This book is a collection of stories about women marriage migrants who did not only face a life of sacrifice and struggle in their new home countries but also found strength and empowerment through joining an organization, reaching out to their fellow women marriage migrants, helping others.

This report counters arguments that rapid economic development in the Third World can stem the current flow of outmigration, and point out that the effects of the 1997 Asian economic crisis, in particular the growing number of people from Third World countries like the Philippines who leave their country every year to earn a living, attest to this fact.