A group assisting survivors of prostitution said that the majority of the patrons of prostitution here are Filipino males.
Militant women’s group, Gabriela, held a protest action on Monday in front of the Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters here to call for the surrender of a military personnel charged with rape in Bukidnon.
A 16-year-old mother insisted that she wanted an Army personnel thrown to jail for allegedly raping her last month in their village in Bukidnon.
Women groups condemned the rape of a minor married woman from Bukidnon that was allegedly perpetrated by a soldier of the 84th Infantry Battalion.
Women and gay rights advocates in the city joined other multisectoral groups in the country to condemn the brutal killing of Filipina transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in a Global Day of Action for Justice held Friday.
Lawyers in Manila claimed on Wednesday that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States of America “will never work for the national interest.”
Various sectoral organizations are now pushing for the turn-over of Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Navy man implicated in the killing of a transgender last Saturday to the Philippine authorities.
Some children victims of prostitution now also serve as “pimps” for other children.
