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Filipino Workers on the Move: Trends, Dilemmas and Policy Options Edited by Benjamin V. Cariño © Philippine Migration Research Network UNESCO-MOST ISBN 971-8514-14-7

The Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN) was organized in early 1996 and consists of researchers, policy-makers and development workers concerned with the study of the nature, direction, magnitude and consequences of Philippine migration movements. The network forms part of the larger Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN) - the regional organizational structure that is implementing a 5-year research program on New Migrations and Growing Ethno-Cultural Diversity in the Asia Pacific Region: Social and Political Issues under the UNESCO-MOST program for Asia and the Pacific. The overall aim of the research program is to develop an understanding of the role of migration as a major factor in the transformation of societies in the Asia-Pacific region, in order to provide a knowledge and information base for the formulation of forward-looking policy. Contents PREFACE CHAPTER 1 Introduction Benjamin V. Cariño CHAPTER 2 Towards the 21st Century: Whither Philippine Labor Migration? Stella P. Go CHAPTER 3 Violence Against Women Migrant Workers: The Philippine Experience Ma. Alcestis Abrera-Mangahas CHAPTER 4 The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 and Migration Management Graziano Battistella CHAPTER 5 Concluding Note Benjamin V. Cariño APPENDIX - RA 8042: The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995 CONTRIBUTORS Preface This collection of papers from the First National Convention of the Philippine Migration Research Network (PMRN) is the second publication being issued by the network. Titled Philippine Migration Studies: An Annotated Bibliography and compiled by Aurora E. Perez and Perla C. Patacsil, PMRN's first publication contains the abstracts of some 373 earlier studies on Philippine migration further classified by their major topic area and specific focus. The volume was prepared to increase the awareness of researchers, policy-makers, development workers and concerned individuals on the range and scope of the available literature on migration in the Philippines. Edited by Benjamin V. Cariño, PMRN Chair, the papers contained in the current volume examine historical trends and patterns in the country's overseas labor movements and the policies and programs which have been adopted with the intention of influencing transnational labor flows in ways that would be beneficial to the Philippines and its overseas contract workers. The papers indicate the limits of some existing policy measures and point to the necessity of certain structural changes to contain or mitigate the adverse impact of the temporary employment of Filipino workers abroad. Also appended to this volume is Republic Act 8042, otherwise known as The Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. It is hoped that this volume will help inform continuing deliberations on Philippine labor migration policies. Virginia A. Miralao Executive Director Philippine Social Science Council For more information, please contact:   The APMRN Secretariat  APMRN Secretariat Director: Assoc. Prof. Robyn Iredale  CAPSTRANS Migration & Multicultural Studies  Institute of Social Change and Critical Inquiry Tel: +61 (02) 42 213 780  Fax: +61 (02) 42 286 313  E-mail: apmrn@uow.edu.au

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