Ages of victims
[aged 13-15] 295,448 teens experienced sexual abuse 5% were forced sex/rape Only 0.1% were reported to authorities Extrapolated estimate from [aged 14- < 18] most of the victims of rape and child incest in 2015-2017 Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
who had an experience of sexual violence Cases are made harder to prosecute because the age of statutory rape is set at below 12 years of age. Children above the age to determine statutory rape are afforded less protection
the Department of Health (DOH) Baseline Study on the National Objectives of Health in 2000 4
under the law, as perpetrators are punished below the penalties for statutory rape.
02-03 | RAISING THE ALARM: A POLICY BRIEF ON INCREASING THE AGE OF STATUTORY RAPE
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