The Filipino government will set a limit to the number of female workers deployed abroad, according to Carlos Cao Jr., chief of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. 

Women, who comprise 70 percent of Filipino workers abroad, are prone to abuse and maltreatment more than the male workers, Cao said. 

"I wish to see less and less of our women deployed as household service workers. Although it will need a strong political will to do it, I know I have to advocate for it because women and mothers should stay in the country to take care of their brood and not to rock the cradles of different nationalities," Cao said. 

POEA records show that women migrants account for more than 70 percent of new hires between 2009 and 2010. 

In 2009, six out of 10 new hires were female, most of them employed as domestic help, entertainers, caregivers, nurses and health service providers. There were 236,118 new hires in 2009. 

The POEA revealed that 90 percent of Filipinos in Hong Kong is women, mostly employed as domestic workers; in Kuwait, 74 percent; in Japan, 53 percent.