DOLE's round-table talks on OFW women entrepreneurs
The experiences, entrepreneurial skills and various products of women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have engaged in business was showcased at the "Kapihan at Pulong-Pulong ng mga Kababaihang OFW," a round-table discussion that was telecast live, Friday, over NBN- Channel 4.
The 'Kapihan,' sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) National Reintegration Center for overseas Filipino workers (NRCO) was broadcasted live from the NRCO office in Intramuros, Manila.
Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion hosted the round-table discussion with beauty queen and entrepreneurship advocate Miriam Quiambao as co-host.
Brion said the 'Kapihan' paid tribute to OFWs women entrepreneurs who have successfully put up their businesses and livelihood projects with the assistance of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and non-government organizations Unlad Kabuhayan and Atikha.
OWWA Director Vivian Tornea also explained OWWA's business or livelihood undertakings and other assistance program for OFWs.
Brion said the special talk show was intended to attract other women OFWs to save and put their earnings from overseas work to economic undertakings while giving them due recognition of their role in national development as the nation observes the month of March as the Women's Month.
He noted that the contributions of women OFWs to development in terms of remittances that helped push last year's record high 7.3 economic growth cannot be underestimated.
He said that women OFWs constituted almost half of the newly hired OFWs deployed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in 2007 indicating that a significant portion of OFW remittances in 2007 came from the women OFW sector.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data showed that OFWs remittances last year breached US$14 billion.
Meanwhile, POEA data showed that 124,704 or 47% of the 267,453 new hires deployed by POEA last year were women. Data indicated a reduction in the number of women new hires who used to dominate OFW deployment in previous years. In 2006 alone, deployed women new hires reached 184,454 compared to 123,668 deployed male new hires.
Despite a reduction in the number of Filipino women new hires, however, total OFW deployment still reached more than one million (1,012,954) from Jan. to Dec. 9, 2007.
The 'Kapihan,' sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) National Reintegration Center for overseas Filipino workers (NRCO) was broadcasted live from the NRCO office in Intramuros, Manila.
Labor and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion hosted the round-table discussion with beauty queen and entrepreneurship advocate Miriam Quiambao as co-host.
Brion said the 'Kapihan' paid tribute to OFWs women entrepreneurs who have successfully put up their businesses and livelihood projects with the assistance of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and non-government organizations Unlad Kabuhayan and Atikha.
OWWA Director Vivian Tornea also explained OWWA's business or livelihood undertakings and other assistance program for OFWs.
Brion said the special talk show was intended to attract other women OFWs to save and put their earnings from overseas work to economic undertakings while giving them due recognition of their role in national development as the nation observes the month of March as the Women's Month.
He noted that the contributions of women OFWs to development in terms of remittances that helped push last year's record high 7.3 economic growth cannot be underestimated.
He said that women OFWs constituted almost half of the newly hired OFWs deployed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in 2007 indicating that a significant portion of OFW remittances in 2007 came from the women OFW sector.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data showed that OFWs remittances last year breached US$14 billion.
Meanwhile, POEA data showed that 124,704 or 47% of the 267,453 new hires deployed by POEA last year were women. Data indicated a reduction in the number of women new hires who used to dominate OFW deployment in previous years. In 2006 alone, deployed women new hires reached 184,454 compared to 123,668 deployed male new hires.
Despite a reduction in the number of Filipino women new hires, however, total OFW deployment still reached more than one million (1,012,954) from Jan. to Dec. 9, 2007.
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