September 2021. Negros Oriental topped among the provinces in the region, with 4,266 child laborers. 25 Present Philippine laws offer legal guarantees and protections to trafficking victims, as well as the prosecution of offenders. These provisions include the right of survivors to protection and support; entitlement to the Witness Protection Program; right to confidentiality; right to free legal assistance; and immunity from suit of law enforcement officers, social workers, or persons acting in compliance with a lawful order.26 In the Visayas region, a total of twelve (12) shelters for abused and exploited women and children are under the supervision of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).27 In Western Visayas, survivors can be placed in any of the following shelters: Home for Girls; Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth (RRCY); and Haven for Women. Central Visayas has the most number of shelters, which include the Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Children (RRCC), Home for Girls, Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth (RRCY), Haven for Women, and the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC II). For Eastern Visayas, it has four (4) established centers: the Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Children (RRCC), Home for Girls, Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth (RRCY), and Haven for Women.28 Among the services provided in these shelters are the following: psychological services, protective custody, casework/group work services, psychological and psychiatric interventions, aftercare, comprehensive intervention against gender-based violence (to reduce vulnerabilities on GBV), individual and community services, and recovery and reintegration program for trafficked persons. In addition, other interventions for victimsurvivors of trafficking may be provided logistical support during post-rescue operation of victims, referral for temporary shelter and protective custody, case management, support services for victim-survivors, medical assistance, educational assistance, and economic reintegration services.29 VI. Women and girl child trafficking situationer in Visayas A. Background of Respondents 1. Cebu respondents 25 Updates on the CL Profiling, DOLE Central Visayas, presented during the Regional Council Against Child Labor 3rd Quarter Meeting on October 26, 2021 26 Training in the Investigation and Prosecution of Trafficking-in-Persons Cases, presented by Fiscal Maria Theresa Casino during the World Day Against Trafficking (WDAT) last July 30, 2021 27 Number of Shelters in Regions VI, VII and VIII for Abused and Exploited Women and Children, Program Management Bureau- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). 28 Ibid. 29 List of Services offered by DSWD for Abused and Exploited Women and Children For Children in Need of Special Protection cases (by virtue of RA 7160 or the Devolution Law) in coordination LSWDOs, Program Management Bureau- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 43