Strategic Report for the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Manggagawang Pantahanan sa Pilipinas (SUMAPI)
The ILO-DOMWORK Project supported the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Manggagawang Pantahanan sa Pilipinas (SUMAPI) to organize and develop strategic planning to analyze issues surrounding domestic work, assess organizational capacity, and factor in international, national, and local situations into SUMAPI directions, structure, and future actions.
The Samahan at Ugnayan ng Manggagawang Pantahan sa Pilipinas (SUMAPI) is a democratic, mass-based organization composed of domestic workers, both adult and children.
The process of building the institutional capacity of SUMAPI has been hindered by some factors that make domestic workers prone to abuse such as trafficking and forced labour: their relative invisibility, mobility, low level of education and information on available protective mechanisms, and low self-esteem emanating from society's bias and lack of appreciation of the importance of domestic work.
The process of building the institutional capacity of SUMAPI has been hindered by some factors that make domestic workers prone to abuse such as trafficking and forced labour: their relative invisibility, mobility, low level of education and information on available protective mechanisms, and low self-esteem emanating from society's bias and lack of appreciation of the importance of domestic work.