Manang Caring helped organize the United Abrenians in Hongkong in 1990 and ATIS-HK (Abra Tinguian Ilocano Society – Hong Kong) in 1992.
Award-winning Filipino migrant advocate decries inclusion in Bureau of Immigration ‘blacklist’
Tags: domestic helpers
Aquino government foot-dragging on ratification of Domestic Workers Convention
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We expected the Philippines, as chair of the Committee on Domestic Workers that deliberated on the text of the convention with recommendations, to be the first or one of the first to ratify the convention but so far, it seems that it is not in the list of President Aquino’s priorities.” – Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union
Migrant group to use ILO treaty to empower domestic helpers
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“It is an added instrument, a tool and a weapon. But it is not the answer to migrant workers’ problems.” – Migrant workers’ organization