Passion for

Equality
 A presentation made

As an advocacy for Gender Equality

Focused on gender discrimination
that leads to prostitution

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 “
Slavery still exists, but now it
only applies to women and its
name is prostitution.
-Victor Hugo

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 MAIN IDEA
In the Philippines, fewer women are part of the
labor force in the country, according to study.

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 “This means that…

…a bigger share of
employed women in
the country are
engaged in jobs lacking
decent working
conditions.”

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 Latest data show that women…

Services Industrial Agricultural

Sector Sector Sector
(71%) (10%) (19%)

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 Furthermore,

while unemployment
rates for women
dropped faster than
those for men, the
rates are still higher
among women aged
15-24 than among men
belonging to the same
age group.
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Early Prostitution in
the Philippines

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 Impact of the U.S. Military and
the Vietnam War on the Sex
Trade in the Philippines
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 Modern Prostitution in the
Philippines

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 Reasons for Prostitution

▪ Poverty
▪ Lack of Education
▪ Under-employment
▪ Physical or sexual
abuse
▪ Drug dependence
and other vices
▪ Peer influence

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 Thank you for listening!

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