Ban on Filipino maids going abroad, 20 January 1988.
On 20 January 1988, the President of the Philippines prohibited Filipino maids from going abroad to work.  Later in 1988, the ban was lifted for some countries after the institution of safeguards in agreements with those countries.  Among these countries is Saudi Arabia. See Philippine Labor, Vol. 14, No. 10, 1988.
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