Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat)^[3] is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines. It protects the interests of Overseas Filipino Workers and their families, providing social security, cultural services and help with employment, remittances and legal matters.^[4]: 99 It is funded by an obligatory annual contribution from overseas workers and their employers. Its head office is at F.B. Harrison Street corner 7^th Street in Pasay, near Gil Puyat Avenue, Philippines.

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat (Filipino)
Agency overview
Formed	May 1, 1977
Headquarters	OWWA Center Bldg, F.B. Harrison cor. 7th Street, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
Employees	401 (2024)[1]
Annual budget	₱7.6 billion (2021)[2]
Agency executive	Patricia Yvonne Caunan, Administrator
Parent agency	Department of Migrant Workers
Website	owwa.gov.ph

The agency was founded as the Welfare and Training Fund for Overseas Workers through Letter of Instruction No. 537, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on May 1, 1977.^[5][4] It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987.^[6] Republic Act No. 10801 signed by President Benigno Aquino III on May 10, 2016, further defined the powers of the agency.^[7]

See also

• Brain drain in the Philippines
• Commission on Filipinos Overseas
• Philippine Labor Migration Policy
• Philippine Overseas Employment Administration