Description
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc. (VF) is Philippine-based NGO established in 1991, known for its innovative work for the empowerment of vulnerable migrants, especially victims of human trafficking, domestic servitude and other forms of exploitation through building social movements, advocating for policies and delivering of services.
VFs work with child domestic workers has been cited by the International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC) and the United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI) as an international best practice. Its anti-trafficking partnership with the Philippine government and private shipping companies was also hailed as one of the international best practices by the U.S. Department of State in its 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.