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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 Filipina
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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, www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&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 www.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 www.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 vittarp.com/filer/belisima.pdf [accessed 18 December 2010] [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.stopdemand.org/afawcs0112878/ID=122/newsdetails.html [accessed 18 December 2010] 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/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7684 [accessed 18 December 2010] 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
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[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 www.childprotection.org.ph/whatshappening/whtbits1_decjanfeb04.html [accessed 18 December 2010] 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 and may
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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 and may
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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,
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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 material used herein
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