Migrant workers’ protection in the digital age: Leveraging social media platforms to ensure the safety and welfare of OFWs in distress

• Main Author: Katigbak, Jovito Jose P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Foreign workers, Filipino—Services for; Social media in government—Philippines; Foreign workers, Filipino—Social conditions; Foreign workers, Filipino—Legal status, laws, etc.; Communication Technology and New Media; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6556; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=13546&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

country like the Philippines so much so that a ‘culture of migration’ emerged and eventually penetrated the various fabrics of the nation’s society (Asis, 2006). As a response, the Philippine government has developed a comprehensive set of legal measures and institutions, which has been recognized b...