themselves". Bulatlat. IV (33). Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ a b Tungohan, Ethel. From the Politics of Everyday Resistance to the Politics From Below:Migrant Care Worker Activism in Canada (PDF) (PhD). University of Illinois Press, forthcoming.
- ^ Black, Debra (November 8, 2014). "New rules for federal live-in caregivers program". Retrieved July 5, 2021.