Philippines

TIGRA and MFIC Join Forces to Advance Financial Inclusion of Marginalized Transnational Families

Date: 15/11/2011 - 08:47

Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC), a D.C.-based financial services company, and the Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research & Action (TIGRA), a California-based non-governmental organization, have entered into a strategic partnership to pursue their common goal of strengthening the financial services infrastructure in marginalized communities, particularly those who have been impacted by migration.

Migrant groups in Europe call for protection for Filipino au pairs

Date: 23/09/2011 - 06:56

Migrant organizations and advocacy groups supporting migrant rights are appealing to Vice-President Jejomar Binay to address the needs of Filipino au pairs in Europe. They also said the vice president was seriously mistaken if he believes that au pairs are overseas Filipino workers employed as household helpers.

Running in Circles: Progress and Challenges in Regulating Recruitment of Filipino and Sri Lankan Labor Migrants to Jordan

Date: 29/07/2011 - 07:41

Labor migration from the Philippines and Sri Lanka to Jordan has filled a growing share of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs in recent years, with private recruitment agencies playing an important role in facilitating and driving labor migration. But despite a comprehensive set of laws and guidelines to control migration systems in these countries, workers remain vulnerable to abuse and exploitation at the hands of recruitment agents.

Philippines to Help Workers Displaced from Saudi Arabia

Date: 12/07/2011 - 08:32

The Philippines will seek work for tens of thousands of Filipinos who may lose their jobs in Saudi Arabia as both countries implement policies to protect their workers, weakening a key stream of remittances to the Southeast Asian nation.

A workers’ group says around 40 percent of the 1.2 million Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are at risk from Riyadh’s plans to make firms hire more Saudis and a push by Asian countries for better conditions for their citizens working as domestic help.

Filipino-Taiwanese workers demand labor rights

Date: 03/05/2011 - 07:37

Two groups -- Filipino workers and Filipino- Taiwanese -- stood out among labor protesters on International Workers' Day Sunday because they had extra grievances to air against the government.

While domestic labor rights groups still dominated the agenda of the protests, which were held to demand Taiwan's government carry out immediate reforms to the labor law, these two groups simply wanted to change the fact that they are not even protected by that law.

The first group, Filipino migrant workers, are denied coverage because of profession.

Saudi Arabia stops hiring Filipino domestics

Date: 30/03/2011 - 14:23

Saudi Arabia said it would stop the processing of employment contracts for Filipinos household service workers (HSWs) until further notice, Carlos Cao Jr., Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief, said Monday.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed this information in a note verbale to the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on March 12.

Report Philippine Congress Mission on Filipino Migrants in Saudi Arabia

Date: 30/03/2011 - 12:17

The mission was led by Congress Representative Walden Bello, and included 3 other Congress Representatives - Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora Apsay (Compostela Valley), Emmeline Aglipay (DIWA Partylist), at Cresente Paez (COOP NATCCO). The visit to Saudi Arabia took place from January 8-13

Philippine delegation focuses on domestic worker abuse in Saudi Arabia

Date: 17/01/2011 - 14:27

Despite several high-profile cases of household worker abuse in Saudi Arabia the Philippines has no immediate plans to recommend a ban on sending domestic workers to the Middle East.

Instead more information is needed, said Walden Bello, a representative of the Akbayan party list at the Philippine congress.

Christmas Party and Gift-Giving for School Children

Date: 15/11/2010 - 14:33
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Date de début: 20/12/2010 - 00:00
Date de fin: 20/12/2010 - 00:00
Lu, 20/12/2010

By invitation only

Lead Agency: People’s Reform Initiative for Social Mobilization, Inc. (PRISM)

Telephone No: 5253783

Location
Malabañas Prepi School, Angeles, Pampanga
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Anak… Ina, Pamilya Film Showing

Date: 15/11/2010 - 14:30
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Date de début: 18/12/2010 - 00:00
Date de fin: 18/12/2010 - 00:00
Sa, 18/12/2010

By invitation only

The movie relates the story of a child who is longing for the love and care of his mother who opted to work overseas to provide better living to her family. The child was left to the cares of the father who, on the other hand, struggles and copes with the responsibility of being a ‘houseband’.

Lead Agencies: KAKAMMPI, SMEF-COW and Kaibigan ng OCWs

Telephone No.: 407-2231, 911-1814, 373-6901

Location
OWWA National Office, Pasay City
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Décembre 18: Centre international de plaidoyer et de ressources sur les droits humains des travailleurs migrants.

Décembre 18 est une ONG dotée du statut consultatif spécial auprès du Conseil économique et social des Nations Unies

Le soutien financier aux frais de fonctionnement vient de Inter Pares (Canada) et Oxfam-Novib (Pays-Bas).

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