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The Filipino mothers selling their children for online sexual abuse

Neil Jayson Servallos, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at May 30 11:26 AM

Online sexual exploitation of children surged during the pandemic, when many Filipinos lost their jobs. Tech companies reported more than 1.29 million images and videos of child abuse materials produced in the country in 2020 – triple the number in 2019.   Read more »

Senate approves tougher measure to combat online sexual abuse of minors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 07:04 PM

Senators on Thursday approved on final reading a tougher measure against online sexual abuse and exploitation of minors. Read more »

Lady Gaga opens up about rape, pregnancy at age 19

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 22 02:07 PM

US singer Lady Gaga said in a documentary out Friday that she was raped by a music producer and became pregnant at age 19, an ordeal that eventually caused her to have a "total psychotic break." Read more »

Pair arrested after home-alone girl, 12, robbed, molested in Hong Kong flat

South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 07 08:00 AM

Hong Kong police have arrested a man and woman who allegedly forced their way into a Kowloon East flat where a 12-year-old girl was home alone, robbing and molesting her while filming their actions. Read more »

US university to pay over $1 billion in gynecologist sex abuse settlement

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 26 07:03 AM

LOS ANGELES - University of Southern California reached a $842.4 million settlement approved a Los Angeles court, lawyer Gloria Allred said in a statement, on top of $215 million agreed to in a 2018 federal class action case. Read more »

Armie Hammer accused of rape, attorney calls claim 'outrageous'

Reuters
Posted at Mar 19 07:32 AM

LOS ANGELES - A young woman on Thursday accused U.S. actor Armie Hammer of raping her four years ago in Los Angeles and police said they were investigating the matter. Read more »

Mag-live-in na may kasong rape, timbog sa drug bust sa Davao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 05:28 AM

DAVAO CITY - Timbog ang isang mag-live-in partner matapos sila mahulihan ng nasa P260,000 na halaga ng hinihinalang shabu sa Barangay 8-A sa Davao Biyernes ng gabi. Read more »

Gov't urged to provide special protection for Filipinas during COVID-19 crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 05:52 PM

A recent Social Weather Stations Survey showed that 1 in every 4 Filipino adults "cited harmful acts in various forms as among the most pressing problems of women during the present health crisis." Read more »

Australian PM apologizes, promises probe after allegation of rape in parliament

Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 09:16 AM

CANBERRA - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized on Tuesday to a woman who alleged she was raped in the country's parliament by an unnamed colleague, and promised a thorough investigation into the government's workplace culture. Read more »

Cagayan de Oro youth take lead in fight vs online sexual exploitation of children

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 12:31 PM

A group of children and youth leaders in Cagayan De Oro City marked the global Safer Internet Day on Tuesday by launching a month-long campaign to raise public awareness on the online sexual exploitation of children or OSEC.   Read more »

Reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps shock US

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 09:28 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply disturbed" by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China's Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.   Read more »

PLDT's challenge: Cracking down on child porn livestreaming

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 04:46 PM

MANILA - PLDT Inc. has blocked 3,000 websites carrying child pornography but the bigger challenge now is cracking down on child pornography livestreams on various platforms, a PLDT executive said Friday.  Read more »

Duterte, Cabinet want telcos sanctioned for child pornography

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 11:55 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte and his Cabinet have ordered sanctions against internet service providers that failed to stop online child pornography, reports of which nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Tuesday. Read more »

'Victory for children': Philippines set to raise age of consent

Allison Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 06:13 PM

Campaigners say the legislation would help protect youngsters in a nation that has become a global hotspot for online child sex abuse and where more than 500 teenagers get pregnant and give birth every day.   Read more »

House OKs on final reading bill amending PH rape law, raising age of statutory rape to 16

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 07:29 PM

Voting 207-3, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on final reading House Bill 7836 which raises the age for determining statutory rape to 16 years old, strengthening laws against rape and sexual abuse. Read more »

Almost 90,000 sexual abuse claims expected against US Boy Scouts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 11:55 AM

Almost 90,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) had come forward by Monday evening, the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims told AFP. Read more »

Sex abuse claims against Boy Scouts now surpass 81,000

Mike Baker, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 16 10:48 AM

More than 81,000 people have come forward with sex-abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America, describing a decadeslong accumulation of assaults at the hands of Scout leaders across the nation who had been trusted as role models. Read more »

TagSci tutugunan ang reklamong sexual harassment sa paaralan

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:09 PM

Sa pahayag, sinabi ng TagSci na nakipagpulong na ang pamunuan sa parent-teacher association, student government, at advisers ukol sa isyu.  Read more »

Women are posting their black and white selfies again, and here’s why

ANCX Staff
Posted at Oct 26 02:44 PM

From Charo Santos to Ces Drilon to Angel Locsin and many more, women are calling for a stop to gender-based violence. Read more »

Kevin Spacey accused of sex offenses against teenagers in new lawsuit

Julia Jacobs, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 10 10:54 AM

Kevin Spacey was sued Wednesday by actor Anthony Rapp and an anonymous man, both of whom accuse Spacey of sexual offenses against them in the 1980s when they were about 14 years old. Read more »