Josefa Francisco
Josefa "Gigi" Francisco | |
|---|---|
| Died | 22 July 2015 |
| Occupation(s) | Researcher, Global coordinator of DAWN |
| Organization(s) | ISIS International Women and Gender Institute DAWN |
Josefa "Gigi" Francisco (1954 - 22 July 2015)[1] was an advocate for gender equality, social justice, and women's rights from the Philippines.[2] She contributed to many programs to reduce inequities and conducted research on many aspects of women's equality, women's rights and movement building. Gigi worked closely with the United Nations on various projects.[3]
Career
Through her teaching and writing, she introduced technical experience, vision and social movements to the young generation. She served as a member of ISIS International from 1998 to 2002. The organization works on women's rights internationally.[4] Later, she joined the Women and Gender Institute (WAGI) as the organization's executive director. The organization has been conducting various online courses on women's rights since 3 years.[3] She was a member of the Organization for Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era, abbreviated as DAWN. The organization works to spread women's voices and perspectives from the global southern region into the world. She served as global coordinator of the organization. The United Nations and DAWN worked together in the Asia-Pacific region under the leadership of Gigi. The work between them were published in The Future The Asia Pacific Women Want in 2015.
She worked as the departmental head of the Department of International Studies at Miriam College, working to promote women's leadership.[2] She did important research on poverty, gender, development and the feminist movement.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Josefa "Gigi" Francisco". AWID. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ a b "Josefa "Gigi" Francisco, In Remembrance". 24 July 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Connecting the Global and the Local: Women's Human Rights Movements and the Critique of Globalization". WHRnet. October 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "An Interview with DAWN's Global Coordinator, Gigi Francisco". WHRnet. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "AWID remembers Josefa "Gigi" Francisco". WHRnet. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ Joanna Kerr, Ellen Sprenger, Alison Symington (2004). The Future of Women's Rights: Global Visions and Strategies. Zed Books. p. 69. ISBN 1842774581.
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