Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995

Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995
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This Act instituted the overseas employment polices. It established a higher standard of protection and welfare promotion for migrant workers, their families and overseas Filipinos in distress. It includes pre-employment orientation that allows 5 accredited NGOs to offer courses on entrepreneurship, business and finance management. The NGOs promote and protect migrant workers’ rights, as stipulated in the Act. 

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GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda "

GFMD 2007- Roundtable 1.3 "The role of other-than government partners in strengthening the developmental contribution of temporary labor migration"

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National Government of the Philippines