Tag: Children
A call for action against abuse of children online
More resources have to be devoted to detecting and apprehending child abusers and increasing the penalties for crimes against children
Filipino children in typhoon-hit areas face severe malnutrition, warns NGO
In Catanduanes, children and their families still live in makeshift shacks because their homes were destroyed by super typhoon "Rolly"
After super cyclone: School kits reignite dreams for Indian children
Natural disaster left teenagers thinking their education was over until a Caritas-supported project came along
Annual ‘Parade of Saints,’ now dubbed ‘Your Saint Sounds Familiar,’ to...
A Manila parish is calling on everyone to join the online activity that has been dubbed "Your Saint Sounds Familiar"
Philippine courts convict 103 offenders of online sex abuse of children
The Philippines has been a global hotspot for OSEC, with close family friends or neighbors of rescued victims as perpetrators
Philippine Senate approves bill prohibiting child marriage
The bill aims to address child marriage in the Philippines, where one in six Filipino girls get married before reaching the age of 18
‘Girl defenders’ call for laws to end child marriage in Philippines
The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated on October 11 in recognition of the rights and unique challenges girls face
The explosion of child abuse online
Unless there is less talk and more direct positive action to curb online sexual abuse of children, it will only continue to get worse
Million children to pray Holy Rosary for end of coronavirus pandemic
The children's Rosary campaign was initiated in 2005 in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and has since spread across the world
Child rights group seeks increase in age of statutory rape victims
A bill seeking to raise the age of consent and determination of statutory rape was approved at the committee level in the Senate on October 1
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