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Raise age of sexual consent, fight off child marriage­–senator

Macon Ramos-AranetabyMacon Ramos-Araneta
October 26, 2020, 1:10 am
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As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to force 2.5 million girls into early marriage, and the Philippines having the 12th highest number of child brides in the world, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian cited the urgency of raising the age of sexual consent as one of the measures to combat this form of gender-based violence and human rights violations.

Child marriage is the marriage of a boy or a girl before the age of 18, though the practice affects more girls than boys—with one in 25 boys marrying before they reach the age of 18, according to the United Nations Population Fund.

Meanwhile, the age of sexual consent in the Philippines is 12 years old, the lowest in Asia and the second lowest in the world.

In its Global Girlhood Report 2020 released this month, the international charity organization Save the Children said up to 2.5 million girls around the world were at risk of marriage in the next five years because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including school closures and economic insecurity.

In April, the UNFPA warned that economic hardships and the disruptions to programs on gender-based violence could result in up to 13 million more child marriages in the next 10 years.

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Gatchalian, who originally proposed to raise the age of sexual consent to 18 in Senate Bill 739, said amending the law on statutory rape would be helpful in combating sexual violence and abuse that result from child marriages.

The Senate recently approved on second reading a proposed measure to end child marriages in the country. Panels from both the House of Representatives and the Senate also approved proposals to raise the age of sexual consent to 16.

“Ang mga kabataan ay dapat nag-aaral upang magkaroon sila ng mas magandang kinabukasan. Hindi dapat napuputol ang kanilang mga pangarap dahil napipilitan silang magpakasal at magkaroon ng responsibilidad sa pamilya nang maaga,” said Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture.

Gatchalian also reiterated the importance of ensuring the continued provision of child protection programs and reproductive health services to protect vulnerable girls from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He emphasized the importance of comprehensive sexuality education since early marriage and family matters are considered the top reasons why girls aged six to 24 are not attending school as reported by the Annual Poverty Indicators Survey 2017.

Tags: COVID-19Global Girlhood Report 2020Save the Childrensexual consentSherwin GatchalianUnited Nations Population Fund
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