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Child abuse in the Philippines
Child abuse in the Philippines There are 40 million Filipinos who are 19 years old and below (NSO 2006). Yet no group of Filipinos faces more hazards than the children. In excess of a million and a half children are estimated to live on the streets, begging for food and often engaging in criminal activity. More than three and a half million children from 5 to 17 work under often-grueling conditions, in spite of legislation outlawing child labor. Although there is reliable information on a number of the hazards facing the children today, the data surrounding the prevalence of child abuse and neglect are widely viewed as underestimates as they merely reflect reported and validated cases of abuse. A survey of the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development http://www.dswd.gov.ph/ ) data through the years reflects a sudden increase in their number of clients probably as a result of increased recognition and reporting in the community. The children in this survey were victims of physical abuse, neglect, with majority reporting sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
The number of abused children reported to agencies or receiving services reflects merely the very tip of the iceberg of the child abuse problem in the Philippines. To illustrate, compare the numbers on the left with the results of a community-based survey to determine the prevalence of child abuse. In this population-based study commissioned by the Philippine Department of Health for its Baseline Survey for National Health Objectives (BSNOH) Project in 2000, sealed questionnaires were distributed to adolescents in randomly sampled urban and rural provinces. In a country with a total population of almost 100 million, and almost 60% of the population below 20 years old, the resulting figures are astoundingly high compared to the number of children actually served.
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