Philippine Migrant Health Network - PMHN

14/11/2025

"𝐅𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬?"

This powerful question drove our critical roundtable on October 15, 2025, exposing how obsolete Philippine policies and abuses by agencies force Filipino women migrant workers to choose between their jobs and their bodily autonomy. From mandatory pregnancy tests to forced contraceptive removal, the state's failures reduce our OFWs to "partial citizens."

We demand urgent action to abolish discriminatory screenings and ensure every woman's health and dignity are secured abroad.

Read more here:
https://www.likhaan.org/articles/amplifying-the-voices-of-filipino-women-migrant-workerswomen

23/10/2025

We are inviting our overseas Filipinos and their families in Legazpi City and Albay as we celebrate the upcoming MONTH OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (M*F)!

Join us as we open our M*F MIGRANT FAIR on October 29, 2025 (8:00 am - 4:00 pm) at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation, Legazpi City.

This annual event honors the dedication, resilience, and sacrifices of our modern-day heroes—our Overseas Filipinos and OFWs. It will feature health and wellness services, trade fair featuring OFW family businesses, job fair, free consultation and mobile government services, freebies and raffles.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with and avail the services of our migrant-serving agencies and partners that include:
1. Bureau of Immigration (BI)
2. Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)
3. Converge
4. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
5. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
6. Department of Health (DOH)
7. Department of Justice (DOJ) - IACAT
8. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
9. Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)
10. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
11. Department of Tourism (DOT)
12. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
13. International Organization for Migration (IOM)
14. Land Bank of the Philippines
15. Overseas Filipino Bank
16. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)
17. Pag-IBIG Fund (PAG-IBIG)
18. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
19. Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
20. Philippine National Bank (PNB)
21. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) –
22. Radyo Pilipinas Albay
23. Social Security System (SSS)
24. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
25. Employers and trade exhibitors

This event is brought to you by the Inter-Agency Committee for the Celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos (IAC-M*F), led by the Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) and Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), in partnership with the City Government of Legazpi and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)-Bicol Region.

The trade fair and job fair is also open to the PUBLIC and walk-in applicants!

15/10/2025

Women Migrant Workers face unfair restrictions on their health and rights abroad, including mandatory pregnancy testing and denial of contraceptives—which strips away their bodily autonomy and health rights.

Join the Round Table Discussion "Women Whole: Caring for Women’s Development, Security and Bodily Autonomy..." to analyze policies and call for stronger protection!

🗓️ When: Oct 15, 2025 | ⏰ 2:00 PM
📍 Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/likhaanph/live_videos/

Let's strengthen the fight for and !

04/06/2025