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WFA to speak on issues affecting girls and women

October 14, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Women’s Funding Alliance (WFA) is organizing a morning breakfast to benefit women and girls in the Puget Sound region. The event is called “AMPLIFY! Raise the volume. Up the impact.” It is set for Oct. 20 at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. This year, WFA is welcoming keynote speaker Anika Rahman, president and CEO […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2011, Anika Rahman, Bangladesh, Benaroya Hall, CEO, Puget Sound, Seattle, United Nation, Vol 30 No 42 | October 15 - October 21, WFA

People for sale? – Part 1 of 2: What’s often left unsaid and unreported in the world of modern slavery

February 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In the mid 90s, advocates at the Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center (APIWFSC) were alarmed by a disturbing trend in domestic violence cases.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 2011, APIWFSC, Anne Ko, Emma Catague, International Labor Organization, Mexico, Northwest Asian Weekly, Operation Traffick Jam, Palermo Protocol, ReWA, Refugee Women, Seattle Police Department, Tiffany Ran, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, United Nation, United States, Vol 30 No 8 | February 19 - February 25

In pursuit of the American Dream: Refugees risk life and family escaping from war-torn countries in order to carve out new lives in the United States

May 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Choy Vong had many things working against him. His father was the staff sergeant in the fifth infantry of the defeated South Vietnamese army.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, American Dream Refugees, CBS, Cambodia, Choy Vong, International Dis, Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh Noodle House, Pulau Bidong, Seattle, South Vietnamese, Thailand, Tiffany Ran, United Nation, United States, Vol 29 No 20 | May 15 - May 21, Wing Luke Museum

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