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Philippine Conference Against Trafficking of Children and Women
Conference Materials are Released.

Managing Migration in Southeast Asia
The incentives to migrate are rising because of increasing demographic and economic inequalities between countries.

First Conviction in the Philippines on Human Trafficking Spurs More Initiatives
Additional awareness campaigns are being planned for law enforcement, prosecutors and service providers.

Stronger Child Protection in the Philippines
The call for a stronger child protection mechanism in communities sounded the battle cry on 6 December 2005 as advocates and development workers launched the week-long national anti-child trafficking campaign in various regions in the country.

Philippines NGO Recycles Aluminum Drink Pouches to Raise Money
The foil fruit drink pouch is the latest way to deliver and sell drinks in the Philippines.

UNICEF Launches Study on Child Pornography in the Philippines1
On 5 April 2005, Carol Bellamy, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund, joined Secretary Corazon Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development to launch the findings of a new study, "Child Pornography in the Philippines." The study found extensive evidence that child pornography is occurring in the Philippines as a result of both foreign and domestic perpetrators seeking to exploit poor and vulnerable families and children.

Filipino NGOs State Position on Japan's New Immigration Policy
Vital Voices in Washington DC has posted the Collective Position Paper by 11 Filipino NGOs on Japan's New Immigration Policy dated January 26, 2005.

US Ambassador to Philippines visits Trafficking Halfway House
US Ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone visited the Bahay Silangan sa Daungan (Port Halfway House) at the Manila Harbor last December 9, 2003.

Philippines Congress Passes Anti-Trafficking Act
The Philippines Congress passed The Anti-Trafficking Act of 2003 which covers penalties for such offenses as prostitution, slavery and sexual exploitation.

Philippines' Congress to Pass Anti-Trafficking Act
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children Act was first filed in the Ninth Congress of the Philippines and was passed on the third reading in the House of Representatives in the Eleventh Congress.