PH Consulate in HK Holds Maternity Rights Workshop for OFWs
Philippine Consul General in Hong Kong Antonio A. Morales (1st row, seated, 4th from right) and Deputy Consul General Roderico C. Atienza (1st row, seated, 4th from right) with the speakers from PathFinders namely, Ms. Gellin Byatt, Ms. Carmen Lam and Ms. Medina Speers (1st row, seated, 4nd, 5th, and 7th from left), and some of the participants pose for a group photo at the conclusion of “Love and Relationships, Pag-ibig at Relasyon: A Community Education Workshop on Relationship for Foreign Domestic Workers” on 25 February 2018 at the Consulate General’s Conference Room.
01 March 2018 HONG KONG – The Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong SAR conducted “Love and Relationships, Pag-ibig at Relasyon: A Community Education Workshop on Relationship for Foreign Domestic Workers” at the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong on February 25.
The event is in partnership with PathFinders, an NGO focusing on implementing capacity building initiatives on maternal health and rights of migrant workers in Hong Kong. This is the second year that the Consulate General conducted the said event.
In his remarks, Philippine Consul General in Hong Kong Antonio A. Morales thanked PathFinders for its initiative to empower Filipino household service workers (HSWs). He underlined that this dovetails with the Consulate’s objective to comprehensively promote the well-being of HSWs, including their psychological and emotional health.
PathFinders officials conducted an interactive talk on the vulnerabilities, pitfalls, expectations and conflicts in relationships, awareness of cultural differences, maternity protection, marital status and rights of children born in Hong Kong, as well as empowerment and self-protection.
Twenty-four leaders and members of different Filipino community organizations actively participated in the workshop conducted by Ms. Carmen Lam, Senior Community Development Manager; Ms. Medina Speers, Home Country Integration Consultant; and Ms. Gellin Byatt, Community Development Coordinator of Pathfinders.
“Love and Relationships, Pag-ibig at Relasyon” held under the auspices of Post’s Gender and Development Program. END
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Ms. Carmen Lam, Ms. Medina Speers, and Gellin Byatt do a role-play to show characteristics of a healthy relationship at the “Love and Relationships, Pag-ibig at Relasyon: A Community Education Workshop on Relationship for Foreign Domestic Workers.”
Participants eagerly listen to Ms. Gellin Byatt’s lecture on maternity rights of domestic workers who get pregnant in Hong Kong at the “Love and Relationships, Pag-ibig at Relasyon: A Community Education Workshop on Relationship for Foreign Domestic Workers.”