PRIORITY

CHILD
PROTECTION
ISSUES
 Triggering Factors
broken families
increasing school drop-out rate
inadequate basic social services
weak and inconsistent enforcement of child protection laws
growing unemployment and underemployment
inequitable distribution of wealth, income, and opportunities
continuing impoverishment and marginalization
intermittent armed conflict
rising materialistic and consumerist expectations
deteriorating moral values brought about by social media

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 Triggering Factors
broken families
increasing school drop-out rate
inadequate basic social services
weak and inconsistent enforcement of child protection laws
growing unemployment and underemployment
inequitable distribution of wealth, income, and opportunities
continuing impoverishment and marginalization
intermittent armed conflict
rising materialistic and consumerist expectations
deteriorating moral values brought about by social media

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 Child Protection Issues
1. child labor
2. commercial sexual exploitation of children
3. physical and sexual abuse
4. children in conflict with the law
5. children and drugs
6. children with disabilities
7. children in need of special protection

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 most children were engaged in

Child Labor agriculture, hunting, and forestry

some were found in the wholesale and
retail trade, while others work in private
households
studies cited the following conditions
contributing to child labor:
a. poverty-stricken families tend to
depend on child work to augment
family income
b. children unable to go to school due
to parents' incapacity
c. dysfunctional households and
abusive parents
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Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 A. Child Trafficking
lured by offers of jobs in households, restaurants,
factories, and entertainment agencies only to end up as sex slaves
Commercial Sexual
treated like commodities Exploitation of
B. Child Prostitution
poverty, unstable family relationships, and peer pressure pushed
Children
children to work in sex industry

C. Child Pornography
according to studies, Filipinos generally lack the awareness of
dangers and implications of child pornography
"In the Philippine context, children are normally not seen as objects
of sexual desire. Filipinos generally do not invest malice in the
nakedness of children, especially in children who have yet to reach
puberty."
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Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 Physical and Sexual Abuse of
Children
perpetrators of physical and sexual abuse are
often family members
child victims suffer from psychological and
emotional trauma which may adversely affect
their life chances in the future especially if they
are not provided with appropriate and timely
03 psychosocial interventions

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
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Children in Conflict with
the Law
CICL commit petty offences like theft, sniffing of
solvents, and vagrancy

rise in the numbers of CICL could be attributed to

poverty, dysfunctional family, low educational
attainment, and gang membership and peer
influence

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
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Children and Drugs
children involved in drug trade acted as runners,
repacking, or cleaning up of paraphernalia, and as
lookouts and barkers

most involved were drug users and many were

frequent users

money is the main motivation for engaging in drug

trade

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
 Children with Disabilities
Available data at the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled
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Persons reveal the following:
1. one out of five children in the 0-6 age group has some form of
disability or impairment
2. children in the 15-19 age group have the highest disability
prevalence rate per 100,000 population
3. hearing and visual impairment and difficulty in moving are the
most prevalent forms of disability among children
4. there are more boys with conditions of disability than girls
5. children with disabilities generally belong to poor families

Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
Children in Need of
Special Protection 1. children victims of natural disasters such as
typhoons, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions
2. children without parental care or deprived of a
family environment, including the children of
OFWs
3. children affected by HIV/AIDS
4. below 18 years old, or those 18 years old and
over but are unable to take care of themselves
because of physical or mental disability condition

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Source: Special Committee for the Protection of Children. Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation, and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme
on Child Protection, 2006-2010 Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children. (December 2006).
The true character of a
society is revealed in
how it treats its
children.
NELSON MANDELA