Cecilia flores oebanda biography of barack obama

Rome (AsiaNews) – She was exploited, imprisoned, suffered an attempted rape and saw her friends killed, but an encounter with the mercy of God has made her a witness to the dignity of women and a tireless fighter against human trafficking.

This is the story of Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, a Catholic Filipino who has dedicated her life to the fight against human trafficking in the Philippines. AsiaNews interviewed her on the eve of her speech to "What do women want" Voices of Faith, a conference organized by the Jesuit Refugee Service and other organizations, that takes place at the Vatican today.

Cecilia Flores-Oebanda was born into a very poor Catholic family and began working as a child "because we needed".

Growing up during the turbulent years of martial law under the dictator Marcos - President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 - at the age of 13-14 she became a catechist: "In those years - she