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Courses of Action of the Hopeless Poor.
Pulse Asia's March 2005 Survey on Coping Strategies of the Poor, the hopeless poor person is likely to look for a job in another country (26%) as pray and hope that God will provide assistance (25%). About a fifth (21%) say that such a poor person is likely to steal or engage in illegal livelihood, while a tenth (12%) think he/she is likely to join or support groups that attempt to overthrow or change the government.
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 Help is Just a text away with SOS SMS Helpline
Text sos <space> <sender’s name & message>
and send to +63 9209 OFW SOS (+63 9209 639 767).
The SOS SMS System for distressed OFWs is initiated and developed by CMA OFW partners in Saudi. It runs 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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 OAV Registration Poster
The Philippines will conduct its national elections in May 2010, voting for office candidates as high-ranking as president and vice-president of the country. This becomes the third occasion wherein Filipinos overseas may exercise their right of suffrage under Republic Act 9189 or the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) Law. When the OAV was first implemented in 2004, a sixty five percent vote turn out from the total overseas absentee voters registration was achieved. It became clear to stakeholders the limitations in implementing the law. These identified limitations and weaknesses surfaced visibly in the 2007 mid-term elections where the overseas absentee voting participation was only 16.2%.
For the upcoming elections, the registration period started last February 1, 2009 and will run 8 hours a day, 5 days a week until August 31, 2009 in all 91 Philippine foreign service posts around the globe. In the Philippines, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Committee on Overseas Absentee Voting (COAV), together with the Department of Foreign Affairs Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (DFA OAVS) have established OAV registration desks at the Terminal 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and at the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) for Filipinos leaving for abroad, both returning and new hired OFWs.
The purpose of the OAV is to ensure participation of overseas Filipinos in political and electoral exercises in the Philippines. It is an important mechanism for overseas Filipinos to make their voices heard, wherever they maybe. How will they perform in 2010? Will it be with the same vigor and energy as in 2004 or the almost uneventful 2007?
As migrants rights advocates, we do not wait and imagine how it will be. It is imperative that this early, while there is still time, we exert efforts to inspire once more our Overseas Kababayans to register, participate and exercise their right to vote in the 2010 elections.
Statement of the Philippine Migrant Rights Groups to the UN Migrant Workers Committee on its 10th Session
PMRW Statement on Administrative Orders 247 and 248
PMRW expresses grave concern on the issuance of AO 247 and 248 as these, AO 247 in particular runs counter to government's stated policy that it does not promote labor export. [go to http://www.pinoy-abroad.net/lungga/index.shtml?w=p&c=-&s=-&x=-for the AO text]
CMA Statement to the NGO Meeting of the UN Committee on the Migrant Workers Convention
CMA's statement to the NGO Meeting of the UN Committee on the Migrant Workers Convention. It was delivered by Atty. Cecilia Jimenez of the Geneva Forum for Philippine Concerns.
A Survey on OWWA and Elements of a Legislative OWWA Proposal
For the entire month of July 2008, CMA, with support from FES and its partners and networks of OFWs, conducted a survey among OFWs in regard to their perception and knowledge of OWWA. The critical issues and elements of a legislative proposal on OWWA were discussed at the end of the report.
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