STATISTICS

• In 1991, Filipinas were being sold in Japan, often to the Yakuza (Japanese Gangsters), at $2,400 to $18,000 each. (CATW - Asia Pacific, Trafficking in Women and Prostitution in the Asia Pacific)

• The Philippines is the first Asian country to pass an anti-child abuse law. (Lawyer Jose Vener Ibarra, Advocacy for Children’s Rights, “Scourge of Child Prostitution”, Sol. F. Juvida, InterPress Service, 12 October 1997)

• “We need to reorient the people that prostitution is a violation of human rights and that it’s not okay to use or pay women for sex”. (“Ex-streetwalkers fight VFA: Form advocacy groups in urban centers”, The Philippine Journal 18 September 1998)

• Gonorrhea is the most common STD among children in prostitution. "They drink water with a bit a of TIDE detergent in the belief this would prevent gonorrhea." (Louie Orpea a street educator, Sol. F. Juvida, "Philippines - Children: Scourge of Child Prostitution," IPS, 12 October 1997) [catwlog9710c]

Source: Hughes, Donna M. Sporcic, Laura Joy. Mendelsohn, Nadine Z. Chirgwin,Vanessa. "The Philippines". Factbook on Global Exploitation. July 2004. <http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/philippi.htm>

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