Treading on dangerous waters: Driven by poverty, many filipinos brave inhuman conditions to work aboard distant-water vessels

M. Cura, Nenita (1995) Treading on dangerous waters: Driven by poverty, many filipinos brave inhuman conditions to work aboard distant-water vessels. Samudra Report. pp. 19-23. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Perhaps few fishworkers anywhere in the world have experienced the tribulations that Filipino men undergo aboard distant-water vessels (DWVs). Inhuman, often unsafe conditions of work and illegal methods of recruitment are still common, despite campaigns against this form of exploitation. The Philippines Anti-illegal Recruitment Campaign Programme can be traced back to 1990. During the Bangkok Conference on ‘Global Fisheries Trends and the Future of Fishworkers’, ICSF responded to a request of the Taiwanese delegation for an exposure to a Philippine fishing village. This was expanded to include a three-day seminar and workshop with the theme ‘The Conditions of Fishworkers on Distant-Water Vessels’.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0147
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Philippines, Distant Water Fishing Nation, Labour, Fishworkers, Conditions at Work, Living Conditions, Wages, Non Governmental Organisation, Conferences, Fishermen
Subjects:	Decent Work
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2021 05:41
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 11:58
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/504

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