SOCIAL WELFARE ATTACHE’ACT FILED TO PROTECT OFWs


 JUNE 5 2018
       Senator joel Villanueve sponsored a measure on Monday institutionalizing social welfare attaches as a permanent component of Philippine foreign posts in countries or jurisdictions with the highest concentration of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) or cases of Filipinos being trafficked.
      Villanueva stressed the immediate need for the country to deploy social welfare attaches amid the numerous case of abuses against OFWs especially in the middle east.
      The senator cited the unfortunate fate suffered by some of our overseas workers in the hands of their employers abroad.among these victims were Joanna Demafelis jakatia pawa, and amy Santiago who went through series of abuses or maltreat ment that led to their death.
      Data show that from 2013 until the first semenar of 2017, our social welfare attaches served a total of 61,131 distressed OFWs who were victims of physical ,sexual and psychological abuse maltreatment, trafficking and marital conflicts, as well as abandoned or neglected children and other vulnerable sectors.
      The figure is relatively few compared to more than 10 million Filipinos spread out in more than 170 countries.
   ‘’Dahil sa lumalalang kalagayan ng mga OFWs na humantong pa sa pag-rescue ng mga distressed OFWs sa Kuwait talagang kailangang magpadala na po ang gobyerno ng S.W.A.T.- hindi po ‘special weapons and tactics kundi social welfare attache team para armasan an gating mga overseas filipinos ng lakas ng loob, tamang pag-iisip at psycho- social support para makaiwas sa anumang kapahamakan ’’Villanueva said.

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