IACAT, POEA Enlist Support of Recruitment Industry in Fight Against Human Trafficking
Leaders and representatives of the land-based recruitment industry convened an anti-trafficking workshop on Monday (May 11) to discuss and map out plans on how to help the government and other stakeholders in combating human trafficking, notably within the overseas employment sector.
Organized by the country’s biggest associations of recruitment agencies, the one-day seminar “Understanding the Expanded Anti-Trafficking Law in the Context of Philippine Overseas Employment” was held at the New World Manila Bay Hotel, Malate, Manila.
It sought to orient the recruitment industry and various stakeholders in overseas employment on the relevant provisions of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking Law. It also strived to forge a strategic framework for cooperation and collaboration in the fight against human trafficking for the land-based recruitment industry in partnership with other stakeholders.
The organizers were led by Elsa Villa of the Philippine Association of Service Providers Inc. (PASEI), Jun Macas of the Australia& New Zealand Association of Employment Providers of the Philippines Inc. (ANZAEPP), Ana Marie Nangan of the Pilipino Manpower Agencies Accredited to Taiwan Inc. (PILMAT), and John Bertiz of the Philippine Recruitment Agencies Accredited to Saudi Arabia Inc. (PRAASA) in partnership with the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT). — Blas F. Ople Policy Center news release