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Philippines

Non-governmental Organizations

Center for Overseas Workers
The Center for Overseas Workers conducts pre-employment information campaigns on the issues of migrant and women's exploitation and provides counseling, referrals and assistance in filing complaints with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

Childhope Asia / Philippines
CHILDHOPE is a Philippine NGO, that is non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian organization whose principal purpose is to advocate for the cause of street children throughout the world.

Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
CHR undertakes two main programs—human rights protection and human rights promotion—through a nationwide network of 14 regional offices and six sub-regional offices.

Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC)
The Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) is a non-profit research institute dedicated to the study of human migration and refugee movements from and within Asia.

Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women
Third World Movement addresses the issue of exploitation and responds to the needs of sexually exploited people.

Viasayan Forum Foundation, Inc.
VISAYAN FORUM FOUNDATION, INC. (VF) works for the welfare of marginalized migrants, especially those working in the invisible and informal sectors, like domestic workers, and trafficked women and children.  It is licensed and accredited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to provide "residential care and community-based programs and services for women and children in especially difficult circumstances." It is most known for its pioneering and documented work on domestic workers in the Philippines, especially in pushing for the Domestic Workers Bill or the Batas Kasambahay.