Visayan Forum Foundation

Speakers

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  Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

  Founder, Voice of the Free

  Cecilia is an internationally acclaimed slavery fighter. Through VF, she rescues, heals, and reintegrates survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Working together with partners they protected more than 30,000 at risk and exploited young girls. Cecil was instrumental in the enactment of pioneering laws in the Philippines to promote decent work for domestic workers, law to eliminate the worst forms of child labor and anti-trafficking law amendments. She was appointed by the two Philippine Presidents to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking as NGO representative and served for six years. She was also a member of the Presidential-Illegal Recruitment Task force during the Aquino Administration. Cecilia currently serves as an Advisory Board of the Freedom United, and as part of the Advisory Council of Telos Governance Agency

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  Kip Oebanda

  Development Specialist, Visayan Forum Foundation

  Kip was born in prison during the Martial Law in the Philippines. After democracy was restored his mom founded the VIsayan Forum Foundation help victims and potential victims of human trafficking. Kip started as a volunteer when he was a child and have gone on to work with the organization as he graduated from his Master's Degree in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management. He is also a film director in the Philippines, with a full-length feature film about human trafficking released in local commercial theaters. He will be working on his second feature this year.

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  Ailyn Bulfa

  Survivor, Visayan Forum Foundation

  Ailyn Capacite Bulfa was only 14 when she was trafficked. She was promised a job as a domestic worker, but ended up in a slave-like situation. She was able to escape with three other girls with the help of Visayan Forum Foundation. Today, she is back in school and is a youth leader of a movement of domestic workers. She is helping trafficking victims recover from trauma, living as an example of resilience and advocating policy reforms to protect Filipino migrant workers.

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