Philippines Parents Pimp Out their Children as COVID Job Losses Mount

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Philippines Parents Pimp Out their Children as COVID Job Losses Mount

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Philippines Parents Pimp Out their Children as COVID Job Losses Mount

By Ralph Jennings
December 04, 2020 11:43 AM

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Child prostitution is surging this year in the Philippines, where parents have lost jobs during strict anti-pandemic shutdowns and allowed their children to work the sex trade, often through online connections, activists and officials say.

Officials in the Southeast Asian country believe COVID-19 is fueling an increase in online sexual exploitation of children, the government's Commission on Human Rights said in September. UNICEF had already described the Philippines four years ago as “the global epicenter of the live-stream sexual abuse trade.”

International advocacy group End Child Prostitution and Trafficking estimates a 264% increase in online sexual abuse and exploitation of children during the pandemic, the domestic news website Manila Bulletin reports.

“The increasing cases of children in prostitution is alarming,” said Maria Teresa Dela Rosa, president of the National Association of Social Work Education advocacy group in the southern city Davao. ... “Parents, out of poverty, are pimping their children, even using the online platforms,” she said.

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1. Dismal, dismal shit.

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2. It's either "Philippine parents" or "Philippines' parents".

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3. Ugh. Can't even read all of it.

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4. yikes

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5. Disturbing