Rappler speaks to a Bahrain-based NGO officer and a Japan-based sociology professor on the challenges women OFWs face and how to empower them. Watch the video on Rappler at 7 pm, on Monday, March 13.
, 60.2% or 1.1 million of the 1.83 million OFWs worldwide were women.
The PSA said most OFW women are in “elementary” occupations, including domestic work. This puts them in vulnerable positions – a reason behind the never-ending stories of abuse, exploitation, and social costs. Still, overseas Filipino women continue to fight for their right to work abroad with dignity – whether they are in care work or in managerial positions., Rappler multimedia reporter Michelle Abad speaks to Ivy Ancheta, marketing and communications head of nongovernmental organization Sandigan Bahrain, and Johanna Zulueta, a sociology professor at Toyo University in Japan who has written about gender and migration.
Bahrain law is a combination of royal decrees, civil and criminal measures, and Sharia law. According to nonprofit organization, the secular part of Bahraini law advances women’s rights, but the religious part holds them back. Ancheta speaks about how their NGO steps in to help and empower the mostly women migrant workers who approach them.
Zulueta gives a background on women’s labor migration in East Asia, and how women are disproportionately affected by labor migration issues compared to men.At Home sa Abroad: Stories of Overseas Filipinos
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