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) |
| Annual budget | ₱7.6 billion (2021) |
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| Parent agency | Department of Migrant Workers |
| Website | owwa |
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat) 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.: 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 7th Street in Pasay, near Gil Puyat Avenue, Philippines.
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. It was renamed into the OWWA through Executive Order No. 126, signed by President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987. Republic Act No. 10801 signed by President Benigno Aquino III on May 10, 2016, further defined the powers of the agency.