admin on December 3rd, 2009

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Today the official report from FAFO came out regarding the aupair system in Norway. Fafo according to their homepage is an independent and multidisciplinary research foundation focusing on social welfare and trade policy, labor and living conditions, public health, migration and integration, and transnational security and development issues. Fafo works within both a domestic Norwegian [...]

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A young Filipina aupair 21 years old was found by her host family  floating in their villa in Chateauneuf de Grasse near Nice in France last June  29. The French investigated the accident. The last time I heard was that the girl’s body was brought to Norway and I don’t have any idea if her [...]

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I have a friend a Filipina au pair who called her father just before christmas just to greet them and tell them about her plans to get married to non Filipino guy and I was shocked to overhear their conversation which goes like
Daughter: Hello, How are you there?
Father:…?
Daughter: No, I don’t have money. I’m not [...]

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admin on April 25th, 2009

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The following article is written by Genevieve Arroyo who researched the au pair program during her stay as a cultural exchange student in the Netherlands and used it in her dissertation. This article was published at Munting Nayon News Magazine which is base in the Netherlands (http://www.mnnetherlands.com/mn/articles/aupair3.php). This article is posted here in to 2 [...]

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admin on April 15th, 2009

In the last decade alone, Philippine au pairs have gone to Denmark in droves. Out of 2,000 in 2007, 62 % or a total of 1,249 were Filipinos.
Dulce, a 25-year old Filipina, was just beginning to enjoy the sweet life in Copenhagen, not exactly the most cosmopolitan city in northern Europe, but a cozy urban [...]

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admin on March 17th, 2009

COUNSELLING
for
PHILIPPINE AU PAIRS

A Cooperation between Babaylan DK and
the Danish Women Council (Kvinderådet)
WEDNESDAYS
from 5 to 8 pm
Please call 70204909
Strictly in confidence, for free and we will connect you, if need be, to the right professional who can help you with your specific problem!
Fully Authorized Interpreter & Translator in two [...]

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