Every day, 5,000 Filipinos leave their country in search of work abroad. There are currently an estimated 2.3 million Filipinos living outside of the Philippines. Collectively they funnel 20 billion US$ into the Philippine economy every year. For decades this movement has been female dominated; more than 70% of Filipino emigrants are currently women.
There isn’t a figure for how many leave children behind, but Caroline Irby grew up in the intimate care of one of these women. In Someone Else’s Mother, Caroline tells Juning’s story and brings into focus the lives of the children she left, carefully interweaving these stories with her own recollections of a childhood spent with their mother.
Specifications
Published by Schilt Publishing Design: Victor Levie, LevievanderMeer, Amsterdam 18.8 x 24.5 cm 120 pages with approx. 65 photos in full colour Hardback with cloth cover ISBN 9789053309407
