Maids’ deployment to Saudi resumes—DOLE
By Tina G. Santos
After a ban of more than a year, the deployment of new domestic workers to Saudi Arabia has resumed.
After a ban of more than a year, the deployment of new domestic workers to Saudi Arabia has resumed.
Over 40,000 Walk Free supporters from 159 countries signed a petition to the Philippine Senate calling for the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189—otherwise known as the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
The Philippines needs to quickly ratify an international convention on decent work for domestic workers to strengthen its voice in the global fight for migrant rights, according to Philippine Overseas Employment Authority (POEA) Chief Hans Cacdac .
Singapore’s decision to grant a weekly rest day to its foreign domestic workers, including Filipinos, was significant but fell short of international standards, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
In June 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of a Maryland couple on charges that they held a Filipina domestic worker in servitude. The couple lured the victim—an impoverished, uneducated mother of eight—by promising a salary that could support the victim’s children in the Philippines. The indictment document reveals that the couple [...]
MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines, which sends out tens of thousands of maids to work abroad every year, on Friday hailed a landmark International Labour Organisation treaty giving protection to domestic workers. President Benigno Aquino III’s government had been one of the main proponents, foreign department spokesman Ed Malaya told AFP. “Domestic household workers are among those [...]
The International Labor Organization on Thursday passed a landmark treaty giving protection to an estimated 52.6 million domestic workers across the world.
