This photo shows a construction worker in the Philippines who has just finished painting a wall.
The Philippines is unique in its labor patterns. About 10 percent of the population works outside the country as migrant workers.
Unemployment is high due to the unstable domestic economy, which means that even after graduating from college, students cannot find jobs and end up working as contract workers.
They work hard to provide for their beloved families, but behind their hard work lurk various problems.
What is the problem? And is there any way to solve it?
Learn more about the Philippines → "For the sake of their beloved families: the reality of migrant workers in the Philippines"
(Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific/Flickers [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] )