Karapatan

at Kaunlaran
ng Migranteng
Manggagawa
KAKKAMPI Migrant resource handbook
Know your rights
Unlad Kabayan workshop
KAKKAMPI Computer learning center
Film Showing

Unlad Kabayan
Migrants Rights
In te r n a tion a l
21 April 2002 from 13:00 h K a p a t i r a n p a r a s a K a u n l a r a n a t K a r ap a t a n

World Council of Churches Open house

150 Rte. De Ferney, Geneva n g M an g g ag a w an g P i l i p i n o s a I b a y o n g d ag a t

For more information, contact: KAKKAMPI tel: +41 76 522 7161

Kaunlaran at
Karapatan
ng mga Migranteng
Manggagawa
Program

Opening remarks

Dennis de Guzman on KAKKAMPI

Genevieve Gencianos on Migrants

Rights International

Lily Angelical on Babaylan and other

Filipino groups in Switzerland

Film showing

Jean-Pierre Garbade on Know your rights

May-an Villalba on Unlad Kabayan

Question and Answer

Merienda
KAKKAMPI
Also known as Kapatiran para sa Karapatan at Kaunlaran ng mga Manggagaw ang Pilipino sa Ibayong dagat is
an association of Filipino migrant workers based in Geneva advocating for the rights and welfare of migrant workers
through netw orking with relevant NGOs and institutions, lobbying and organising. We also aim to empower migrant
workers through education, training and other activities. Gather and disseminate, through forums and publications,
information that promote the rights of migrants and uplift their economic status.
KAKKAMPI is also working for the democratization of information technology by organiz ing computer learning
centres that of fer free computer classes and w orkshops with access to on-the-job training with partner organizations.

Unlad Kabayan
established in 1994 as a program of the Asian Migrant Center (AMC), a non-government or ganization based in
Hong Kong . After years of or ganiz ing migrant workers and providing various ser vices to help them cope with their
pr oblems, the AMC decided that the long ter m solution to migration is savings mobilization, building of savings
associations among migrant w orkers and alter native investments at home.
This “r e-integration” scheme was seen as a means to prepar e migrant workers for their eventual retur n to their
countries and at the same time to help create small enter prises at home. With the projected establishment of enterprises at
home the migrant w orkers help cr eate new jobs for their families and communities and even for themselves in case overseas
employment is terminated suddenly.
The pr ogram was set up in the Philippines in 1996 and has become a model for other labor sending countries in
Asia to bring home their migrants with dignity, and as early as possible, so as to reduce the hazards they may be exposed to
overseas.

Migrants Rights International

is the independent global monitoring body focusing on human rights of migrants, founded in Cairo in 1994. Its
pur poses are to promote recognition and respect for the rights of all migrants; to advocate for ratification of the 1990
Inter national Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; and to
facilitate work of and cooperation among migrant associations, NGOs and international or ganizations.

Geneva Forum for Philippine Concerns

aims to build awareness on Philippine issues and concer ns especially those which affect disadvantaged gr oups.
It seeks to cr eate linkages among individuals and groups with similar concerns and to generate support in Switzerland for
these issues and concer ns.

Know your Rights

a Legal Guide for Household-Emplo yees in Switzerland is a definitive reference for anyone seeking answ er to
questions about employment in most households in Switz erland. The book patiently explain in simple English and in non
legal language to the extent possible, the natur e of household employment contracts,minimum salar y-rates, overtime pay,
days of f medical insurance, social security, children allowance and other entitlements, work permits, unjust and valid
terminations, employment in diplomatic households. and other important information on household employment never before
available -in one convenient volume. Probably the first book or manual of its kind, “ Your Rights” is a simple but
authoritative guide that may be used not only by domestic workers, but also by employers, jurists, students and
academicians,gover nment authorities, international or ganisations, migrants rights ad vocates and basically any
person,r egardless of nationality or status, who may wish to be informed -of the .rights, as w ell as the obligations or
household employment in Switzer land
Know y our Rights was written by Jean-Pierre Garbade, a noted lawyer and human rights advocate and in
collaboration with Gene va Forum f or Philippine Concerns.
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