“person below eighteen (18) years of age or those over but are unable to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition” (Sec.3) The R.A. 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking Act protects children from trafficking in persons and mandates state agencies to provide necessary institutional mechanisms and processes for the protection and support of trafficked persons, including children. Under the law acts committed against a child for the purposes of exploitation are considered qualified trafficking regardless of the means employed to achieve consent from the child involved. The R.A. 9262 or the Anti-Violence against Women and Their Children provides protective measures for victim-survivors, particularly for the woman and her children. This law provides an understanding of how acts of abuse against children by intimate partners of women are contributory and interrelated to the acts of violence committed against a woman. The R.A. 8353 or the Anti Rape Law reclassified rape from a crime against chastity to crime against persons. The law also provides for statutory rape or rape of child who is under the age of 12 years old. Under this law, there is no issue of consent for child victims under 12 years. The R.A. 9231 or the Anti Child Labor Law provides protection for children against the worst forms of labor and sets the minimum age of employment at 15 years old. It also regulates the working hours and disposition of wages of children below 15 years who are allowed by law to work. The R.A. 7877 or the Anti Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 punishes all forms of sexual harassment in employment, education or training environment. Under this law, sexual harassment is committed when the perpetrator who has authority, influence or moral ascendancy over the offended party, demands, requests or requires sexual favor from the offended party. The R.A. 10630 or the amended Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act establishes a system dealing with children at risk and children in conflict with the law. The Act provides for child-appropriate processes, and programs and services for prevention, rehabilitation, and reintegration of children. The law provides for diversion and intervention programs, defines the age of criminal responsibility, and promotes restorative justice as a framework for reparation of victims and reconciliation of the offender and community. 4