page_title: Bridget Tan
hierarchical_section_title: Bridget Tan
caption_attribution_description: English: Singaporean migrant workers' rights advocate Bridget Lew Tan receiving an award from Hillary Clinton at a 2011 event honoring Tan and other anti-human trafficking advocates.
context_page_description: Bridget Lew Tan is a Singaporean migrant worker's rights advocate and the founder of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics. After retiring from a career in the private sector, Tan began volunteering with the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, which she chaired. She left ACMI after it declined to support some of Tan's initiatives, and in 2004 she founded HOME, which provides services for and advocates on behalf of migrant workers. That same year she founded a sister organization in Indonesia, Yayasan Dunia Viva Wanita. For her work, Tan has been honored by the Asia Society, the United States Department of State, and the governments of Thailand and The Philippines.
context_section_description: Bridget Lew Tan (born 1948) is a Singaporean migrant worker's rights advocate and the founder of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME). After retiring from a career in the private sector, Tan began volunteering with the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (ACMI), which she chaired. She left ACMI after it declined to support some of Tan's initiatives, and in 2004 she founded HOME, which provides services for and advocates on behalf of migrant workers. That same year she founded a sister organization in Indonesia, Yayasan Dunia Viva Wanita (Indonesian for World Foundation For Women). For her work, Tan has been honored by the Asia Society, the United States Department of State, and the governments of Thailand and The Philippines.
caption: Tan (right) receiving the Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award from Hillary Clinton in 2011
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