CHILD PROTECTION

POLICY
 THE STUDY REVEAL THAT:

• 80% of children and youth experienced some form of violence

in their lifetime, whether in the home, school, workplace or
community, with boys at 81.5% and girls, 78.4%.
• 1 in 3 children experiences physical violence, with more than
half of this happening at home
 THE STUDY REVEAL THAT:

• Most common cases of violence at home are corporal

punishment committed by parents and siblings
• 3 in 5 children experience psychological violence; in the form
of verbal abuse, threats or neglect
•  1 in 5 children below age 18 have experienced sexual violence
while growing up
 THE STUDY REVEAL THAT:

• Common perpetrators of sexual violence are brothers or

cousins. Among males who experienced sexual violence,
frequent perpetrators are cousins, fathers and brothers.
• Nearly half of children experience violence online, whether
sexual violence or cyber-bullying
 LAWS ON CHILD PROTECTION

• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

• The Child and Youth Welfare Code (P.D. 603)
• R.A. 7610 Special Protection Act 
• R.A. 7658 Working Children
• R.A. 9231 Prohibition Against the Worst Form of Child Labor
 LAWS ON CHILD PROTECTION

• R.A. 9344 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (as amended by R.A.
10630)
• R.A. 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Act
• R.A. 9208 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (as amended by R.A.
10364)
• R.A. 7768 Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
 LAWS ON CHILD PROTECTION

• R.A. 8353 Anti-Rape Law (as amended by R.A. No. 116481)

• R.A. 9775 Anti-Child Pornography Law
• R.A. 9995 Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009
• R.A. 10175 Cybercrime Prevention Law
 LAWS ON CHILD PROTECTION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10627

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO
PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE ACTS OF BULLYING IN
THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
 An ideal school setting is w here …
T eachers… N on-teaching Staff…N on-teaching Staff…Barangays…
• Promote and • Promote and • Serves as the • Support
uphold the rights protect the rights of voice of the promoting schools
of children children parents and w here every child
• D o not inflict • Practice positive children feels protected,
physical discipline tow ards • H elps promote loved and nurtured
punishment to learners the rights of • Are involved in
learners such as • Are gender- children planning for a
tw isting and sensitive • Actively promotes violence-free
pinching ears • D o not use a school free from school
• Practice positive improper language violence • H ave good
and non-violent w hen reprimanding • Participates in a relationships w ith
discipline students C hild Protection schools
• Implement the • C an identify, C ommittee
antibullying rule report, and refer • D iscusses VAC
victims of VAC issues in its
 An ideal school setting is where …
T eachers… Non-teaching Staff…Non-teaching Staff…Barangays…
• Are trained on • Involves children • Have functional
handling • Conducts Violence against
disclosures parenting Women and
of child abuse sessions Children desks for
• Are gender and referral
culturally sensitive • Are first
• Can identify, responders in
report, cases of VAC in
and refer victims of school
VAC • Deploy Barangay
tanods in schools
 REFERENCES:
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