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We thank you for your relentless and dedicated efforts to help pass the Magna Carta for Household Helpers. However, it still faces difficulties in the Senate and a looming deadline before the elections come May 2004. To help spread the spirit of the magna carta, click the poster and sticker icons below to have your own print ready copies at home.
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| MoA against trafficking of persons signed today
MANILA BULLETIN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2003
Labor Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas signs at 9 a.m. today at Club Filipino in North Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila a memorandum of agreement (MoA) on multi-sectoral networks against trafficking in persons with representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO), United Nations International Cooperation for Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Asia Foundation, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking in Persons, Asia ACTS, Philippine Ports Authority, and shipping companies.
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Sto. Tomas said the MoA signing aims to strengthen the creative synergies of civil society groups to support government efforts in the fight against trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
"It formalizes the commitment of more than 30 partners nationwide who have undergone a series of consultations and strategic planning workshops towards seriously implementing Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act," Sto. Tomas said.
She said the law criminalize the sale and trafficking of persons into sexual exploitation, force labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage.
"It prescribes still penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of up to P5 million," Sto. Tomas said.
(E. T. Suarez)
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