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The Philippines is a source, transit, and
destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for commercial
sexual exploitation and forced labor. A significant number of Filipino men
and women who migrate abroad for work are subjected to conditions of
involuntary servitude in Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Hong
Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Muslim
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Trafficking Of Women And Children Judge Nimfa
Cuesta Vilches, ExpertLaw
Library, January, 2004 www.expertlaw.com/library/domestic_violence/Philippines_trafficking.html [accessed 16 December 2010] A girl child in the
The Filipino girl
child takes the stereotyped role of her mother who is portrayed as an abused
and submissive woman relegated to domestic work. Moreover, the public
considers girls and women as sex objects and typifies them as club/bar entertainers,
beauty pageant contestants, and racy or pornographic film stars. The pejorative
expectations that Filipino society has on women and children are compounded
by problems of extreme poverty; massive labor export; globalization; porous
borders; aggressive tourism campaigns; negative portrayal of women by mass
media; pornography on-line and internet chat-rooms; the practice of
mail-order brides; inter-country adoption; and joint military exercises in
the country with visiting forces from abroad. These factors cause women to
become easy victims of sex-trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation
either in the Philippines or in countries of destination. NBI raises alarm on child-organ trafficking ABS-CBN News Online, 24 Aug 2008 unionssaynotochildlabor.com/nbi-raises-alarm-on-child-organ-trafficking/ [accessed 16 December 2010] The National Bureau
of Investigation alerted the public on Sunday over the rampant smuggling of
human organs in the ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/philippines.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are reportedly trafficked internally for
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and labor. Children are also known to be involved in
the trafficking of drugs within the country.
There are no reports of child soldiers in the government armed forces,
but children under the age of 18 are used as soldiers in paramilitary and
armed opposition groups such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the New People’s Army. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61624.htm [accessed 16 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– Both adults and children were trafficked domestically from poor, rural
areas in the southern and central parts of the country to major urban
centers, especially Metro Manila and Cebu, but also increasingly to cities in
Traffickers
targeted persons seeking overseas employment. Most recruits were females ages
13 to 30 from poor farming families. The traffickers generally were private
employment recruiters and their partners in organized crime. Many recruiters
targeted persons from their own hometowns, promising a respectable and
lucrative job. Victims faced
exposure to sexually transmitted or other infectious diseases, and were
vulnerable to beatings, sexual abuse, and humiliation Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3
June 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/philippines2005.html [accessed 16 December 2010] [85] The Committee
welcomes the adoption of, in 2003, the new Anti-Trafficking Law (Republic Act
9208) and other measures taken by the State party in the areas of prevention
of trafficking and protection of victims, such as the establishment of
Anti-Illegal Recruitment Coordination Councils, the Trade Union Child Labor
Advocate (TUCLAS) initiative and the establishment of an Executive Council to
suppress trafficking in person particularly women and children. But the
Committee is gravely concerned about trafficked Filipino children both within
the country and across borders. The Committee expresses its concern about
existing risk factors contributing to trafficking activities, such as
persisting poverty, temporary overseas migration, growing sex tourism and
weak law enforcement in the State party. Why the NO to Trafficking, Nov 13, 2010 trafficking.org.ph/v5/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3496&Itemid=56 [accessed 18 December 2010] IF IT’S TOO GOOD TO
BE TRUE
- The five women related that they left farming activities in Mindanao in
September 2010 hopeful of promised high paying domestic jobs in the The women were told
that their working visas were already in These women stayed
in the recruiter’s house. Their passports had been confiscated; they were
told that they were endorsed to prospective recruitment agencies for possible
deployment abroad. After a month without any development, they no longer
believed the recruiter. Everyday, these
women had only one pandesal for breakfast and
nothing for lunch and dinner. That was why they ventured out to ask food from
neighbors, and met Mrs. Reyes in the process. One of the recruits
told the recruiter that she was pregnant, asked to be released, reimbursed of
her transportation expenses, and for her passport. The recruiter gave her Cytotec instead, and asked P31, 000 in exchange for her
freedom. IACAT and IJM elated over latest conviction
of human trafficker Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 10 September 2011] The four (4)
accused were convicted for victimizing minor girls, with ages ranging from
14-16 years old. The victims had been sexually exploited and were made to
work as prostitutes by the accused. One of the four complainants was promised
the job of a cashier, while the other three were told they will work as group
dancers. Instead, they all ended up as GROs in a videoke
club and were forced to engage in acts of prostitution. They also were not
brought to Laguna as agreed, but instead to Daraga,
Albay. The victims were never allowed to leave the videoke club, until they were rescued by the NBI
Anti-Human Trafficking Division. - htcp Filipino children sell kidneys to help
parents Barbara Mae Dacanay,
Bureau Chief, Gulf News, June 23, 2009 gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/filipino-children-sell-kidneys-to-help-parents-1.29276 [accessed 16 December 2010] Some 250 Filipinos,
two of them below 18, have sold one of their kidneys to recruiters who supply
them to patients who need transplants, a local paper has said. "Someone recruited them and they were
paid 112,000 pesos (Dh8,493) each for their
kidneys," Abueva said, adding that forcing or
persuading Filipino children to sell their kidneys is the newest form of
child exploitation in the country today.
Syndicates are now using online marketing, through the internet, where
they offer organs to prospective foreign and local buyers, said Dr Benita
Padilla of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute. NBI raises alarm on child-organ trafficking ABS-CBN News Online, 24 Aug 2008 unionssaynotochildlabor.com/nbi-raises-alarm-on-child-organ-trafficking/ [accessed 16 December 2010] The National Bureau
of Investigation alerted the public on Sunday over the rampant smuggling of
human organs in the Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon
Top Trafficking Cases Annabelle L. Ricalde,
The Sun.Star, July 29, 2008 traffickingproject.blogspot.com/2008/07/philippines-cagayan-de-oro-bukidnon-top.html [accessed 16 December 2010] Cases of human
trafficking this year are high in Bukidnon province
and Cagayan de Oro compared to other places in She said women are
more preferred by human traffickers because of "the availability of the
labor force for women." The
"jobs" offered for women often include forced prostitution, while
others land into forced labor, slavery, servitude, or the removal of organs,
she added. Ex-diplomat implicated in human trafficking Gilbert Felongco,
Gulf News, July 10, 2008 gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/ex-diplomat-implicated-in-human-trafficking-1.117449 [accessed 16 December 2010] PRIVILEGE ABUSE - Under labour
rules, Filipino diplomats can recruit personnel from the Human trafficking victim now an
entrepreneur Tonette Orejas,
Central Luzon Desk, Philippine Daily Inquirer, www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/thegoodnews/view.php?db=1&article=20080617-143091 [accessed 16 December 2010] ESCAPING A BAD
MARRIAGE
- “We washed clothes, cleaned the house. We were not given breakfast. [We
were fed] noodle soup cooked in a bucket of water with some eggs. The rice
was either spoiled or smelled bad. We were not allowed to talk to each other
and we were prohibited from calling our relatives,” Pacheco said of the
ordeal. The women came from her
village in Sapang Bato in
Angeles City or from various parts of Mindanao, all hoping to get jobs in the
Middle East, she said. For her part,
Pacheco thought she could escape a bad marriage by working abroad. Trafficking of Filipinas in Veronica Uy,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 16 December 2010] In November 2007,
INQUIRER.net posted a special report on the growing number of young Filipino
women being lured to Philippine
Ambassador to Singapore Belen Fule-Anota said
Filipinas who want to work overseas must scrutinize their recruiters in the
Philippines well and ensure they have valid contracts before leaving the
country. She also advised jobseekers
to have their contracts duly verified by the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA) "before packing their bags for Singapore." DOJ chief, kidney recipient, wants organ
trafficking outlawed GMA News TV - 04/14/2008 www.gmanews.tv/story/89367/DOJ-chief-kidney-recipient-wants-organ-trafficking-outlawed [accessed 16 December 2010] The issue got the
attention of media, who reported that it was becoming more common for poor
people and prisoners to sell their kidneys and other organs for paltry sums
to syndicates catering mostly to foreign clients. Human Trafficking in the Bong S. Sarmiento, Philippine Human Rights
Reporting Project, [accessed 16 December 2010] Dubbed “Tuna
Capital of the But on top of its strategic
location, human trafficking thrives in this city because of effective
parental consent, according to Rebecca Magante,
chief of the local social welfare and development office and secretariat head
of LIATFAT. “The sad fact is that
parents egg their children on when they are approached by these people in the
hope they will send back money to the family,” she says. Organ trafficking: a fast-expanding black
market IHS Jane's, 05 March 2008 www.janes.com/news/publicsafety/jid/jid080305_1_n.shtml [accessed 16 December 2010] Trafficking of Filipinos in Veronica Uy,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 16 December 2010] The modus operandi
essentially has illegal recruiters promise young women non-existent jobs as
waitresses or guest relations officers in restaurants and hotels in Solon seeks action vs
human trafficking in Visayas GMA News TV - December 24, 2007 www.gmanews.tv/story/74023/Solon-appeals-for-action-vs-human-trafficking-in-Visayas [accessed 16 December 2010] In a statement, An Waray Rep. Florencio “Bem"
Noel said hundreds of Eastern Visayan women and young children are going to
spend their Christmas inside brothels and sweatshops in Metro Manila as the
trade of human trafficking continues unabated. “For these young Warays, Christmas means spending the holidays inside a
dark room with a complete paying stranger or working to death inside
factories not fit for humans," Noel said. “With the grinding
poverty, the cases are bound to increase every year and the solution is the
combined vigilance of Eastern Visayas provincial
and local leaders, law enforcement agencies and the national government
through the DSWD," Noel said. “As the end of
school season draws near, students from poor families are lured with summer
jobs in Metro Manila. The offer is usually tempting for families that cannot
afford send their children in the next school season," he said. He said the victims
are usually recruited as househelp or workers in
seedy factories only to end up working without pay in sex brothels and
sweatshops. DSWD bats for comprehensive program to
hasten rehab of human trafficking victims Renee F. De Guzman, Philippine Information
Agency PIA, archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&fi=p071206.htm&no=10 [accessed 16 December 2010] Mrs. Sampang emphasized to the victim-survivors during the
dialogue, not to blame themselves as they are just
victims of ignorance and lack of awareness of the modus operandi of illegal
recruiters. "Your cases should
serve as eye opener to other youth and individuals not to become the next
victim of human trafficking", she added.
On the other hand, Director Finardo Cabilao of DSWD Central Office noted in his message the
increasing incidence in the country of human trafficking or commoditizing human
beings, including such activities as selling of body organs, mail order
brides, hard labor and prostitution which are becoming customary in nature. Human trafficking cases in Joey A. Gabieta,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 17 December 2010] Eastern Visayas continues to be a source of women and children
being sent to Metro Manila brothels and sweatshops, and the number of
trafficking cases is alarming, according to the Department of Social Welfare
and Development in the region. DSWD
officials said the number of human trafficking cases was increasing despite
efforts to stop them. She said the
victims were mostly children and women who were recruited by trafficking
gangs. The victims end up working without pay in brothels and sweatshops in
Metro Manila, she said. ‘Sex slaves’ sue for human trafficking Vice President Noli
"Kabayan" De Castro, Press Release,
November 23, 2007 www.kabayannoli.com/press/2007-1123.htm [accessed 17 December 2010] The complainants
alleged that they were recruited by an unnamed Filipina recruiter who has
connections with a Malaysian immigration officer and offered them jobs as waitresses and were deployed abroad without
going through the POEA for document processing. But against their
will, they were allegedly made sex slaves and were not allowed to go out of
the building where they are housed. There are still more than 40 other
Filipinas in the sex den and more are being recruited, they said. Halfway houses at ports protect sex trade
victims Gerald Gene R. Querubin,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 17 December 2010] A female recruiter,
who promised Ana a job as a storekeeper in 161 rescued from human traffickers -- BI Jerome Aning,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 17 December 2010] Libanan said the human
trafficking victims were rescued when they were barred from leaving the
country for being "tourist workers," or undocumented overseas
Filipino workers disguised as tourists.
He said the bulk of the offloaded tourist workers were bound for the
Middle East and other destinations such as Singapore and Hong Kong. Libanan informed
Arroyo that the BI strictly implemented her directive for the agency to take
the lead in stopping the escort racket to safeguard and protect the interest of
overseas Filipino workers. 25 Pct. Of Global Human Trafficking Victims
Are Filipinos www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008286912 [access date unavailable] The International
Justice Mission on Thursday said that 25 percent of global human trafficking involves
Filipinos, meaning that for every four humans trafficked across the globe,
one of them is a Filipino. Dealing with human trafficking Philippine Daily Inquirer, [accessed 17 December 2010] Leaving home to
work elsewhere is a dream many Filipinos nurture. It is their answer to
poverty and joblessness. Yet, there have been too many stories of migrants
heading for faraway places, only to find themselves in the worst kinds of
employment: as prostitutes or slaves, doing bonded labor for which they are
sometimes not paid at all. The victims of
domestic trafficking are mostly young men and women from the remote areas in
the Visayas and Mindanao. Their destination: Metro
Manila. Most of them end up as prostitutes, domestic helpers or factory
workers, and discover that life in the big city can be a nightmare. A dirty secret in the Jason Gutierrez, Agence
France-Presse AFP, www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/07/20/2003370457 [accessed 17 December 2010] A distant relative
had duped Quezo's father into allowing her to
travel with him to Then one day, her
captor forgot to lock the gates and Quezo escaped,
only to end up lost in the dank alleys of Manila's slums, working odd jobs
that paid enough to buy food and the clothes on her back. Quezo is now rebuilding
her life, learning livelihood skills that should help her reintegrate into
society. She remains hesitant about going home, fearful of her parents'
reaction. Human traffickers rarely punished Sun Star, Jul 17, 2007 gmanews.tv/story/51343/SunStar-Human-traffickers-rarely-punished [accessed 17 December 2010] Statistics from the
Department of Justice (DOJ) showed that since 2003, 248 cases of human
trafficking have been filed, of which the highest number was filed in 2005
with 114 cases. Deanna Perez, Senior
State Prosecutor for DOJ and head of the Secretariat of the Inter-Agency
Council against Trafficking (IACAT), said the slow
disposition of cases in the courts contributes to the low number of
convictions. A large number of the cases are still in the process of initial
investigation, she said. Aside from
this, some victims have withdrawn charges for fear of their lives or simply because
they cannot endure the emotional stress of a trial. Women comprise 75.1% of human trafficking
victims in Region 8 last year Philippine Information Agency PIA Press
Release, March 6, 2007 archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070306.htm&no=17 [accessed 17 December 2010] However, the
victims from Region 8 increased from 108 in 2005 to 132 in 2006 or a 22.2
percent increase. What is most appalling is that more than half or 54.6% of
the total trafficked victims in the region in 2006 were children ranging from
13-17years old. Human trafficking - Editorial www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=66375 [access date unavailable] The country can
play an even better role by intensifying the campaign against human
trafficking in its own backyard. Illegal recruiters continue to lure women
and even minors from impoverished communities nationwide to work overseas as
maids or entertainers. Many of the women end up as commercial sex workers or
find themselves unable to leave employers who abuse
them physically and sexually. Talent scout nabbed for human trafficking [PDF] Jing Villamentefrom,
The trafficking.org.ph/v5/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1456 [accessed 18 December 2010] A gay fashion show
manager sending Filipino women to Lasala said Fajardo brought them to nightclub where they had to work
20 hours a day providing sex during their 23-day stay. The duped recruits later learned that Fajardo had abandoned them, taking all their earnings. Human traffickers found opening up new
route in Calbayog-Masbate Philippine Information Agency PIA Press
Release, Tacloban City, 2007/01/29 archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070129.htm&no=20 [accessed 18 December 2010] In the end,
Director Corillo said that there is a need to
educate the people especially the young adults so that they will not become
victims of human trafficking. More often than not, the victims give consent to
the human traffickers because they are in dire need for work. Also, many
times, the parents are the ones who push their children by consenting that
they go with the perpetrators. It is the consensus
that poverty is the root cause of victims of human trafficking. Aside from
going after the human traffickers so that they will not be able to continue
their illegal activities, the solution really is helping the families to have
sufficient resources. Philippine Information Agency PIA, Nov 21,
2006 Source:
www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&fi=p061121.htm&no=22 trafficking.org.ph/v5/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1344&Itemid=56 [accessed 18 December 2010] She disclosed that
one of the main problems they face in dealing with TIP victims is in the
reintegration of victims to their family and community where the lack of
social workers is critically felt. Batapa is seeking for the accreditation of local
Non-Government Organizations that will fulfill the lack of manpower and
competence to handle the victims. The path to recovery of Isabel
and Irene Source:
www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=51822 www.preda.org/main/archives/2006/r06092701.html [accessed 24 April 2012] [scroll
down] The
flight schedule was pinned up on the wall. The pimps arrived and began to
argue with the police claiming that they had an understanding with the police
chief. But the police we had with us were from a different station. While
they were busy discussing the payoff, the Preda
team went into the house with the mother and found Isabel. They got her out into
the van and sped away before anyone could stop them. It was clear that there
would be no investigation and no arrests. If only we could have rescued all
the girls it would have been a great day’s work but unfortunately it was
impossible. The girls were teenagers and one of then had a baby. Covering trafficking Rina Jimenez-David,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 09/22/2006 opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20060922-22549/Covering_trafficking [accessed 18 December 2010] Here are some
suggestions on how media coverage of trafficking could do better: First, get off this
obsession with “foreign” trafficking. While researching and writing the book
“Nightmare Journeys: Filipina Sojourns Through the World of Trafficking,” I
encountered stories of women who followed a route of domestic trafficking
before being trafficked abroad -- from their small towns to bigger cities,
then on to Manila, before they were shipped out of the country. Domestic
trafficking feeds global trafficking. Next, we could draw
attention to other aspects of the issue: structural problems in society that
render women and children vulnerable, issues of gender inequality and the
human rights of women and children, and the sense of male entitlement that
feeds the “demand” for a growing pool of trafficked women and children. If the media are to
cover trafficking as a “crime,” then they should make the effort to “follow
the story” to its real conclusion, and not stop at just the raid or rescue
and the arrest. Coverage from arraignment, trial and hopefully conviction,
would show both the limitations and potentials of new laws governing
trafficking. For instance, I have just found out that through the efforts of
a wide range of agencies, the government has been able to win convictions for
seven individuals on grounds of trafficking. VP De Castro, Cynthia D. Balana,
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 09/20/2006 [accessed 18 December 2010] De Castro said
overseas Filipino victims are usually undocumented nationals who gain entry
into other countries using visitor’s visas and end up working in sex dens or
other establishments under debt slavery conditions. Some are legally
processed as overseas workers but are victimized through violations of their
original contracts, he added. Team ready vs
human trafficking Ferdinand Fabella,
Source:
www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=regions01_sept04_2006 [accessed 18 December 2010] Western Visayas, particularly Negros Occidental, is one the
regions in the Aside from Western Visayas, Southern Tagalog, Bicol, Central and Eastern Visayas are also considered to be hotspots, with 127
surveillance and 77 rescue operations conducted recently, said the labor
department. NGO gets $179,000-US grant for human
trafficking victims [accessed 18 December 2010] The IT skills training enlisted in fight vs human trafficking Joey Alarilla,
INQ7.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 06/03/2006 [accessed 18 December 2010] Based on the
statistics provided by the Visayan Forum Foundation, most victims are between
12 to 22 years old. Since 2001, a total of 10, 523 victims and potential
victims of human trafficking in the Philippines have been served in the Port
Halfway Houses, which is a partnership program between the Visayan Forum
Foundation and the Philippine Ports Authority. The numbers may be even
higher, however, because of the difficulty in accurately tracking numbers in
all the country's regions. Hi-tech human trafficking in RP getting
worse Alexander Villafania,
INQ7.net, 2006-05-29 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 10 September 2011] Human traffickers
in the IACAT chief Severino Gaña, Jr. said at a
press conference that many female victims end up working for pornography
websites where they perform sexual acts in front of webcams for paying
customers. Microsoft gives P10M to fight human
trafficking in RP Erwin Lemuel Oliva, INQ7.net, 2006-05-29 At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 10 September 2011] MICROSOFT
Philippines will give 10 million pesos in cash and a software grant to a
non-profit organization enagaged in anti-human
trafficking activities in the Speaking the truth on prostitution Agence France-Presse AFP, HONG KONG, Jan 12, 2006 www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/01/12/2003288614 [accessed 18 December 2010] HEADY DREAMS - Born in the
southern part of the main She asked her aunt
for help in getting her a job. The aunt sold her to a man who pimped her to a massive nightclub of 3,000 girls in Olongapo in return for a cut of her first four months of
"wages." Palace vows conviction of human traffickers Paolo Romero, Star, www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl103174.htm [accessed 18 December 2010] The Palace
spokesman issued his statement after Viewpoint : Big bucks trade Juan Mercado, globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20070712-76265/Big_bucks_trade [accessed 28 August 2011] The In Cebu, a task
force operated ineptly. Police were untrained. Lawyers lacked understanding
of the new law. “The net effect seems to be punishment of the girls, not the
perpetrators.” “They sit there and
look, like this [Cebu] 'barangay' [neighborhood district] official,” the
Nevada University study quotes a nun helping girls trapped in the red light
district. “But he has his own bars. Many of the brothels there are owned by
policemen. ‘Oh, he is my customer,’ a girl will tell us. And now, he is the
one who imprisons me.” Court finds couple guilty of human
trafficking The Filipino Express, www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-118113343.html [partially accessed 18 December 2010 -
access restricted] THE Quezon City
Regional Trial Court sentenced a couple to 160 years in prison for peddling
starlets and would-be movie stars to moneyed sex trade clients. In a 25-page
decision, Judge Teodoro Bay imposed four life terms
against Den Jerson Tongco
and his wife Alicia in a second case of conviction against human traffickers
in the Philippines. The Tongcos were also found guilty of illegally recruiting
men and women, whom the couple promised of jobs in the local entertainment
industry, only to end up selling sex to foreigners, businessmen and moneyed
professionals. DFA says 6 more convicted under
anti-trafficking law [access information unavailable] The Department of
Foreign Affairs has monitored six more convictions for violation of the
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, increasing to seven the total number of
convictions since the law was passed in 2003. Trafficking Of Women And Children Judge Nimfa
Cuesta Vilches, ExpertLaw
Library, January, 2004 www.expertlaw.com/library/domestic_violence/Philippines_trafficking.html [accessed 16 December 2010] A girl child in the
The Filipino girl
child takes the stereotyped role of her mother who is portrayed as an abused
and submissive woman relegated to domestic work. Moreover, the public
considers girls and women as sex objects and typifies them as club/bar
entertainers, beauty pageant contestants, and racy or pornographic film
stars. The pejorative
expectations that Filipino society has on women and children are compounded
by problems of extreme poverty; massive labor export; globalization; porous
borders; aggressive tourism campaigns; negative portrayal of women by mass
media; pornography on-line and internet chat-rooms; the practice of mail-order
brides; inter-country adoption; and joint military exercises in the country
with visiting forces from abroad. These factors cause women to become easy
victims of sex-trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation either in
the Philippines or in countries of destination. Sex worker joins campaign vs prostitution Asian Sex Gazette, October 18, 2005 www.asiansexgazette.com/asg/southeast_asia/southeast06news58.htm [accessed 18 December 2010] She was sexually
assaulted by a relative. She filed charges against her attacker, but without
witnesses, the case did not prosper.
Wanting to escape from her past, she went with a recruiter who
promised her a job that paid P1,000 a day as a
saleslady in The prevalence of human trafficking Wenna A. Berondo, The Freeman, Jul 03, 2005 www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=284773 [accessed 24 April 2012] According to him,
Cebu is among the top five areas in the country where child prostitution and
sex tourism are prevalent because it is the destination of international and
domestic trafficking of kids ages 11 to 17 from nearby provinces of Samar,
Leyte, Bohol, and Illicit cross-border trade is the ugly face
of globalization Flerida Ruth P. Romero,
Philippine Daily Inquirer News Service, page A16 of the May 22, 2005 issue At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 September 2011] Unfortunately, in
the UNICEF raps child-trafficking in RP Edson C. Tandoc
Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer News Service, page A2 of the May 16, 2005
issue At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 September 2011] If not being forced
into prostitution, children are made to pose nude for pornographic materials
or Web sites. "Parents think that
by taking photographs of their children naked, they are not harming them. But
they are taking away their childhood," NBI Busts Mail-Order Bride Syndicate Star, www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht004954.htm [accessed 18 December 2010] In his report to Wycoco, NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTRAD)
chief Romulo Asis said the group’s modus operandi
was to entice Filipino women to apply for match-marriages with male
Koreans. Asis
said Korean clients would come to the Human
Traffickers - Star, www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht005052.htm [accessed 18 December 2010] Sex Trafficking Growing In S.E.Asia Fayen Wong, Reuters, www.chinapost.com.tw/international/detail.asp?GRP=D&id=61645 [accessed 1 September 2011] Girls from the villages of Wising Up On Sexual Trafficking Of Women
And Children
[DOC] Delia Jurado, The
Freeman, February 16, 2005 Source:
www.thefreeman.com/opinion/index.php?fullstory=1&issue=articles_20050216&id=27693 www.twnside.org.sg/title2/ttcd/SO-10.doc [accessed 18 December 2010] [scroll down] The
dark side, unfortunately, is that Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 4 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/philippines [accessed 27 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch [accessed 18 December 2010] Library of Congress Call Number DS655 .P598
1993 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/phtoc.html [accessed 18 December 2010] Mars W. Mosqueda
Jr., At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 10 September 2011] The In the Visayas, Cebu has been the destination of international
and domestic trafficking of children, aged from 11 to 17, who are from Samar,
Bohol, Leyte, Negros and Bacolod. Cebu
is now considered one of the top five areas for child prostitution and sex
tourism. Rapid Assessment: Human Smuggling and
Trafficking from the United Nations Interregional Crime and
Justice Research Institute UNICRI and Australian At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 10 September 2011] Part I: The Problem
-- The Philippine Situation -- Trafficking in Women -- Two Studies on
‘Trafficking’ [page 22] PILOT PROJECT
AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN - The Pilot Project includes case studies of women who
have migrated for employment or marriage, either to ECPAT Medge Olivarez, ECPAT w06.middlebury.edu/PSCI1007A/STUDENTS/Emily%20Eliot/URL%20links%203/54%20percent.htm [accessed 2 September 2012] THE CHILD
TRAFFICKING PHENOMENA
- Every year, hundreds of thousands of children are sold and enslaved. No
official figures are available but many separate studies and assessments have
been made: Fifty-four percent of trafficked children in the Philippines are
15-17 years old and in 1999 there were 85 child trafficking victims
documented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Government Action Plans humantrafficking.org >> www.humantrafficking.org/action_plans/10 [accessed 18 December 2010] GOVERNMENT OF
PHILIPPINES' ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING - The Philippines
Government has acknowledged the problem of trafficking in women and children
and has carried out activities through the collective efforts of various
national and local government units, in collaboration with non-governmental
organizations, the private sector, and international donors. The Human Rights of Migrant Workers - A Summary Report on the Human Trafficking Elements of the Findings and
Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Franciscans International, April 2003 At one time this article had been archived
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[accessed 10 September 2011] SUMMARY OF THE
REPORT OF THE VISIT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO THE Priest sets children free - Missionary to Ramon Gonzalez, Western Catholic Reporter
WCR Staff Writer, At one time this article had been archived
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[accessed 10 September 2011] In 1999 PREDA,
through the International League of Action, was able to bring to justice a
group of Norwegians who were trafficking children from one town in the Internal Trafficking in Children for the
Worst Forms of Child Labour: Final Report Amparita S. Sta. Maria, Mary
Jane L. Zantua & Rea A. Chiongson,
Collection of Studies from Other Institutions, Philippine Institute for
Development Studies, Socio economic Research Portal for the Philippines, CHL
2001-31 At one time this article had been archived
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[accessed 10 September 2011] This paper presents
an overview of internal trafficking in children, with focus on the worst
forms of child labour. Admittedly, much of previous researches and
discussions on trafficking as a phenomenon had been generally concentrated on
women. As far as children are concerned, and at least within the Philippine
setting, trafficking has been construed more in the context of their sale,
barter and illegal smuggle out of the country. This research document is
based on the following data: (1) interviews conducted with seven trafficked
children; (2) three case studies representing different modes of trafficking;
and, (3) previous researches and studies made by government agencies and
non-governmental organizations which focus on children and child labour. This paper presents
the following conclusions: 1. Acknowledging Poverty as the Major Push Factor
in Trafficking: Poverty as the major determining factor in trafficking of
children cannot be overemphasized. It is the main reason why children are
forced to work and why they must work and abandoning school in the process. 2. Call for a Comprehensive Definition of
Trafficking and Continuous Data Gathering: There is no doubt that trafficking
plays an important role in the exploitation of children for the worst forms
of child labour. Although not all children experience being trafficked, it is
highly possible that a significant proportion of them do. Trafficking
therefore must be analyzed separately from the exploitation that proceeds
from it. Its actual relation with and impact on the number of children
exploited must also be realistically assessed. Without the ... All
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