The document outlines several key child protection issues in the Philippines according to a 2006 report, including: 1) Broken families, poverty, lack of social services, and other social problems contribute to issues like child labor, commercial sexual exploitation of children, physical and sexual abuse, and more. 2) Specific child protection issues discussed include child labor, commercial sexual exploitation, physical and sexual abuse, children in conflict with the law, children and drugs, children with disabilities, and children in need of special protection. 3) For each issue, contributing factors and conditions are described, such as poverty pushing children into the sex industry or drug trade.

1. PRIORITY
CHILD
PROTECTION
ISSUES

2. 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
TriggeringFactors
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).

3. 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
TriggeringFactors
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).

4. child labor
commercial sexual exploitation of children
physical and sexual abuse
children in conflict with the law
children and drugs
children with disabilities
children in need of special protection
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Child Protection Issues
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).

5. most children were engaged in
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:
poverty-stricken families tend to
depend on child work to augment
family income
children unable to go to school due
to parents' incapacity
dysfunctional households and
abusive parents
a.
b.
c.
ChildLabor
01
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).

6. lured by offers of jobs in households, restaurants,
factories, and entertainment agencies only to end up as sex slaves
treated like commodities
poverty, unstable family relationships, and peer pressure pushed
children to work in sex industry
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."
A. Child Trafficking
B. Child Prostitution
C. Child Pornography
CommercialSexual
Exploitationof
Children
02
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).

7. 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
psychosocial interventions
PhysicalandSexualAbuseof
Children
03
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).

8. 04
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
ChildreninConflictwith
theLaw
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).

9. 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
Children and Drugs
05
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).

10. one out of five children in the 0-6 age group has some form of
disability or impairment
children in the 15-19 age group have the highest disability
prevalence rate per 100,000 population
hearing and visual impairment and difficulty in moving are the
most prevalent forms of disability among children
there are more boys with conditions of disability than girls
children with disabilities generally belong to poor families
Available data at the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled
Persons reveal the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
ChildrenwithDisabilities
06
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).

11. children victims of natural disasters such as
typhoons, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions
children without parental care or deprived of a
family environment, including the children of
OFWs
children affected by HIV/AIDS
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
1.
2.
3.
4.
ChildreninNeedof
SpecialProtection
07
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).

12. NELSON MANDELA
Thetruecharacterofa
societyisrevealedin
howittreatsits
children.