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9 June, 2026Filipino migrant women workers at TaiDoc Technology Corp in Taiwan built a union from nothing and won. Now the company is trying to destroy it.

What should a 33-year-old’s life look like? Ani has no marriage, no children—and now, she has lost her health, too.

“Take good care of yourself. I’ll be waiting for you at home.”

For the past 18 years, SPA has been dedicated to empowering migrant workers.

Mali wears glasses every single day.

For the past six years in Taiwan, Angel—a Filipino migrant worker—used her hands to lift and care for elderly people, one after another. Now, she’s the one who has fallen.

Recently, claims like “each pregnant migrant worker costs taxpayers NT$1.5 million” and “the government raises their children for free until age six” have been circulating online.

Serve the People Association has long provided assistance to pregnant migrant mothers and injured or ill migrant workers, while also helping to resolve labor disputes for migrant workers.

written by Robert Owen Ganado

The Serve the People Association has long shared stories of migrant mothers in shelters, yet some netizens still cannot understand why these migrant workers choose to give birth in Taiwan.