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Philippines

Department of Labor and Employment: Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW)

Address

Department of Labor and Employment
Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW)
6/F First Intramuros BF Condominium Corp., Solana St., cor. Andres Soriano Ave. (Aduana St.), Intramuros, Manila
Philippines

Contact Information

If calling from Philippines:

Tel: 02 528 0089
Fax: 02 527 2488

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +63 2 528 0089
Fax: +63 2 527 2488

Email

bwyw@dole.gov.ph

Activities

The Bureau of Women and Young Workers (BWYW), under the Department of Labor and Employment, protects every child employed in the movie, television, radio and entertainment industries against exploitation, improper influences, hazards and other conditions or circumstances prejudicial to his/her physical, mental, emotional, social and moral development.

It undertakes projects and in-service training programs for working children to improve their potential for employment. It does so by improving upon their capabilities and physical fitness, increasing their efficiency, securing opportunities for their promotion, preparing them for more responsible positions and providing for their social, educational and cultural advancement, in cooperation with labor and management.

Sagip Batang Manggagawa (Rescue Child Laborers) is an inter-agency Quick Action program supported by BWYW which aims to respond to cases of child laborers in extremely abject conditions. It employs an inter-agency quick action team for detecting, monitoring and rescuing child laborers in hazardous and exploitative working conditions. It also rescues women and children victimized by traffickers. The rescue program is the heart of the system.

In FY 2003, International Labor Organization (ILO) funded a number of anti-trafficking and pro-child development projects in the Philippines. In the North of Philippines, there was a prevention and protection for children in the tourism, entertainment and hotel industry which is ongoing. The cooperating partners are Department of Labour and Employment, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Tourism. Second, ILO funded a conference on strengthening interregional linkages to address child trafficking within the Philippines in cooperation with the Department of Labour and Employment (Regional Office in Manila).¹

¹ www.unescap.org/wid/04widresources/03traffick/ipec.pdf