Policy Reforms to Counteract the Trafficking of Overseas Filipino Workers (PROACT Project)

Brief Description

Through the project, extraterritorial applications of trafficking prosecution and support for trafficked OFWs abroad are enacted in the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Department of Migrant Workers Acts respectively; and the Coalition Against the Trafficking of OFWs (CAT-OFWs) was established, consisting of 27 affiliate organizations from among civil society organizations, grassroots organizations at the local level, non-government organizations, private sector groups, and OFW advocates here and abroad.

Type

Policy Advocacy

PAP Status

For updating

Location

CAR, NCR, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, CALABARZON Region, MIMAROPA Region, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7, Region 8, Region 9, Region 10, Region 11, Region 12, Caraga Region, BARMM

SDG

8, 10

Target Beneficiary
Group

For updating

Partner

For updating