“Improving Health and Protection Outcomes of Filipino Women and Girls during COVID-19”
Project. The Project also enables awareness through online dialogues and the
implementation of youth-led innovative solutions to address ICT-Facilitated SGBV.
Ann and Lea are now leaders of their survivor support groups, assisting 19 and 15 other
survivors of online abuse, respectively. They underwent training on gender sensitivity,
women’s rights, gender-based violence, pertinent laws, and a survivor-centered case
approach. They are also leading the youth in Bulacan in an education project, also assisted
by UNFPA. They both attest that they have found their true selves, and the survivors they
help see them as their role models.
“You know, I thought this would be the end of me, and I was depressed. Now I understand
that we can turn our life around,” Ann shared.
“ After the training and counseling, I now commit to being there for others who are in
similar situations.” Lea added, “These days, I also monitor social media and report if I see
any suspicious posts.”
“I can also now breastfeed my baby,” shared Ann.”I have learned to forgive myself for things
that happened to me. and have become a better mother.”
3. Case of K and the violent war on drugs
K is 16 years old, in Grade 11 and a victim of online prostitution. It was in January 2021
when another counselee reported knowing another 16 year old who are made to perform in
front of the computer and told to insert objects into their orifices.
K was rescued by MSWDO along with her 17-year-old-sister and another 17-year old male
cousin, who was being told by foreign abusers online to sexually abuse her and her sister in
front of the video camera. They are also being made to drink alcohol before the “show.”
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