About Sis. Sol Perpinan
Sr. Sol (or Norma, as she was known) is a Good Shepherd sister by vocation; an educator and writer by profession; an eco-feminist, peace activist and social servant by conviction. Sr. Sol began work with migrant women in Rome in 1974. She worked as counseling psychologist in a crisis intervention center that pioneered in handling battered women, rape and incest cases from 1975 to 1979.
She initiated the Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women in 1980, the first time sex tourism was addressed in organized protests in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. She also initiated protests against military prostitution in 1981 and launched an International Campaign Against Military Prostitution in 1985.
In 1987, she started direct services for women and girls who are sexually exploited and established the “Belen” drop-in centers in different parts of the country. Sr. Sol has edited various publications and has written, published, and presented numerous papers in local and international forums to bring in the Third World feminist perspective to issues on peace, development, environment, equality and spirituality.
Sr. Sol belongs to STCQC HS batch 1953 and STCM college batch 1957.