As delivered literacy programs by consular and labor officers abroad to further upgrade OFW skills and income management at work; and (4) actively forging bilateral labor agreements with destination countries that highlight the protection of Filipino migrant workers. Returning overseas Filipino workers undergo reintegration process under the Assist WELL Program or Welfare, Employment, Legal, and Livelihood of the government. Moreover, new regulations have been promulgated to strengthen protection of domestic workers by requiring foreign placement agencies escrow deposits, and strengthening the monitoring of deployed workers by Philippine recruitment agencies to include the designation of an employee who handles welfare issues. Finally, in the area of disaster risk reduction and mitigation measures, women have been acknowledged as effective first responders, a role that has been traditionally associated only to men. As such, programs and projects in this regard have given women significant roles. Madam Chair, Distinguished Members of the Committee, The promotion, protection, and fulfilment by the Philippines of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of our women are a work in progress. And this is where our information and education campaigns, training, and awareness-raising activities help change patriarchal social norms and attitudes. We now have a law that declares November 25 of every year as the National Consciousness Day to eliminate violence against women, mandating all government Page 11 of 16