Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

Agency of Philippines department

Overseas Workers Welfare AdministrationPangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat (Filipino)

Agency overview
Formed| May 1, 1977
Headquarters| OWWA Center Bldg, F.B. Harrison cor. 7th Street, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Employees| 401 (2024)[1]
Annual budget| ₱7.6 billion (2021)[2]
Agency executive|

* Patricia Yvonne Caunan, Administrator

Parent agency| Department of Migrant Workers
Website| owwa.gov.ph

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat)[3] is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines. It protects the interests of Overseas Filipino Workers and their families, providing social security, cultural services and help with employment, remittances and legal matters.[4]: 99  It is funded by an obligatory annual contribution from overseas workers and their employers. Its head office is at F.B. Harrison Street corner 7th Street in Pasay, near Gil Puyat Avenue, Philippines.

The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977.[5][4] It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987.[6] Republic Act No. 10801 signed by President Benigno Aquino III on May 10, 2016, further defined the powers of the agency.[7]

## See also

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* Brain drain in the Philippines
* Commission on Filipinos Overseas
* Philippine Labor Migration Policy
* Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

## References

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1. ^ Department of Budget and Management. "Staffing Summary Fiscal Year 2024" (PDF). Retrieved April 24, 2025.
2. ^ "Overseas workers welfare administration" (PDF).
3. ^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (in Filipino). 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
4. ^ a b Benny Cheng Guan The (editor) (2012). Human Security: Securing East Asia's Future. Dordrecht; New York: Springer. ISBN 9789400717985.
5. ^ "Letter of Instruction No. 537, s. 1977". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. May 1, 1977. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
6. ^ "Executive Order No. 126, s. 1987". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. January 30, 1987. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
7. ^ "Republic Act No. 10801". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

## External links

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* Official website
* Republic Act No. 8042
* Republic Act No. 10022
* Republic Act No. 10801

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