There have been tears shed, so many tears; tears of inconsolable grief, of pain, anguish,
anger and frustration; tears shed in compassion and pity, in empathy and consolation,
in sorrow and in shame. There has also been weeping of 'crocodile tears', excuses,
claims of good intentions, and denial. The Australian PM could not even address the Aboriginal
Reconciliation Convention on May 26 this year without a pout on his face and a lecture on his government's
response to Native Title of this country. As you read this story of Julie, don't despair. The past
cannot be undone but we can make amends and face the future together. Anything less than the Truth will
never achieve Reconciliation.
[Kasama Eds.]
On March 8, International Women's Day, Carmelita Alonzo, a sewing machine operator at VT (Vitorio Tan) Fashion Image Inc, died at the Andres Bonifacio Memorial Hospital in Cavite, Philippines, after 11 days in hospital.
FROM FINLAND: Excerpts from a speech presented at the seminar Trafficking in Women - Problems and Measures of the Prevention, held in Saatytalo, Helsinki, Finland on 13 October 1996.
AZIZ CHOUDRY attended the Manila People's Forum on APEC '96 and a preparatory conference held in Davao City on Economic and Social Development. His article is reprinted from KAPATIRAN, April 1997, the newsletter of the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA).
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