The document outlines several Philippine laws that protect children's rights and prevent abuse, violence, exploitation, and discrimination against children. These include laws that uphold the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, prevent violence against women and children, cybercrime, and protect disabled persons. Other laws discussed prohibit child labor, bullying, child pornography, voyeurism, and regulate hazing to protect children. The document stresses that everyone should work to defend children's rights, help charitable institutions, help children whenever possible, and report any violations of children's rights.

1. Children’s
Rights
• ARE THEY
RESPECTED?

2. United Nations Convention on
the Rights of the Child
•A convention is an agreement
between countries to obey the
same law.That means that our
government has to make sure
that every child has their rights
respected.

3. Republic Act No. 9262.
This act is also known as the “Anti-
Violence Against
Women and Their Children Act of
2004.

4. • Violence against women and their children” refers to any
act or a series of acts committed by any person against a
woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman
with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating
relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or
against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or
without the family abode, which result in or is likely to
result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering,
or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery,
assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty.

5. Republic Act No. 10175
• This is also known as the “Cybercrime
Prevention Act of 2012.” The law
outlined the punishable acts that are
considered cybercrimes like offenses
against the confidentiality, integrity and
availability of computer data and
systems, computer-related offenses, and
content-related offenses.

6. Republic Act No. 9710
This is also known as the “Magna Carta of
Women.” This was approved on August 14,
2009, which mandates nondiscriminatory
and pro-gender equality and equity measures
to enable women's participation in the
formulation, implementation and evaluation
of policies and plan for national, regional,
and local development.

7. Republic Act No. 9442
• This is an act amending Republic Act No.
7277, otherwise known as the “Magna
Carta for Disabled Persons, and for other
Purposes.” The amendments include
inclusion of new chapters and sections
for other privileges and incentives, and
prohibitions on verbal, non-verbal ridicule,
and vilification against persons with
disability.

8. Republic Act No. 7610.
• This Act is known as the “Special Protection of
Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act.” This law provides special
protection to children from all firms of abuse,
neglect, cruelty exploitation and discrimination and
other conditions, prejudicial their development;
provide sanctions for their commission and carry out
a program for prevention and deterrence of and
crisis intervention in situations of child abuse,
exploitation, and discrimination.

9. Republic act No. 8353
• This Act is also known as the “Anti Rape Law of 1997.” Rape is
committed by a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a
woman under any of the following circumstances: (a) through
force, threat, or intimidation; (b) When the offended party is
deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; (c) by means of
fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and (d)
When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is
demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned
above be present. Rape is also committed by any person who,
under any of the circumstances mentioned hereof, shall commit
an act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into another
person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any instrument or object, into
the genital or anal orifice of another person.

10. Republic Act No. 9231
• This is an Act providing for the elimination
of the worst forms of child labor and
affording stronger protection for the working
child, amending for this purpose Republic
Act No. 7610, as amended, otherwise known
as the "Special Protection of Children
Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act.”

11. Republic Act No. 10627
• This Act is also known as the “Anti-Bullying Act of 2013.” All
elementary and secondary schools are hereby directed to adopt
policies to address the existence of bullying in their respective
institutions.
For the purpose of this Act, “bullying” shall refer to any severe or
repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic
expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof,
directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing or
placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or
damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for
the other student; infringing on the rights of the other student at 7
school; or materially and substantially disrupting the education process
or the orderly operation of a school.

12. Republic Act No. 9775
• This Act is known as the “Anti-Child Pornography
Act of 2009.” With the help of this law, the
fundamental rights of every child from all forms of
neglect, cruelty, and other conditions prejudicial to
his/her development is guaranteed. Children are
protected from all forms of exploitation and abuse
including, but not limited to: (1) the use of a child in
pornographic performances and materials; and (2)
the inducement or coercion of a child to engage or
be involved in pornography through whatever means.

13. Republic Act No. 9995
• This Act is also known as the “Anti-Photo and Video
Voyeurism Act of 2009.” This Act states that it is
unlawful to take photo or video coverage of a person
or group of persons performing sexual act or any
similar activity or to capture an image of the private
area of a person, to copy or reproduce, to sell or
distribute, to publish or broadcast internet, cellular
phones, and other similar means.

14. Republic Act No. 10354
• The “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
Act of 2012.” This law recognizes and guarantees the
human rights of all persons including their right to
equality and nondiscrimination of these rights, the right to
sustainable human development, the right to health which
includes reproductive health, the right to education and
information, and the right to choose and make decisions
for themselves in accordance with their religious
convictions, ethics, cultural beliefs, and the demands of
responsible parenthood.

15. Republic Act No. 8049
• An Act Regulating Hazing and Other Forms of Initiation
Rites in Fraternities, Sororities, and other Organizations
and Providing Penalties Therefor. No hazing or initiation
rites in any form or manner by a fraternity, sorority or
organization shall be allowed without prior written notice
to the school authorities or Head of organization seven
days before the conduct of initiation. The written notice
shall indicate the period of the initiation activities which
shall not exceed three days shall include the names of
those to be subjected to such activities and shall further
contain an undertaking that no physical violence be
employed by anybody during such initiation rites.

16. Abused

17. What we can certainly do
• Learn about the topic and defend
children’s rights.
• Cooperate with a charitable institution.
• Help children whenever possible.
• Report violation of children’s rights to
authorities