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CHILD TRAFFICKING

CHILD TRAFFICKING. Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo, Go, Go January 2011. Introduction. Child Trafficking in the Philippines. Child Prostitution. Child trafficking in the Philippines is the highest incidence of child prostitution in a tourist area (UNICEF)

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CHILD TRAFFICKING

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  1. CHILD TRAFFICKING Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo, Go, Go January 2011

  2. Introduction

  3. Child Trafficking in the Philippines

  4. Child Prostitution • Child trafficking in the Philippines is the highest incidence of child prostitution in a tourist area (UNICEF) • Mindanao has become one of the trafficking hotspots because of armed conflict • Children are trafficked to major cities and neighboring countries, particularly Malaysia • ~60,000 to 100,000 children in the Philippines are involved in prostitution rings • Predominantly girls between 14 and 17 years old

  5. Common Causes • Poverty • Low economic development • Gender inequalities • Limited employment and opportunities • Large family sizes • Inadequate awareness among families • Sex tourism • Advanced Technology

  6. Pedophiles • Well connected and have positions in industry and politics • Live video streaming • Usually meet the mothers/grandmothers of possible victims online and make them their girlfriends • MarcelinoLibanan Philippine Daily Inquirer

  7. “Any representation, by whatever means, of a child engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a child, the dominant characteristic of which is depiction for a sexual purpose.”

  8. Cases of Victims of Child Pornography as compared to Victims. Survivors of Child Prostitution Arnie C Trinidad, Child Pornography in the Philippines (2005), UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies and UNICEF Manila

  9. Child Organ Trafficking • NBI (2008) alerted the public over the rampant smuggling og human organs • Children are kidnapped and taken abroad where their organs are sold to foreign nationals • WHO - Philippines as one of the five organ trafficking hotpots • China, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Philippines, Moldova, and Romania are among the world's leading providers of trafficked organs (Organ trafficking: a fast-expanding black market : IHS Jane's, 05 March 2008)

  10. Child Organ Trafficking • Usual buyers are Middle Eastern nationals, allegedly abduct children and house them somewhere in Mindanao • Victims are provided with vitamin supplements to keep their internal organs healthy and will then be transported outside the country to undergo surgery for organ transplants (Atty. Ferdinand Lavin of the NBI's Human Trafficking Division) • NBI raises alarm on child-organ trafficking ABS-CBN News Online, 24 Aug 2008

  11. Laws Against Child Trafficking • Revised Penal Code Article 202 • Revised Penal Code Article 341 • Republic Act 9208 • Republic Act 7610 - Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act • Republic Act 6955 - Mail-order brides • Republic Act 8042 - Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act • House Resolution No. 779

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