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10 lip 2021 · Child sexual abuse is rampant in the Philippines, which activists say is partly driven by the country’s law regarding the age at which girls can legally consent to sex.
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8 mar 2022 · But on Friday, the Philippine government raised the age of sexual consent to 16, as President Rodrigo Duterte signed a new bill into law in what the UN has called a “legislative milestone ...
14 sty 2021 · I T IS PERFECTLY legal in the Philippines—but almost nowhere else—for an adult to engage in consensual sex with a preteen. For as long as the country has had an age of sexual consent, it has ...
28 wrz 2021 · Advocates say the measure remedies the abuse and legal intricacies caused by the country having the lowest age of sexual consent—12 years old—in Southeast Asia, and one of the lowest in...
9 paź 2020 · The national study found one in five children, aged 13 to 17, had experienced sexual violence. But the figures were higher for boys at 24.5 per cent than girls at 18.2 per cent.
7 kwi 2022 · The new law raises the age of sexual consent from 12 years–which was the lowest age limit in the Southeast Asia region and among the lowest in the world–to 16 years. It amends the Revised Penal Code as further amended by the Anti-Rape Law of 1997.
8 sty 2022 · The prevalence of abuse is high: a UNICEF study in 2015 found that at least 17% of Philippine children aged 13 to 17 experienced sexual violence while growing up. Comparative data is scant, but...
