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New pact to promote welfare of 9,000 Pinoys married to Koreans
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said some 9,000 Filipinos married to South Koreans stand to benefit from a pact that the Philippines and Korea signed recently. In a news release, the DFA said the Philippine Commission on Filipinos Overseas and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family signed the pact on March 13. The name of the pact is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation in Developing Capacities for the Resettlement and Adaptation of Filipino Marriage Immigrants and Promoting the Empowerment of Immigrant Women for the Philippines. The DFA said the pact is expected to increase access to information especially for newly arrived migrants. "There are over 9,000 Filipinos, mostly women, married to South Korean nationals in South Korea today. Both countries see the integration of Filipino marriage migrants into South Korean society as a way to ensure the protection of their human rights and to support their empowerment," CFO chairperson Imelda Nicolas said. "The less they adapt into Korean life, the less empowered they become as migrants, workers, wives and mothers. This needs to be addressed comprehensively and creatively. This agreement demonstrates the strong partnership between our nations and emphasizes our joint commitment to respond to this challenge," Nicolas added. The pact is expected to help:
- boost projects for the welfare and protection of the concerned Filipino,
- promote joint research and dialogues on related issues among experts, and
- provide information for frontline service personnel and the marriage migrants themselves.
