On the Record: The OFW story: The price and prize of greener pastures
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CNN Philippine Guests: Susan V. Ople, President, Ople Center & Cong. Raymond D. Mendoza, TUCP Partylist
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Ex-labor official calls for better protection, monitoring of OFWs after Pinay death in Kuwait | ANC
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Link: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/04/20/ex-labor-official-calls-for-better-protection-monitoring-of-ofws-after-pinay-death-in-taiwan?fbclid=IwAR1HyBpKeChfs82arcW6WLe-CZnW9p8J5XQoeI8X2f-zhLE1jaUbchlNvnQ
NGO seeks tougher penalties for illegal recruiters, human traffickers deploying OFWs to war-torn countries
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January 7, 2020 The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-profit organization that helps distressed overseas Filipino workers, called for tougher penalties against illegal recruiters that deploy victims to countries or territories deemed unsafe by the Philippine government. “Illegal recruiters and human traffickers that recruit and deploy Filipino workers to war-torn countries such as Libya, […]
NGO seeks joint legislative probe into OFW death in Kuwait
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January 1, 2020 The Blas F. Ople Policy Center urged the Senate and House committees on labor as well as OFW affairs to conduct a joint hearing on the recent killing of a Filipino domestic worker in Kuwait by her lady employer, particularly on the capacity of both the government and private sectors to effectively […]
Urgent Hiring!
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The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, in partnership with the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), is currently implementing a Project aimed at reducing the prevalence of severe exploitation of Filipino domestic workers overseas. The Project requires a Social Media Specialist to help manage […]
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Enumerators Conduct of Baseline Survey for OFWs SUMMARY The Anti-Slavery Project for Overseas Filipino Domestic Workers requires the establishment of baseline information on 1) response time by government, and 2) satisfaction level of OFWs with the service provided by the Task Force and other agencies. The Baseline Interview will interview trafficked OFWs who were assisted […]
Urgent Hiring: Layout and Graphic Artist
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The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, in partnership with the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), is currently implementing a Project aimed at reducing the prevalence of severe exploitation of Filipino domestic workers overseas. The Project requires a Layout and Graphic Artist to design […]
OFW groups seek moratorium on SSS and Philhealth premium hikes
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June 17, 2019 The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that specializes in labor migration, warned that scheduled increases in OFW contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) and Philhealth would likely push more workers to leave as tourists rather than go through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). In a joint […]
OFW group urges DoLE to slow down deployment of domestic workers to Kuwait in light of airport rape incident
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June 13, 2019 The Blas F. Ople Policy Center, a non-government organization that assists distressed migrant workers, called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to slow down on the deployment of Filipino domestic workers to Kuwait until the rape case involving a Filipino domestic worker who just landed at the Kuwait international airport […]
Urgent Hiring!
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The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute is currently implementing a project with the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to reduce the prevalence of human trafficking among Overseas Filipino Domestic Workers. This is a one year appointment.
