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Overseas Filipino Workers: The Modern-Day Heroes of the Philippines

Bayani is the Tagalog term for “hero.” In the Philippines, a bayani is someone who is courageous, humble, and selfless. They pursue causes that are greater than themselves, such as those impacting a community, a nation, or the environment. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) is a term referring to Filipino migrant workers, individuals who have left their homes to work abroad and provide comfortable lives for their families. Referring to these workers, former President Corazon Aquino coined the phrase ‘Bagong-Bayani’ in 1988. OFWs are the country’s modern-day heroes because they not only boost the Philippines’ economy through remittances but are figures of resilience. OFWs endure homesickness, personal sacrifices, and horrible working conditions in order to support their families back home.

By the Numbers

The Philippine Statistic Authority estimates that about 1.83 million OFWs worked abroad from April to September 2021. The same data reveal that about “four in every ten” OFWs work low-status or ‘ elementary ’ jobs, such as street vendors, construction and factory workers, cleaners, domestic helpers, and agriculture laborers. A majority of OFWs work in Asia, specifically Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore, and Qatar.

Because of their major contribution to the growth and development of the Philippine economy, OFWs are revered as the nation's economic heroes. According to data released by the Central Bank of the Philippines, remittances from OFWs reached a record high in December of last year: from the previous all-time high of US$34.88 billion, it rose by 3.6 percent to a record high US$36.14 billion in 2022.

“OFW remittances, at new record highs on a monthly basis, are a bright spot for the Philippine economy in terms of spurring consumer spending, which accounts for at least 75 percent of the economy, and in turn, support faster economic growth,” Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. Chief economist Michael Ricafort said .

Furthermore, most OFWs are Filipina women. The numbers clearly show that women dominate the workforce, accounting for approximately 60 percent of OFWs. According to data from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, at least 18,002, or 75.05 percent of the 23,986 cases of abuse and other incidents involving workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council that were reported last year included female OFWs. On the other hand, male OFWs were involved in only 5,984 cases, or 24.95 percent of all cases.

These women are disproportionately more likely to suffer from terrible working conditions, as they are often subjected to abuse, excessive work, little pay, rape, or worse, being killed by their foreign employers. The International Labour Office published a working paper titled Philippines: Good Practices for the Protection of Filipino Women Migrant Workers in Vulnerable Jobs explaining that “Gender-based discrimination intersects with discrimination based on other forms of  ‘otherness’ – such as non-national status, race, ethnicity, religion, economic status – placing women migrants in situations of double, triple or even fourfold discrimination, disadvantage or vulnerability to exploitation and abuse.”

In 2020, there were 23,714 documented cases of contract violations involving the maltreatment of OFWs, according to data provided by the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices, and approximately 5,000 of these cases were reported from Middle Eastern countries. According to the Philippine Information Agency, Filipina women who work in the Middle East are subjected to the “ kafala ” system, which ties foreign workers to their employers. Under this framework, employers could easily lock domestic workers inside their houses and seize their phones, passports, and visas until the expiration of their contracts.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a comprehensive report titled “ ‘I Already Bought You’ Abuse and Exploitation of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in the United Arab Emirates,” which explains real-world examples of how the UAE’s kafala system of visa sponsorship binds migrant employees to their employers and how the exclusion of domestic workers from labor law protections exposes them to abuse.

The report included interviews with 99 female domestic workers in the UAE between November and December 2013. 22 of the 99 domestic helpers questioned by HRW claimed to have experienced physical abuse at the hands of their sponsors.

“They slap me in the face and kick me. They have a stick for you. If I make a small mistake they would hit parts of my body—back legs, back, and head. Sir would slap or punch me in the face. If they come back from the mall and I am not finished they would beat me,” Shelly A., a 30-year-old Filipina worker said. “They would say, ‘If you had done work then we won’t hit you.’ ”

Injustices in Kuwait

Currently, there are over 268,000 OFWs who live and work in Kuwait with 88 percent of them working as domestic helpers and 73 percent of them being female. According to the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), there were over 24,000 cases of abuse and violation against OFWs in 2022—a significant rise from 6,500 in 2016.

It is a significant sacrifice to work abroad. Being physically and emotionally thousands of miles away from one’s family for an indefinite period is challenging, isolating, and suffocating. Rowena, a 54-year-old Filipina worker in Bahrain found herself feeling “trapped” due to canceled flights to the Philippines because of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as being underpaid by her employer. “I don’t want to make trouble. I want to go home,” Rowena said .

Beyond this, many OFWs also work abroad without knowledge of the future or the dangers they may encounter in a foreign country. Even worse, a harsh truth of working abroad is that a number of OFWs return home as dead bodies.

In January of 2023, Jullebee Ranara , a Filipina domestic helper living in Kuwait, confided in her family over the phone that she was terrified of her employer's 17-year-old son. The 35-year-old appeared to have vanished by the next day, which prompted her friends in the Gulf state to share their worries about her disappearance on social media.

Less than 24 hours later, on Jan. 21, 2023, her body was found dead, with burnt remains and a smashed skull found beside a desert near Al-Salmi Road.

Ranara was discovered to be pregnant after an autopsy, and DNA samples taken from the unborn child were confirmed to match the accused, who is the 17-year-old son of Ranara’s boss. After being apprehended, the 17-year-old perpetrator confessed to his crime.

Since 2018, there have been at least four murders of OFWs in Kuwait that have garnered national attention, including the case of 29-year-old Joanna Demafelis , whose body was kept secret in a freezer in an abandoned apartment for nearly two years. Her employers, a Syrian and a Lebanese couple, received death sentences for the murder of the victim.

In 2019, 47-year-old Constancia Lago Dayag was discovered dead after being sexually abused and beaten to death by her boss. The same year, 26-year-old Jeanelyn Villavende passed away from serious injuries inflicted by her boss, who was ultimately given a death sentence for the murder.

“These are only the high-profile ones,” Migrante International chairperson Joanna Concepcion told VICE World News. “There are other cases that are not visible. The public is not made aware of the real gravity of the rampant abuses faced by Filipino domestic helpers in Kuwait.”

Actions taken by the Philippine Government

A week after the discovery of Jullebee’s body, her remains were returned to her grieving family in Las Piñas, Philippines. Without delay, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. attended Jullebee’s wake and promised to provide the deceased’s family with all aid possible.

“I just wanted to offer my sympathies to the family and to assure them that all the assistance that they might need for the family and for whatever else, that is my promise to them,” Marcos Jr. remarked . “Their child made that sacrifice to work abroad because she has dreams for her family here.”

Recently, the DMW issued a deployment ban on new and aspiring OFWs in Kuwait, following the increasing reports of work mistreatment, including the horrific murder of Ranara.

“In order to strengthen the protection of the rights of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait, particularly workers who are most vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, action on the applications of first-time agency-hire domestic workers bound for Kuwait is temporarily deferred effective immediately,” the DMWs said in a statement on Feb. 8, 2023.

Senator and Committee on Migrant Workers Chairperson Raffy Tulfo proposed a total deployment ban in Kuwait. “We can enter into bilateral agreements but our terms should be clear and unequivocal. If there are violators to such agreements, we have to prioritize the welfare of our overseas Filipino workers and act at the soonest possible time. Make these violators accountable and liable without concession and pursuant to our laws and international conventions,” Tulfo said in a senate inquiry.

The DMW was also tasked with working with the Department of Foreign Affairs to communicate to the Kuwaiti government the "sentiments and concerns" of the Filipino people regarding all recurrent incidents of physical and financial abuse, failure to pay monetary benefits, as well as murder committed against OFWs after the deployment ban went into effect.

The deployment ban was not well received by migrant advocacy groups, who claimed it would not provide a permanent solution to the issues surrounding labor migration. They claimed that placing bans for an extended period of time would encourage OFWs to turn to illicit means and consequently put themselves at risk for human trafficking in their desperation to find jobs abroad.

“What about the already-deployed Filipinos? Are there any steps being taken to protect them and make sure they do not suffer the same fate as Julleebee and the others?” Concepcion said to Maritime Fairtrade News. “These problems cannot be resolved with a deployment ban. The Philippine government has imposed bans many times before, but lifted them soon after when the particular cases of abuse or murder had been resolved by the courts and the perpetrators punished by death penalty or long-term imprisonment. When the deployment restarts, the abuses also start all over again.”

Much Needed Reform

OFWs often serve as the backbone of their families back home. Based on the results of a survey published by the Social Weather Stations , they found that 7 percent of Filipino households have an OFW who helps support the family. In addition, seventy-five percent of households frequently receive money from their OFW family members.

It would be difficult and inconsiderate to discourage or ban OFWs from going abroad for work. To promote a better quality of life for OFWs, the Philippine government must enact concrete policies aimed at protecting the welfare of Filipino workers. Advocacy groups, such as Migrante International are urging for reforms, including the abolition of the kafala system, which has resulted in complete employer control over domestic workers and OFWs.

For Concepcion, the country’s over-reliance on OFWs remittances is equivalent to the perpetuation of the violation and murder of Filipino workers. She believes that a viable solution to this issue involves ending the government’s labor export program and creating decent jobs domestically through meaningful land reform and national industrialization.

“The government’s determination to continue its labor export policy is totally misguided. What it should do is implement immediate measures to protect our domestic workers and OFWs abroad and long-term measures to generate decent jobs in the Philippines,” Concepcion said . “We need to end the government’s Labor Export Program and instead ensure that more jobs are created at home. Filipinos won’t have to leave the country and their families to risk their lives abroad if they have gainful and secure employment here.”

It is clear that OFWs live up to the definition of a bayani and are now considered heroes of the Philippines. However, under the shiny title of ‘bagong bayani’ lies a dark and unfortunate reality. Numerous Filipino workers suffer from various injustices including being overworked, underpaid, abused, raped, and even worse, murdered. The only way OFWs can truly be safeguarded is if the Philippine government enforces concrete and actionable policies. With this, OFWs could avoid the potential death sentence of working abroad and have the chance to be treated as they deserve to be: as modern-day heroes.

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This study explores the consequences of having an OFW- Parent among adolescents. The main objective of this study is to show the impact of growing up without the physical presence of the parent. The study is conducted among adolescents from ages 13 to 19 years old whose parents are working abroad for not less than two years. The study utilized qualitative phenomenology type of research. The participants were purposefully selected using purposive sampling in which the participants are selected by referral. The researchers created an interview questionnaire to have an in depth understanding regarding the study. The results are based upon the experiences and perspectives of the respondents on each of the questions. Using thematic analysis, the responses of the participants are categorized into themes namely: longing for an OFW parent, distant relationship, numbness to absence, change in family structure, financial awareness, and debt of gratitude.

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4 sad realities OFW parents and their kids experience

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Being an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) has its benefits and disadvantages. Parents envision a good future for their children and working overseas can help them make this dream come true. However, woking miles away from their families also has its downsides. Here are some of them.

1. Indifference A classic example of how children, especially those at a very young age, react when their OFW mom or dad arrives in the Philippines. This is very common among those who have never seen their parents for a long period. When they meet them for the first time in a long while, their initial reaction would be to maintain their distance and be aloof.

2. Turns to rebellion

Many of us have seen this familiar scenario: an OFW parent returns home to find that his kids have adopted a way of life different from what they have envisioned. Some OFWs even recount finding out that their kids have become addicted to various vices, some of them even becoming pregnant at a young age.

A classic example is the movie Anak starring Vilma Santos, playing the role of OFW mom Josie, and Claudine Barretto, playing Josie’s daughter Carla. The movie highlights the struggles of reconnecting with children after many years of being apart from them.

3. Mama’s boy and daddy’s girl no more Many OFWs, before leaving the country, keep a close bond with their children. Unfortunately, the time they spend working overseas leaves a dent on their relationship with their children.

4. Self-pity and jealousy Choosing to become an OFW means choosing to be absent in important milestones of their children particularly graduation. Thus, their children inevitably feel jealous and fall into self-pity, comparing themselves to their classmates who have their parents to snap their photos while they receive their diploma and medals.

OFW parents must remember that all of these can be fixed through time. Parents need to reconnect with their children and give them time to adjust. Moreover, this is not the case of all OFW children. Some are able to understand their parents’ choice of working overseas.

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An open letter to children of ofw.

Do you have a parent who is an OFW?

Are you finding it difficult to accept the reality that they are physically absent and can’t journey with you as you are growing up?

Do you miss their being beside you all the time?

Children of OFWs, I would strongly encourage you to read this blog. I want to help by providing some clarity and perhaps even answer your questions as to why your parent/s need to temporarily go away?

It is the ideal that the family be complete – dad, mom and children. But because of hard times, one or both parents come to the point where they need to find work outside of the country where pay is higher, so that that can meet the growing needs of the family.

They would sacrifice their own happiness and comfort in exchange for a bigger salary. But in this kind of set up, the children who are left behind suffer the most. Most of the time, the children are young and don’t yet fully understand the reason behind the need for their parent/s to leave them.

So I am grateful that you have chosen to read this blog. I pray that after you have read this, you will learn to appreciate the sacrifice your parent/s made or have made.

Believe me, no parent would truly desire to first go to another country and leave their children in the care of someone else.  This is a sacrifice for them, so that they can give you a much better life. They just forget about themselves, but what fills their mind is how you can finish your education, where to get money for your needs in school, clothes, shoes and school bag. You are blessed to have a parent who is willing to give up his or her time with you just to make sure you are well provided for materially.

It is not easy to be separated from you parent/s, and also to be separated from your child/ren. As a child, you are more often left in the care of relatives and so you still have them, and your friends to keep you company. But for a parent, the situation is usually different. They are in the company of people who are strangers and add to that is the fact that they themselves are aliens in another country. But they would rather go through terrible homesickness, for you. So please, don’t repay their sacrifice by rebelling against them. They are going through enough heartbreak – that of being separated from you, and not being able to watch you grow and not being there when you experience important milestones in your life. You don’t know how this tears their heart and brings them to tears every night.

Contrary to what you may think, your parents are not selfish seeking work abroad. I have already mentioned this earlier but nevertheless, I will say it again. They are doing this for you and you alone. Would you rather that they stay and don’t get a job even if it would mean that you will have to stop studying? Even if it would mean you don’t get to buy the things you want, do the things you want and go to places you want? Would you honestly be able to survive without being able to buy your daily needs?

I don’t promote, or even encourage less time with the family. The best situation is still that the family is complete. However, circumstances dictate differently and working abroad is not just an option. In situations like this, we need to be more understanding of the choice that your parent makes. In fact, your parent is a selfless person because he or she has placed you over and above himself/herself as priority in life. Your happiness and future is that important to them.

So can I ask you a question?

When was the last time that you said “I Love You” to your parents?

When was the last time that you showed your appreciation to them?

THINK. REFLECT. APPLY.

In return, what can you do to repay or appreciate what your parent/s have done?

In what ways can you show your parent/s that you love them?

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  1. The OFW Family: A Personal Narrative

    Being an OFW is a temporary "job" because sometimes contracts get expired or they terminated an OFW which leaves a Filipino without a job. The seventh disadvantage is brain drain. Finally, being an OFW helps you contribute more to the development of other countries than to the development of your own country, the Philippines.

  2. Is Being An OFW (Overseas Filipinos) Worth It?

    Being an OFW is one of the back-up plans of some Filipinos to earn a lot of money. OFWs are one of the biggest contributors in the country's economy. They are sending remittances to their family and loved ones and the remittances are helping the country stabilize the peso against the US dollar. (Laura, 2017) Philippines are sending its people ...

  3. OFW Family: The Driving Force Behind the Family Hero

    In fact, according to the Philippine Statistics Office, as of September 2022, there are about 1.96M Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) whose remittances are helping to prop up the Philippine economy. It's no wonder they've earned the title Bagong Bayani or Modern-Day Heroes. Maybe it's a spouse working as an engineer in Dubai.

  4. Overseas Filipino Workers: The Modern-Day Heroes of the Philippines

    According to data from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, at least 18,002, or 75.05 percent of the 23,986 cases of abuse and other incidents involving workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council that were reported last year included female OFWs. On the other hand, male OFWs were involved in only 5,984 cases, or 24.95 percent of all cases.

  5. The Inspiring Story Of An OFW: Motherhood Away From Home

    One of the millions of moms who work abroad, away from their children, is 29-year old Angie Remollo. Angie, who works as a Business Development Executive for an E-commerce company in Dubai, has a three-year-old son she left in the Philippines. We sat down with the doting mom who talked about her experiences, the sacrifices of OFW mothers, and ...

  6. The Sad Truths Behind the Filipino Diaspora and OFW Lives

    The sad truths of the Filipino diaspora through my dad's OFW experience. My father turns 60 this year, and for most of his life, he was away fighting somebody else's battles. Much like the millions of other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), my old man spent his best years in unfamiliar land. He worked in Saudi Arabia for more than 30 years, and ...

  7. PDF Defamiliarized family: The "Anak ng OFWs'" emergent narratives on

    This study interrogates the OFW parent-child mediated relationship, an important and foundational strand in everyday family life and relationship. It listens to the voices of the "Anak ng OFWs" and aims to determine their narratives on their perception of their family relationship and mediated communication transactions with their OFW parents.

  8. The Effects of having an OFW parent to the Acad perf of student

    Thus, having an OFW parent is a difficult situation, yet the students are determined to do their best when it comes to their academic performance. Convincingly in table 4, 85.71% of them or 12 individuals says that having an OFW parent is not a hindrance to their study and 14.28% or 2 person said it does.

  9. 6 Realities of Growing Up with OFW parents

    6 Realities of Growing Up with OFW parents. During the reference period of April to September 2017, there were 2.3 million Overseas Filipino Workers noted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (Source). This is the combined number of those how have worked abroad and of the ones who are currently working outside of the Philippines.

  10. Parenting in Filipino Transnational Families

    from 3 years to 30 years, the mean tenure was 14.55 years (SD = 9.36). Four participants had. overseas parents that left before their birth, two were a baby or toddler, and four as a teenager. For birth order, five were the eldest in their families, one was the youngest, three were in the.

  11. From The Viewpoint Of An Expatriate's Daughter

    OFW is short for Overseas Filipino Worker. Their career tracks may vary; they can be domestic helpers, drivers, construction workers, chefs, managers, doctors, nurses, engineers, and etc., but these citizens have a universal trait lying in their spirits - selflessness. ... Your parents, relatives, or friends may have sacrificed for their ...

  12. Effects of Having Ofw Parents

    Cite the disadvantages of having an OFW parent in terms of the following aspects: a. Financial b. Behavioral c. Academic. 3. Determine if there is a relationship between having an OFW parent and …show more content…. Another setback on the effect of the OFW phenomena is when absent parenting is being replaced by material wealth and gadgets ...

  13. Consequences of having an OFW Parent among Adolescents

    This study explores the consequences of having an OFW- Parent among adolescents. The main objective of this study is to show the impact of growing up without the physical presence of the parent. The study is conducted among adolescents from ages 13 to 19 years old whose parents are working abroad for not less than two years.

  14. 4 sad realities OFW parents and their kids experience

    4. Self-pity and jealousy. Choosing to become an OFW means choosing to be absent in important milestones of their children particularly graduation. Thus, their children inevitably feel jealous and fall into self-pity, comparing themselves to their classmates who have their parents to snap their photos while they receive their diploma and medals.

  15. Effects of Having an Ofw Parents

    Effects of Having an Ofw Parents. This chapter presents, analyzes and interprets the data gathered on the respondents regarding on the effects of having an OFW parents. Table 1 shows that 35% are mother, 40% are father and 25% of the respondents are both parents are working abroad. This means that more father works abroad than mother and only ...

  16. Effects of Having Ofw Parents Essay Example

    Cite the disadvantages of having an OFW parent in terms of the following aspects: a. Financial b. Behavioral c. Academic. 3. Determine if there is a relationship between having an OFW parent and performing well in school. III. Hypothesis: Having an OFW parent does not affect a tertiary student's academic performance.

  17. An Open Letter to Children of OFW

    It is the ideal that the family be complete - dad, mom and children. But because of hard times, one or both parents come to the point where they need to find work outside of the country where pay is higher, so that that can meet the growing needs of the family. They would sacrifice their own happiness and comfort in exchange for a bigger ...

  18. Free Essay: An Overseas Filipino Worker Parent

    HAVING AN OFW PARENT Jean Alyzza E. Villaver Chapter 1 I. Introduction Overseas Filipino Workers are lauded world-wide for their heroism. Much has been said about the economic contributions of these modern day heroes, but it is also equally important to look into the effects that migration has on their children left at home.

  19. The parent-child relationship of an OFW

    OFW children put more premium on time and attention given to them by their parents 5. Every child, regardless of their age already has the understanding of the sacrifices their parents are giving. 6. That a good environment also contributes to the child's well-being such as, school, neighbourhood, and friends.

  20. Effects of Having an Ofw Parents

    Analysis and Interpretation of Data This chapter presents, analyzes and interprets the data gathered on the respondents regarding on the effects of having an OFW parents. Table 1 shows that 35% are mother, 40% are father and 25% of the respondents are both parents are working abroad. This means that more father works abroad than mother and only ...