The project is implemented in partnership with Arbeiterwohlfahrt International, e.V. (AWO International) Regional Office-Southeast Asia, and was launched on September 1, 2021. It aims to strengthen detection mechanisms to screen overseas Filipino workers, who are leaving through illegal and unsafe situations in various levels by revising protocols for detection, increase access to ethical recruitment channels, […]
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training institute, Inc. is implementing the PROACT Project aimed at mobilizing support from among Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) themselves on key policy reforms that would sustain and enhance good practices in facilitating access to justice and reintegration services for trafficked OFWs. The project […]
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, in partnership with the Partnership for Development Assistance in the Philippines and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Building OFW Networks for Empowerment project on 01 October 2020, with the aim to establish, strengthen and mobilize local partnerships of Overseas Filipino Worker […]
Project Officer The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, in partnership with the Partnership for Development Assistance in the Philippines and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is implementing a project entitled “Building OFW Networks for Empowerment”, which aims to establish, strengthen, and mobilize local partnerships in the project areas (Batangas, […]
Researcher – Gaps Analysis on Reintegration The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training institute, Inc. is implementing the PROACT Project aimed at mobilizing support from among Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) themselves on key policy reforms that would sustain and enhance good practices in facilitating access to justice and reintegration […]
The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training institute, Inc. is implementing the PROACT Project aimed at mobilizing support from among Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) themselves on key policy reforms that would sustain and enhance good practices in facilitating access to justice and reintegration services for trafficked OFWs. The project […]
By Riza Ramirez-Flores, Social Worker One of the major components for the recovery of victim-survivors of severe exploitation and violence abroad is social and economic reintegration, which includes programs for psychosocial support and counseling, as well as life skills, livelihood training and employment in sustainable jobs. The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute […]
By Jennifer Rivera-Sespene GRACIA was 42 years old when she was promised a job in Europe as a household worker with a salary of US$400, equivalent to PhP 18,000, which was twice the amount of anyone with a similar job in the Philippines. She left her hometown in Bulacan on March 29, 2018. To her surprise, she ended […]
By Noel PadalhinMonitoring and Evaluation Officer and Mark Borromeo Data Protection Officer The Philippines had set a new record in being the first ASEAN country to have maintained a Tier 1 category ranking in the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking-in-Persons Report 2020 for five years straight, an elite ranking in terms of trafficking response. The […]
There was a massive prevalence of exploitation of overseas Filipino workers that were not addressed, particularly of domestic or household service workers to the Middle Eastern region. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Overseas Worker Welfare Administration, a total of 4,879 cases of severely exploited household service workers were recorded from 2017 […]
