Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women

Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women (TW-MAE-W) started on Human Rights Day, 10 December 1980, led by Sister Mary Soledad Perpinan.

It spearheaded the protest against Japanese sex tours on Human Rights Day, December 10, 1980, its foundation date.

The programme really got going after Brother Andrew, head of La Salle University, offered scholarships to learn computer work to a mama san (brothel manager), her daughter and two bar girls.

From this small beginning, TW-MAE-W created seven drop-in centres and three homes around the country, run by 35 female staff members.

Here, women and children survivors of the sex slavery trade are befriended and dealt with by trained staff and fieldworkers to avail of programs and services at the center.