November 17, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) Migrante International today chided the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for “promoting the insurance provision for suicides in the mandatory insurance coverage as if it were another viable option for OFWs and their families.” “How insensitive, brutal and tactlessly lacking in foresight…
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OFW in Kuwait Saved from being Raped
BY BULATLAT August 4, 2008 – 9:32 p.m. A Filipina domestic worker was almost raped by her employer’s son in Kuwait. Her presence of mind and the timely response of her friends and Migrante International saved her from being added to the alarming list of Filipina domestic helpers who are victims of rape and abuse…