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The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers earlier suspended the deployment of first-time overseas Filipino workers , particularly domestic helpers, to Kuwait.
Cabrera, quoted by ABS-CBN, said the DMW is studying reforms to strengthen measures and mechanisms to ensure the welfare and safety of domestic workers, particularly those working in Kuwait for the first time. Ople said she is optimistic that significant changes can still be made to the existing bilateral labor agreement between the Philippines and Kuwait.
“We have also been informed through diplomatic channels of the willingness of the Kuwait government to engage in bilateral labor talks. We are preparing well in advance for these talks, bringing with us an accumulation of abuse done over the years, hence the need for significant changes,” she added. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva pushed for a comprehensive review of the bilateral labor agreement between the Philippines and Kuwait amid rising cases of abuse against Filipino domestic helpers there.
To further ensure the safety of our OFWs, Villanueva filed Senate Resolution No. 456 urging the executive department to ratify the International Labor Organization Convention No. 190 on the elimination of violence and harassment in the workplace.
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