“Let us vow not, with words but with deeds, to serve our nation’s future and therefore ensure the security of our children,” she said. “I ask our partners to put the anti-child abuse campaign squarely in the context of our larger war against poverty,” she said in a speech during the launching at the Asilo de San Vicente de Paul on United Nation Avenue in Manila. SAYING it is time to take concrete steps to protect the health and welfare of children, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday called on the nation to help prevent the abuse and maltreatment of children.Īt the launch of Child Abuse Prevention Year, Arroyo said her administration’s fight against poverty should go hand in hand with the campaign to protect the children from abuse and maltreatment since many of the victims are from poor families. “The victim would then meet up with her textmate - who she thinks is a fellow high school student - and end up being abused by an adult male,” said Baluyot, a child protection specialist at the Philippine General Hospital’s Child Protection Unit.īaluyot said sexual abuse through text messaging and the Internet was among the top priorities of their public awareness campaign in the coming year to emphasize the dangers of child abuse.įirst posted 01:43pm (Mla time) Nov 06, 2006 Baluyot said the perpetrators usually got the numbers of their victims - usually teenagers - from television programs featuring “text chat rooms” or through random text messaging. “We never thought there would be a trend like this three years ago,” Baluyot told the Inquirer in an interview during the “Child Abuse Prevention Year” launch at the Asilo de San Vicente de Paul in Manila yesterday. Irene Baluyot, associate director for research and publications of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) Network, there has been an alarming increase in the number of child abuse victims lured through text messaging. PERPETRATORS of child abuse have become more wily, using the latest technology to victimize vulnerable minors. Victims of child abuse lured thru text messagingįirst posted 03:29am (Mla time) Nov 07, 2006Įditor’s Note: Published on page A4 of the Novemissue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Woman says daughter held for prostitution Amnesty calls on governments, IT companies to stop online repressionģ. Victims of child abuse lured thru text messagingĢ.

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