SITUATIONER
ON FILIPINO
CHILDREN
2009
Photo by: Salvador Maya, Jr.
Council for the Welfare of Children
Photo by: Tina Marie de Leon
Prepared by: Ma. Edna L. Estal
On Population
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88.6 million Filipinos (2007 Census)
- 44,608,300 male
- 44,098,000 female
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43.3% or 38.2 million are 18 years old and below
Source: 3rd and 4th CRC Periodic Country Report
Population Growth Rate (PGR):
 2.16 (1995-2007)
 2.36 (1995-2000)
 2.04 (2000-2007)
Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)
Photo by: Salvador Maya, Jr.
Poverty Incidence
 17.4 million Filipino families
(Source: Family Income and Expenditure Survey-NSO, 2006)
 28.5% of population considered poor
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2.5 million Filipinos are below the poverty
line
(Source: NSCB, 2006 data on poverty incidence)
On Birth Registration
2.6 million unregistered children, majority
are Muslim and IP children
(Source: 3rd and 4th CRC Periodic Country Report, 2007)
 Implementation of the Unregistered
Children Project (UCP) by the NSO and Plan
Philippines (2000-2004)
 Second phase of UCP called Birth Registration
Project (BRP)
- 127 municipalities have computerized birth
registration system
- 1,863,232 (boys 970,304 and girls 892,928)
as of 2006 unregistered children have been
registered
Source: National Statistics Office
On Birth Registration …cont’d
 Second phase of UCP called Birth Registration
Project (BRP)
- February 23 and every year thereafter
has been proclaimed as National Birth
Registration Day
- Passage of R.A. 9048
- Establishment of Barangay Civil
Registration System (BCRS)
Source: National Statistics Office
On Health
A. Maternal Mortality
162 per 100,000 live births
B. Infant mortality
23 per 1,000 live births
C. Neonatal Mortality
13 per 1,000 live births
D. Under five mortality
31 per 1,000 live births
Source: NSO-Family Planning Survey, 2006
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
E. Clean Water and Sanitation
86% of households have access to
drinking water
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Source: Field Health Information Services, 2007
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On Health…cont’d
F. Immunized Children
 2,165,765 or 91% 0->1 aged children
fully immunized
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90% BCG
90% DPT1
88% DPT2
87% DPT3
90% OPV1
88% OPV2
87% OPV3
9% (w/n 24 hrs.) HEPA-B1
90% (>24 hrs.) HEPA-B1
88% HEPA-B2
87% HEPA-B3
92% Measles
Source: National Center for Disease Prevention and Control-DOH, 2007
On Health…cont’d
G. HIV/AIDS
(as of December 2006)
 2,719 HIV reported cases
- 1,966 (72%) were asymptomatic
- 753 (28%) were AIDS cases and 298 (40%)
were dead
 1.7% were less than ten years old
Source: 3rd and 4th CRC Periodic Country Report, 2007
On Health…cont’d
G. HIV/AIDS
(as of December 2006)
 Reported Modes of Transmission
-
leading mode is sexual intercourse (87%)
mother-to-child transmission (37 cases)
blood transfusion (19 cases)
injecting drug needles (7 cases)
needle pricking (3 cases)
Source: 3rd and 4th CRC Periodic Country Report, 2007
On Education
A. Enrolment in Early Education
(2.5 million):
Attendance to Day Care
(as of December 2007): 1,493,237
Source: DSWD
Pre-school Enrolment (SY 2007-2008):
Public
Private
Total
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588,818
410,778
999,596
Source: DepEd
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
On Education…cont’d
B. Elementary
13.4 million pupils enrolled in elementary
Performance Indicators:
Participation rate:
84.84%
Cohort survival rate:75.26%
Completion rate:
73.06%
Dropout rate:
5.99%
44,471 - total number of public
and private schools
Source: DepEd, SY 2007-2008
Torres High School
Dale Erispe, Darwin Erispe,
Raymond Manuel
On Education…cont’d
C. Secondary
6.4 million students enrolled in
secondary
Performance Indicators:
Participation rate:
Cohort survival rate:
Completion rate:
Dropout rate:
61.91%
79.91%
75.37%
7.45%
8,450 - total number of public and
private schools
Source: DepEd, SY 2007-2008
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
Children in Need of Special Protection
Children in need of special protection
are children who are:
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in hazardous &
exploitative labor
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on the streets
victims of sexual
abuse & commercial 
exploitation
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victims of family
violence & neglect 
separated from or
have lost their
parents
in conflict with the
law
in situation of armed
conflict
with various forms of
disability
girl children
in ethnic/cultural
communities that
may suffer from both
neglect &
discrimination
Photo by: Maria Lourdes Dizon
Child Labor
 25.3 M (no. of children 5-17 years old)
 2.1 M or 8.4% working children
- 1.376 M or 10.7% (boys)
- 752,00 or 6.0% (girls)
 39.7% of the total population of
working children are elementary
undergraduates.
Source: Labor Force Survey (LFS), January 2005.
National Statistics Office (NSO)
VE Fugoso Memorial School
Jonathan Ismael, Aaron Lusanta,
Leahbelle Reginio
Child
Labor…cont’
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No. of working children by region
Northern Mindanao – highest in working children
(324,000 or 25.5%)
Eastern Visayas – second highest in working
children (221,000 or 15.6%)
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Source: Labor Force Survey (LFS), January 2005.
National Statistics Office (NSO)
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Street Children
Highly visible children:
more than 4 hours on the streets
National estimate: 44,435
 22 major cities- 22,556
 Metro Manila- 11, 346
Source: Ours to Protect and Nurture
(edited by Dr. Exaltacion Lamberte)
Child Trafficking
 Estimated 20,000-50,000 Philippine and
foreign child victims in the Philippines
 trafficked for labor and sexual
exploitation
 Philippine is a transit country for victim
trafficked from China
Source: 2001-2006 Academy for Educational Development (www.humantrafficking.org)
Child Trafficking
 Philippines has internal trafficking of children:
 from rural areas (particularly Visayas and
Mindanao)
 to urban areas (e.g. Metro Manila, Cebu for
sexual exploitation or forced labor or domestic
workers, factory workers, or in the drug trade)
Source: 2001-2006 Academy for Educational Development (www.humantrafficking.org)
Child Abuse
7,228 (total of cases served in 2007)
Types of Abuse
Total Number of
Cases Served
Male
Female
1. Abandoned
878
487
391
2. Neglected
2,249
1,127
1,122
3. Sexually Abuse
3.1 Rape
3.2 Incest
3.3 Acts of Lasciviousness
2,277
1,377
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2,217
1,331
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4. Sexually Exploited
4.1 Victims of Prostitution
4.2 Victims of Pedophilia
4.3 Victims of Pornography
4.4 Victims of Cyber
Pornography
165
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Source: PDPB-DSWD
Child Abuse
Types of Abuse
Total Number of
Cases Served
Male
Female
5. Physically Abused/
Maltreated
863
459
404
6. Victims of Child Labor
285
62
223
7. Victims of Illegal Recruitment 77
0
77
8. Victims of Trafficking
204
25
179
9. Victims of Armed Conflict
9.1 Involved
9.2 Affected
184
51
133
160
38
122
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10. Emotionally Abused
46
6
40
Total
7,228
2,397
4,881
Source: PDPB-DSWD
Children in Conflict with the Law
Population (As of December 2007)
MYRC
144
MOLAVE
90
Pasay City Youth Home
36
BUCOR
330
NGOs (PREDA, Balay Pasilungan,
Marcellin, CSFPI, Virlanie,
Bahay Pag-asa, etc)
957
Sub-total Youth homes and other
facilities:
1,557
Sub-total of DSWD, BJMP, DILG,
PPOs/CPOs:
3582
Over-all total:
5,139
Data Source: Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council
Children in Conflict with the Law
Profile of children in
conflict with the law:
 Usually male between the ages of 14-17
 Has low educational attainment
 Belongs to large, low-earning family of six
members
 Charged with property-related crimes
 Use drugs and alcohol
Vanessa Gregorio
Caloocan City Science High School
 Has stopped schooling
2,759 children in conflict with the law (2,565 Male and
194 Female) served in community and center-based
programs of DSWD (2007).
Data Source: PDPB-DSWD
Children in Various
Circumstances of Disability
942,098 Persons with disability (70%
were found in rural and remote areas)
 191,680 children with disabilities
 more boys than girls with disabilities
(103,435 males and 88,245 females)
 10–14 age group has the highest
disability
prevalence
rate
per
100,000 population
 most common forms of impairment
are hearing & visual impairment
Data source: 2000 Census
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
Children in Situations of Armed Conflict
Around 30,000-50,000 estimated number of
children displaced by armed conflict every year
during the last four years
 186 children involved in armed conflict
 174 children demobilized and reunited
with their families and brought back to the
school
Note: Based on reports from combined sources-- DSWD, DND, AFP and
NGOs
 300 children (9-17) benefited from the
Community Sala’am (Peace) Corp Project
of DOLE
Source: 3rd and 4th CRC Country Report, 2007
Children in Ethnic/Cultural Communities
Of the total 12 million population of IPs,
approximately 5.1 million are 18 years old
and below
CICC profile:
 live in remote areas usually
accessible only by foot
 have limited access to basic
social services
 often suffer from discrimination
and neglect
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
Data source: National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP); 3rd and 4th CRC Country Periodic Report
On Right to Participate
Both government and civil society are
more aware of need to involve children
on matters affecting their Lives……..
 At national Level
- CWC Child Representatives
- Child Commissioners from
CBS-NAPC
- NaCCAP Officers and Members
 At Local Level
- Sangguniang Kabataan
- Child Representatives
- LCPC
Photo by: CWC Secretariat
National Summary of
Organized LCPC
LCPC (s)
Provinces
Total
No.
81
CCPC:
134
HUC, ICC,
CC
Organized
SemiFunctional
NonFunctional
Functional
73 or
90.12
2 or
2.74%
14 or
19.18%
7 or
9.59%
130 or
97.01%
12 or
9.23%
27 or
20.77%
11 or
8.46%
MCPC
1,494
1,363 or
91.23%
209 or
15.33%
221 or
16.21%
177 or
12.99%
BCPC
41,995
40,225
or
95.79%
3,833 or
9.53%
3,682 or
9.15%
5,829 or
14.49%
Source: National Barangay Operations Office-DILG (as of June 2008)
Government Response
A.
Policy & Legislative Initiatives
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1987 Constitution
Family Code of the Philippines
Presidential Decree 603 or Child & Youth Welfare
Code
R.A. 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against
Child Abuse)
ASIN Law
R.A. 8370 (Children’s Television Act)
R.A. 8980 (Early Childhood Care & Development
Act)
R.A. 8972 (Solo Parents’ Act)
Ratification of CRC & other CRC Optional Protocols
Government Response
A.
Policy & Legislative Initiatives
R.A. 8296 - 06 June 1997 (An Act every Sunday of
December as the National Children’s Broadcasting
Day)
 R.A. 8369 – 28 October 1997 (An Act Establishing
Family Courts , granting the Exclusive Original
Jurisdiction over Child and Family cases.
 R.A. 9208 or Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of
2003
 R.A. 9231 – 19 December 2003
(An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger
Protection for the working child 1987 Constitution
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Government Response
A.
Policy & Legislative Initiatives
R.A. 9262– 24 February 2004
(Anti-Violence Against Women and their children
Act of 2004)
 R.A. 9255 – 24 February 2004 (An Act allowing
illegitimate children to use the surname of their
father, amending for the purpose Article 176 of
E.O No. 209)
 R.A. 9288 – 07 April 2004 (An Act promulgating
a Comprehensive Policy and a National System
for Ensuring Newborn Screening.)
 R.A. 9344 (Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of
2006)
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Government Response…cont’d
B.
National Framework Plans &
Programs
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Philippine National Strategic Framework for
Children (Child 21)
National Plan of Action I (NPAC), 2005-2010
Framework of Action against Commercial
Sexual Exploitation (2000 – 2004)
Medium Term Strategic Framework for the
Girl-Child
Comprehensive Program for Child Protection
(CPCP)
Government Response… cont’d
PROGRAMS
On Health and Nutrition
 Pre- and Post-Natal Program
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Child-Friendly Hospitals
Newborn screening (NBS)
Integrated Management of Childhood
Diseases
Immunization Program
Early Identification of children’s illness
Mother Baby Friendly Initiatives
Vitamin A, Iron, & Zinc Supplementation
Food Fortification Program
Supplementary Feeding Program
PABASA sa Nutrisyon
Guevara Elementary School
Allyson Araneta, Arjie Valderama,
Karrem Perez
Government Response… cont’d
PROGRAMS
On Education
 Early Childhood Care and
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Development Services
Education for All
Adopt-a-School Program
RA 7784: Center for Excellence
for Teacher Education Act
Multi-Grade System
Alternative Learning System
Informal Education for OSY
Child Friendly Schools
ERDA Tuklasan
Jelly Servantes, Jefrfrey Monserate,
Joralen Santiago, Jr.
Government Response…cont’d
On Social Protection
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Plaridel Elementary School
Mark Joseph Noche, Kenneth Christian
Noche, John Jaraba
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Sagip Bata Manggagawa
National Project on Street Children
Night Care for Young Children
Day Care Centers
Pag-aaral ng bata para sa
Kinabukasan
Comprehensive Peace Process
Reintegration and rehabilitation
programmes
Emergency Operation PhilippinesAssistance to Conflict-Affected
Mindanao
Food for Education
Government Response…cont’d
On Social Protection
 Philippine Time-Bound
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Philippine Tiong Se Academy
Jeane Reene Nulda, Forylen Dem T. Yancza,
John Barrain C. Aure
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Programme
Children and Women’s Desks in
Police Stations
Support for Victims/Witnesses of
Trafficking in Human Beings
Half-Way Home
Focus on IP and Muslim children
Parent Effectiveness
Service/ERPAT
Pantawid sa Pamilyang Pilipino
Program (4Ps)
Thank you.
The Child cannot wait…