Manila and Quezon City in the NCR as well as Davao has high concentration also of demand, both foreign and local. It is important, therefore, that policies and programmes protect and support all victimssurvivors, including adult women. As all the 1,042 cases include the use of technology by perpetrators, access to justice of victims-survivors of trafficking and sexual exploitation especially when facilitated by technology, should be strengthened. The online support group is groundbreaking as it sustains the helping relationship between the peer facilitators and the victim-survivors. The survivors transition from being victimssurvivors to advocates and some are already starting their own support groups as facilitators. The comprehensive empowerment program modeled by CATW-AP is necessary for genuine transformation in the lives of the survivors and towards sustained advocacy for change in the system that engenders trafficking and sexual exploitation. This is consistent with the CEDAW recommendation. The government should recognize and support the comprehensive empowerment model. Case Studies (For Publication also by UNFPA) 1-2. From Home to Tiktok: Two Young Filipino Women’s Stories on Digital Sexual Violence MANILA, The Philippines – “I did not want to breastfeed. For me, I was dirty. I did not want my baby to get dirty,” said Ann (22), as she recalled her experience when she was performing sexual acts for bar customers, and in front of a camera. Lea (22), another survivor of sexual violence, on the other hand, did not want to check her cell phone or visit the internet. “I was so afraid that I would see my photos all over,” she said. “This is not just one incident. We’ve been experiencing this our whole lives.” 66

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