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Measures for Assessing Basic Education in the Philippines, c2008
Dalisay S. Maligalig; Jose Ramon G. Albert
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Children of Multi-Faith and Culture of Peace-Building: From the Perspective of 373 Children and Faith, c2008
World Vision Development Foundation Inc.

Community-Based Options in Handling Children At-Risk and Children in Conflict with the Law, c2007
Undersecretary Alicia Bala
Department of Social Welfare and Development, Republic of the Philippines

Policy Research on Access to Quality Basic Education for Muslim Learners: Final Report, c2007
SEAMEO INNOTECH; US AID

Exploring Emergent Literacy Behaviors of Filipino Deaf Children, c2007
Marie Therese A. P. Bustos
University of the Philippines-Diliman; Academic Publications Office, De la Salle University Manila

Filipino Adoptive Families’ Experiences: A Qualitative Analysis of Disclosure and Adjustment Issues, c2007
Maria Caridad H. Tarroja
Psychological Association of the Philippines

Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Enhancing Child Protection through Database Development: A Mapping of Existing Database Efforts to Fight Child Trafficking in Southeast Asia, c2008
Amihan Abueva;Reggie Florendo (eds.)
Asia ACTs Against Child Trafficking; Terre des Hommes- Netherlands; Japan Foundation Armed Conflict (Protect CIAC)

Philippine Alternative Report on the Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OP-CRC-AC), c2008
Ramil Andag
Philippine Coalition to Protect Children Involved in Armed Conflict (Protect CIAC); Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use
of Child Soldiers (SEASUCS)

Preventing Children's Involvement in Armed Conflicts in the Philippines: A Mapping of Programs and Organizations, c2008
Marco Puzon; Cristina Lomoljo
Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (SEASUCS); Philippine Coalition to Protect Children Involved
in Armed Conflict (Protect CIAC)

Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines, c2008
Rosario G. Manasan; Janet S. Cuenca; Eden C. Villanueva-Ruiz
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Increasing the Impact of Remittances on Children's Rights: Philippines Paper, c2007
F. K Coronel; F. Unterreiner
Global Policy Section-UNICEF

Addressing Vulnerability and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers: An Open Challenge to End a Hidden Shame, c2006
Cecilia Flores-Oebanda
Visayan Forum Foundation; United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

The Impact of Youth Participation in the Local Government Process: The Sangguniang Kabataan Experience, c2007
Faye Alma Balanon; Michelle Ong: Beatriz Torre; Marco Puzon; Juan Paolo Granada; Arnie Trinidad Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, University of the Philippines' Center for Integrative & Development Studies; UNICEF Manila; Department of Interior and Local Government- National Barangay Operations Office

Child Trafficking in the Philippines: A Situational Analysis, c2007
Ramonesa Ricardo
Development Academy of the Philippines; International Labour Organization- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour; UNICEF Manila

Child Domestic Labour in South East and East Asia: Emerging Good Practices to Combat It, c2006
Ayaka Matsuno; Jonathan Blagbrough
International Labour Organization

Children and Migration: Understanding the Migration Experience of Child Domestic Workers in the Philippines, 2006
Agnes Zenaida Camacho
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Netherlands

Uncounted Lives: Children, Women and Conflict in the Philippines, c2007
Ibon Foundation; Children's Rehabilitation Center; Center for Women's Resources; UNICEF Manila

Girl-Children in Vulnerable Situations, c2006
Teresita Silva
Childhope Asia Philippines

Exploring the Psychology and Young People's Participation in Organizations, c2006
Jay A. Yacat
Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman; Psychological Association of the Philippines

Children in Female-Headed Households: Interrogating the Concept of an 'Inter-Generational Transmission of Disadvantage' with Particular Reference to the Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica, 2007
Sylvia Chant
London School of Economics, Gender Institute

Eliminating Child Labor in Mines: The Philex Initiative: A Good Practice in the Philippines, c2005
International Labour Organization- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Assessing the Situation of Children in the Production, Sales and Trafficking of Drugs in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand
International Labour Organition- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Ang Mga Batang Negros: A Study on Child Labor Incidence and Dynamics, 2005
Center for Investigative Research and Multimedia Services; Joint Capacity Building Programme for Partners and Staff of Terre des Hommes Netherlands & Terre des Hommers Germany in Southeast Asia

Protecting Filipino Children from Abuse, Exploitation and Violence: A Comprehensive Programme on Child Protection, 2006-2010: Building a Protective and Caring Environment for Filipino Children, c2007
Special Committee for the Protection of Children; Department of Justice; Department of Social Welfare and Development; Council for the Welfare of Children

Trafficked into Forced Labor: Selected Case Studies of Domestic Workers in the Philippines, c2006
Roland Pacis; Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda; Rebecca Ballesteros; Jannis Montanez; Marieta Culibao
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.; International Labour Organization (ILO) Manila- Domestic Work Project

To Have Time for Play: ECLIPSE's Journey with Children Working in the Sugarcane Fields of Leyte, c2007
Thelma Catingub
Joint Capacity Building Programme for Partners and Staff of Terre des Hommes Netherlands & Terre des Hommes Germany in Southeast Asia;
Terre des Hommes Netherlands

Behind the Mask: Experiences of Children in Conflict with the Law from Rural and Non-Major Urban Areas, c2006
Arnie C. Trinidad; Anne Adelaine Manzano; Marco P. Puzon
Plan Philippines; Psychosocial Support and Children's Rights Resource Center

Employers' Demand for Child Labor in the Pyrotechnics and Fashion Accessories Industries in the Philippines
Fernando Aldaba; Karl Chua; Leonardo Lanzona; Joseph Lim; Rosalinda Pineda-Ofreneo; Rosario del Rosario
International Labour Organization- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Walking the Road Together: Issues and Challenges in Facilitating Children's Participation in the Philippines
Elizabeth Protacio-de Castro; Agnes Zenaida Camacho; Faye A.G. Balanon; Michelle Ong; Jay Yacat
Psychosocial Support and Children's Rights Resource Center

Indigenous Administration of Justice and Its Impact on the Protection of Children: The Tagabawa-Bagobo and Subanen Experience, 2006
Paglilingkod Batas Pangkapatiran Foundation, Inc.; Kaliwat Theater Collective Inc.; Save the Children UK Philippines Programme

The Impact of Armed Conflict on Male Youth in Mindanao, Philippines, 2006
Shobhana Rajendran; David Veronesi; Nasrudin Mohammad; Alimudin Mala
Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction, Social Development Department, The World Bank

Understanding Child Discipline and Child Abuse in the Filipino Context: Comparing Perspectives of Parents, Children, Professionals and Community Leaders, 2005
Bernadette Madrid; Laurie Ramiro; Esmeralda Perez; Deborah Lozada
Plan Philippines; University of the Philippines- Child Protection Unit

Seek Justice volume 2: Claiming the Promise of Freedom for Children in Conflict with the Law, 2006
Andrew Legg; Hannah Legg
International Justice Mission

What Children Say: Results of Comparative Research on the Physical and Emotional Punishment of Children in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, 2005
Harriot Beazley, Sharon Bessell, Judith Ennew and Roxana Waterson
Save the Children Sweden Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Early Childhood Development through an Integrated Program: Evidence from the Philippines, 2006
Graeme Armecin; Jere Behrman; Paulita Duazo; Sharon Ghuman; Socorro Gultiano; Elizabeth King; Nanette Lee
The World Bank; Office of Population Studies; University of San Carlos; University of Pennsylvania; The Population Council; University of North Carolina

Trafficking in Metro Cebu, 2005
Atty. Joan Saniel
Children's Legal Bureau; Justice & Peace and Integrity in Creation- Integrated Development Center (JPIC- IDC)

Children of International Migrants in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines: A Review of Evidence and Policies , c2005
John Bryant
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre

Globalization and its Effect on Filipino Infant Nutrition, c2006
Association of the Rights of Children in Southeast Asia (ARCSEA)

Finding's One Identity: The Iraya Mangyan Youth Today, c2006
Prof. Aleli B. Bawagan
Department of Community Development, College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines Diliman

Children and Household Savings in the Philippines, c2006
Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Risk Factors and Causal Processes in Juvenile Delinquency: Research and Implications for Prevention, c2006
Liane Peña Alampay
Department of Psychology; Ateneo de Manila University

Working with Law Enforcers and Prosecutors on the Anti-Trafficking Law: The NGO Experience, c2005
Atty. Nina Patricia Sison-Arroyo
International Justice Mission, OFP Philippines

Philippine Laws Related to the Discipline and Punishment of Children, c2006
Atty. Maria Glenda Ramirez
Save the Children UK Philippines Programme; Save the Children -Sweden

The Girl Child: Philippine NGO Beijing +10 Report, c2005
Rosario del Rosario, Ph.D.
College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines Diliman

Youth Pimps of Malate (Ang Mga Batang Bugaw sa Malate), c2006
Arlene Escobal; Marc Rigor Pequero; Lorieneth Pojas; Widmark Tung; Mary Joy Seneres; Arthur Vallo Jr.; Ma. Teresa Camacho-de la Cruz
Bahay Tuluyan, Inc.; Terre des Hommes Germany

The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Islamic Law, Convergences and Divergences: The Philippine Case, c2005
Carmen Abubakar, Ph. D.; Macrina Morados
Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines; UNICEF Manila

Reproductive Health and Risk Behavior of Adolescents in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, c2005
Magdalena Cabaraban; Maria Teresa Sharon Linog
Philippine Population Association

Current Practices in the Implementation of Child-Related Laws and Programmes and the Impact on Children in Conflict with the Law: A Case Study of Three Barangays in Davao City, Philippines, c2005
BALAOD Mindanaw; Save the Children-UK Philippines Programme

Globalization and Violence Against Children in the Philippines
Cleonante Capiloyan
Kabataan Consortium

Hope and Help for Philippine Children in Conflict with the Law, c2005
Mathias Klasen
PREDA Foundation, Inc.

Children and the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Parents in the Philippines, c2005
Aniceto Orbeta, Jr.
Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Making Philippine Cities Child- Friendly: Voices of Children in Poor Communities, c2005
Mary Racelis and Angela Desiree Aguirre
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University

Sweet Hazards: Child Labor on Sugarcane Plantations in the Philippines, c2005
Jennifer de Boer
Terre des Hommes Netherlands

Back on Track: Making Community-Based Diversion Work for Children in Conflict with the Law, A Documentation of FREELAVA's Experience in Cebu City, Philippines, 2005
Free Rehabilitation, Economic, Education, Legal Assistance Volunteers Association (FREELAVA, Inc.); Save the Children UK -Philippines Programme

The Greater Need, 2005
Melanie Ramos-Llana
Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila University

The National Framework for Children's Participation: A Guide in Promoting and Upholding Children's Participation in the Philippines, 2005
Council for the Welfare of Children; UNICEF Manila

Deadly Playgrounds: The Phenomenon of Child Soldiers in the Philippines, 2005
Ramil Andag; Victor Buenaventura; Vanessa Retuerma; Dr. Nymia Simbulan; Dino Subingsubing
Philippine Human Rights Information Center

In the Shadows of Davao, 2004
Tambayan-Center for the Care of Abused Children; Ryan Anson; Terre des Hommes Germany; Save the Children (UK)-Philippines; Catholic Organization for Relief and Development; Stitching Kinderpostzegels Nederland

Making Juvenile Justice Work, 2005
Judge Nimfa Cuesta Vilches

The Child in Chronic Conflict Environments: A Primer on Child Rights, 2005
Eddie Quitoriano; Rachael Morala
Save the Children UK Philippines Programme

Violence Against Children: The Philippine Experience, 2005
Terre des Hommes-Germany; Terre des Hommes Netherlands; Asia ACTs Against Child Trafficking

Philippine Alternative Report on the Implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC), 2004
Children's NGO Network (CNN)

Family and Peer Influences Among Urban Senior High School Students, 2003
Nestor Castro
Department of Anthropology, UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Rapid Appraisal of Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry: Case Studies in Two Ilocos Provinces, 2002
Amaryllis Tiglao Torres
Policy Advocacy, Research, Training and Networking Resources and Services, (PARTNERS International, Inc.)

Reaching Out Beyond Closed Doors: A Primer on Child Domestic Labor in the Philippines
Ma. Cecilia Flores Oebanda; Roland Pacis; Jerome Alcantara
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.

Children and Youth in Organized Armed Violence in the Philippines: Contextualization, Personal Histories and Policy Options
Agnes Zenaida V. Camacho; Marco P. Puzon; Yasmin Patrice Ortiga
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines

Trafficking of Women and Children: Updates, Trends and Challenges
Jean Enriquez
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women- Asia Pacific

Seek Justice: A Manual on Effective Intervention on Behalf of Sexually Abused Children, 2003
Yeena Yoon; Atty. Andrei Sawchenko: Atty. Yoo-Kyeong Kwon
International Justice Mission, Inc.

Domestic Violence in Urban Filipino Families
Laurie Serquina-Ramiro; Bernadette J. Madrid; Ma. Lourdes E. Amarillo
Asian Center for Women's Studies, Ewha Womans University Press

The Cycle of Violence: Child Abuse and Children in Conflict with the Law, 2002
Alberto T. Muyot
UNICEF Manila

Violence Against Children--Philippine Report
Council for the Welfare of Children

Endangered Generation: Child Trafficking in the Philippines for Sexual Purposes, 2004
ECPAT Philippines; Terre des Hommes- Netherlands

A Study of Policies and Programmes in the Philippines Addressing the Right of Street Children to Education
Henry Ruiz
Child Hope Asia Philippines

Achieve Universal Primary Education: A Formidable Assignment, 2004
Lourdess Didith V. Mendoza
Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila University

Negotiating Trust and Power: Parenting in the Context of Conflict Resolution, 2003
Elizabeth Protacio-De Castro, Ph. D.
Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights Program, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines; Save the Children

Local Governance, Children and the Physical Environment: The Case of Payatas in the Philippines, 2004
Angela Desiree Aguirre
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University; Save the Children Sweden; Children, Youth and Environments, University of Colorado

Do Filipino Youth Really Value Education? Exploring Filipino Adolescents' Beliefs About the Abstract and Pragmatic Value of Education and its Relationship to Achievement Goals and Learning Strategies, 2003
Allan B.I. Bernardo
De La Salle University-Manila

Their War, Our Struggle: Stories of Children in Central Mindanao, 2004
Eddie Quitoriano; Theofeliz Marie Francisco
Save the Children (UK) Philippines

A Development Concept of Adolescence: The Case of Adolescents in the Philippines, 2004
Nimfa Ogena
Philippine Population Association
Reprinted from Philippine Population Review, 3 (1), January-December 2004

Girl Child Labour in Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region, The Philippines: A Rapid Assessment , 2002
Saul de Vries; Arturo Sioson, Jr.
Institute for Labor Studies-Department of Labor & Employment; International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Speaking for Children, 2003
Ann Lourdes Lopez
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication; UNICEF Manila

Rapid Appraisal of Child Pornography in the Philippines, 2004
Arnie C. Trinidad; Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino, Ph.D.
Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights Program, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS-PST); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Manila

The DNA Manual, 2004
Jennifer Gilmore; Maria Corazon de Ungria; Frederick Delfin; Bernadette Madrid; Jose Maria Ochave
Child Protection Unit Network; DNA Analysis Laboratory, UP-NSRI

Working Children in Drugs in the Philippines: A Participatory Action Research for Child/Family and Community Empowerment
Dr. Emma Porio and Christine Crisol
Urban and Community Studies Program, Department of Sociology and Anthropolgy, Ateneo de Manila University; International Labour Organization

An Analysis of Development Frameworks for Children
Dr. Victoria Bautista
U.P. National College of Public Administration and Governance; UNICEF Manila

Breaking Rules: Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice Process - The Experience in the Philippines
Prof. Elisa U. Etamadi; Ching Li Ye; Cresencio Bermudez, Jr.; Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa
Save the Children (UK) Philippines; Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata-Ateneo Human Rights Center

Armed or Not, They are Children: A Primer on the Use of Children as Soldiers in the Philippines
Philippine Coalition to Stop the Use of Children as Soldiers

Dignity, Potentials, and Rights: Cultural Definitions of the Best Interest of the Child Documenting the Good Practices of Kaugmaon and Tambayan in Davao City in Upholding the Best Interest Principle
Faye A. G. Balanon; Jay A. Yacat
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights- UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies; Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Human Rights Report for Children 2003
Kapakanan ng Bata, Inc.; Philippine Human Rights Information Center; Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates

Girl Child Labour in Domestic Service in the Philippines: Results from A Rapid Assessment in Metro Manila and Bacolod City
Roland Pacis; Levinson Alcantara; Gloria Elena Labrador
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.; Institute for Labour Studies-Department of Labor and Employment

Child Labor and Schooling in the Philippines
Chris Sakellariou
School of Humanities and Social Science- Nanyang Technological University

State Violence Against Children in the Philippines
PREDA Foundation, Inc.; World Organisation Against Torture

"Daughter", A Story of Incest: An Animation Tool Kit for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
Lois Engelbrecht; Monica Ray; Belen Calingacion ; Lars Jorgensen
Stairway Foundation, Inc.

Promoting Child's Right to a Name and Nationality: A Guidebook for Birth Registration Agents
National Statistics Office; Plan International--Philippines

Child of the sun returning...: A teachers' guide in teaching the human rights of children
Flora Corpus -Arellano; Raquel de Guzman-Castillo
Alliance of Concerned Teachers; Internatonal Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Dangerous Connections: Substance Abuse and Sex Among Adolescents
Corazon M. Raymundo and Grace T. Cruz
Philippine Population Association

Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Practices into the Psychosocial Help and Support for Child Survivors of Trafficking and Sexual Abuse
Elizabeth Protacio-De Castro, Ph.D.
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, UP Center for Integrative & Development Studies; International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Philippines: Country Report on Street Children
Childhope Asia Philippines

Teaching of Peace in Elementary Public Schools
Grace Aguiling-Dalisay, Ph.D.
Psychological Association of the Philippines

Child rights for urban poor children in child friendly Philippine cities: Views from the community
Mary Racelis and Angela Desiree Aguirre
Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University; UNICEF Manila; UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre

Bridging the Gaps in Children's Work: NGO's Strategies in Collaborating with LGUs, Documenting the Best Practices of Lunduyan and NMPC
Michelle G. Ong and Alwin C. Aguirre
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, UP Center for Integrative & Development Studies; Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Kuyaw! Street Adolescents in Street Gangs in Davao City
TAMBAYAN Center for the Care of Abused Children, Inc.

Kids at Work: Plight of Child Workers in the Tourism Industry in Cebu
Divina M. Edralin
College of Business and Economics, De La Salle University-Manila

Fatigued Beyond their Age: Responses of Selected NGOs to Distressed Youth in the Philippines
Aleli Bawagan
UP College of Social Work and Community Development

What Provincial Officials Can Do to Set Up a Child-Friendly Locality: Handbook for Provincial Officials
UNICEF Manila; Deparment of Social Welfare and Development; Council for the Welfare of Children; National Economic Development Authority; Department of Interior and Local Government; League of Provinces of the Philippines

Teacher's Guide to Child Protection in the Philippines
Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse

The Voices of Girl Child Soldiers: Philippines
Yvonne Keairns
Quaker United Nations Office

A Close Look at Juvenile Sex Offenders
Melanie Ramos
Institute on Church and Social Issues

Child Labour in the Philippines: Determinants and Effects
Chris Sakellariou and Ashish Lall
Nanyang Technological University

Proceedings: National Children's Workshop on Street Children and the Juvenile Justice System
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights-UP CIDS; Childhope Asia Philippines, Inc.; FREE LAVA Inc.; PREDA Foundation Inc.; Tambayan Center for the Care of Abused Children

Emerging Issues and Concerns on the Working Youth in Eastern Visayas
Marieta Banez-Sumagaysay
University of the Philippines Visayas-Tacloban College

Analysis of Rape Cases Committed against Children and Women in the National Capital Region (NCR), Philippines
Winecito L. Tan
Department of Social Welfare and Development; United Nations Chidren's Fund

Filipino Adolescents in Changing Times
Ma. Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco; Ma. Carmen Jimenez; Cherrie Joy Billedo
University Center for Women's Studies; Philippine Center for Population and Development

Protecting Women and Children:
A Handbook on Community-Based Response to Violence

Maria Leny E. Felix and Regina Dela Paz-Ingente
Center for Reproductive Health, Leadership and Development, Inc.

Improving the Referral System for Child Abuse Cases in the Philippines
Arlyn Verba and Faye A. G. Balanon
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies; Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Asia's Children in Peril: A Regional Study on Child Trafficking (Country Profile: Philippines)
Asia ACTS Against Child Trafficking

Philippines: A Different Childhood- The Apprehension and Detention of Child Suspects and Offenders
Amnesty International

The Local Trafficking of Filipino Girls for Employment: The Case of Girl-Children Trafficked for Entertainment Work, Domestic Service and Factory Work
Saul de Vries; Ma. Cynthia Agbuya; Dominique Rubia; Julieta Fojas
Institute for Labor Studies-Department of Labor and Employment; UNICEF Manila

Child Maltreatment Medico-Legal Terminology and Interpretation of Medical Findings: A Consensus of Medical and Legal Child Abuse Practitioners in the Philippines
Bernadette Madrid; Jennifer Gilmore; Mariella Castillo; Amelia Fernandez (eds.)
Child Protection Unit Network; The Advisory Board Foundation, Inc.

Ours to Protect and Nurture: The Case of Children Needing Special Protection
Exaltacion Lamberte, Ph.D.
DLSU- Social Development Research Center; National Project on Street Children; UNICEF Manila

The State of Filipino Children
Melanie P. Ramos
Institute on Church and Social Issues

The Blight in the Footwear Industry: Assessment of the Safety, Health and Environment of Child Workers in the Footwear Industry in Binan, Laguna, Philippines
Occupational Safety and Health Center-Department of Labor and Employment

Arrested Development: The Level of Out-of-School Children and Youth
Philippine Action for Youth Offenders; United Nations Children's Fund

Children in Armed Conflict: Focus on Child Soldiers in the Philippines
Elizabeth Protacio-De Castro, Ph.D.

Within the Premises: Child Abuse in Schools
Alvin Valeriano

The Participation and Contribution of Rural Children in Agricultural Production and Family Economy in Two Sugar Estates and Four Mountain Barangays in Cebu Province
Center for Rural Development-Cebu, Inc. (CERD-Cebu)

Assessing the Safety and Health Condition of Child Labor in the Pyrotechnic Industry
Occupational Safety and Health Center-Department of Labor and Employment; International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Philippine Jurisprudence on Child Sexual Abuse
Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata- Ateneo Human Rights Center: United Nations Children's Fund

Child Labor in Agriculture: Causes, Conditions and Consequences
Saul de Vries
Institute of Labor Studies-Department of Labor and Employment; United Nations Children's Fund

Incest Rape: Will Death Penalty Prevent It?
John Patrick Ong

Migration and Children: The Case of Barangay Suba, Cebu City
Pamela Amparo H. Fabe
Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Situational Analysis on Child Prostitution in Iligan City
Socio-Economic Research Center-Notre Dame University; Department of Labor & Employment Region XII

Education Integration
Rube Bloom Rule
Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila University

Understanding Incest in the Philippines
Women's Legal Bureau, Inc. for SIBOL

The Kasambahay, Child Domestic work in the Philippines: A Living Experience
Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda; Roland Romeo R. Pacis; Virgilio P. Montaño
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.; International Labour Organization- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Beyond the Home: Child Abuse in the Church and School
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines; Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Children's Involvement in the Production, Sale and Trafficking of Drugs in Cebu City: A Rapid Assessment
International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC)

Kasama ba ang mga Bata?: A Forum on Media Violence and Our Children
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines; Philippine Children's Television Foundation; Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Child Soldiers in Central and Western Mindanao: A Rapid Assessment
Rufa Cagoco-Guiam
International Labour Organization-International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO-IPEC)

At Your Service: Combating Child Labor in the Tourism Industry
National Union of Workers in the Hotel Restaurant and Allied Industries; International Labour Organization

Yokohama and Beyond: A Round Table Discussion on the Second World Congress Against Child Sexual Exploitation
Program on Psychosocial Trauma & Human Rights, UP Center for Integrative & Development Studies; ECPAT Philippines; SCF (UK) Philippines

Cognitions of Peace in Mindanao: The Youth Sector's Perspective
Darwin J. Manubag
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

Filipino Children in the Face of Globalization: A Theoretical Framework for the Discussion in Analyzing the Impact of Globalization on Filipino Children
Arci Cultura E Sviluppo-Southeast Asia; Ibon Foundation Inc.; Save the Children (UK) Philippines; Salinlahi Alliance for Children's Concerns

Are You Ready to Be a CASA/GAL Volunteer?
RTC Judge Nimfa Cuesta Vilches
Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Graphic Violence Harms Children
Feny de los Angeles-Bautista
Philippine Children's Television Foundation

Child Soldiers in the Philippines
Merliza Makinano
International Labor Affairs Service- DOLE

National Consultation-Workshop on the Use of Children as Soldiers in the Philippines
Program on Psychosocial Trauma & Human Rights, UP Center for Integrative & Development Studies; Philippine Human Rights Information Center; Amnesty International-Pilipinas Section; and Kabiba Foundation, Inc- Alliance for Children's Concerns

In Search of Alternative Frameworks: The Experience of Save the Children UK's NGO Partners in Early Childhood Care and Development
Alexandra Pura
Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Towards the Development of a Treatment Approach for Children Victims of Incest
Alicia Molina
UP Center for Women's Studies and The Ford Foundation

Computer Games and the Games They Play
Joseph Regalado, M.D.
Philippine Pediatric Society

Paralegal Manual for Child Abuse Cases
Children's Legal Bureau; Children and Youth Foundation of the Philippines; Terre des Hommes

Internal Trafficking of Children: The Continuing Experience at Manila North Harbor
Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.

An Action Research on the Reproductive Health Problems of Street Girls-Mothers in Selected Areas of Metro Manila
Ma. Luisa de Leon-Miranda, M.D.
MSF-Belgium in the Philippines' Street Children Project

Justice and Healing: Twin Imperatives for the Twin Laws Against Rape
Atty. Soliman M. Santos Jr., Merci Llarinas-Angeles, Roberto M. Ador
Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc.

Child Rights Advocacy in Campus: A Manual Based on the Initiatives of Share A Child Movement, Inc.
Cecilia Soon Fernandez
Share A Child Movement, Inc. and Save the Children (UK) Philippines

Examining the Mandatory Death Penalty for Familial Child Rape Perpetrators: An Academic Treatise for Physicians
Dr. Bernadette Madrid; Heather Spader; Rachel Spiegel; Dr. Amelia Fernandez and Dr. Victoria Herrera
UP CM-PGH Child Protection Unit and The Advisory Board Foundation

Media: The Monster Under Children's Beds?
Jaime Tristan Flores

The Rights of the Hospitalized Child: An Adaptation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Arci Cultura e Sviluppo and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, UP PGH

Let Their Hands Tear Down Prison Walls: A Discussion of the Book "Rights of the Detained Child"
Perfecto Caparas II
Albert Schweitzer Association Philippines, Inc.

The World of the Children Involved in the Sex Industry: Reducing the Risks and Harm of Sexual Exploitation, STD and HIV /AIDS in Filipino Children
Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino, Ph.D.; Faye A.G. Balanon; Agnes Zenaida Camacho; Michelle Ong; Arlyn Verba and Jay Yacat
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines; US Agency for International Development and PATH Foundation Philippines

The Little Birds of Prey: Two Faces of the Prostituted Filipino Girl Child
Agnes Miclat-Cacayan
KABIBA Alliance for Children’s Concerns

The Bahay Tuluyan and Its Junior Educators Program: Strengthening the Streetchildren’s Resilience
Maria Veronica Caparas

ASEM Action for Children: In Light of the Philippine Child Welfare Programs
Lorraine Gatlabayan, Patricia Anne Javier and Ma. Rita Theresa Paterno

The Inadequacy of Existing Laws Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: Focus on Pedophilia
Michelle Victoria Basco
Ateneo Human Rights Center

The Role of the Family in Philippine Society and in the Protection of Children's Rights
Michelle Ong
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights
Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines

A Nation of Diminishing Freedom
Atty. Perfecto G. Caparas II
Bahay-Tuluyan Program for Street Children and Stairway Foundation, Inc.

Street Children Project
Dr. Maria Luisa de Leon-Miranda
Medecins Sans Frontieres--Belgium

National Report on Follow-up to the World Summit for Children--Child Protection Issues
Council for the Welfare of Children

Towards the Welfare of Children in the Community: The Role of PO's and NGO's
Esperanza G. Valenzona
Share A Child Movement, Inc.
UNICEF Visayas-Wide Training on Child Protection Issues, November 2000

The Realities of Prosecuting Incestuous Rape Cases: The Sexually Abused Child and Lawyer-Friend Perspectives
Atty. Jocelle E. Batapa
Women Studies Program, University of Saint La Salle, Bacolod City

The Buntog Phenomenon: A Descriptive Study
Ella Abad ; Faustina Carreon; Imelda Mahinay; Jeaneth Tolop and Mary Ann Weber
Kaugmaon Center for Children's Concerns Foundation, Inc.

Regional Child Participation Conference and Learnshop
KABIBA Alliance for Children's Concerns

Handbook for Frontline Advocates of Children's Rights
Ramon R. Tuazon and Mary Ebitha Y. Dy
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication and United Nations Children's Fund

Child Labor Survey Report of Selected Provinces in Southern Tagalog Region
National Economic and Development Authority; United Nations Children's Fund

Young Filipino Househelpers Plant the Seeds of Their Freedom
Roland Pacis (Visayan Forum)
Reprinted from Child Workers in Asia (Vol.16, No. 2 , May -August 2000)

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Philippines: A Situation Analysis
Department of Social Welfare & Development and United Nations Children's Fund
Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP) of the Ateneo Human Rights Center, Ateneo Law School and United Nations Children's Fund, 1998.

Western Technology Translated: A Filipino Experience
Lois J. Engelbrecht, Virginia L. Hipononia and Zenaida S. Rosales
Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse, September 2000.

Situational Analysis on Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice System
Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria; Atty. Aleli Domingo; Amanda Roselle Abrera; Geo Carbonell; Ma. Victoria Cardona and Tricia Oco
Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP) of the Ateneo Human Rights Center, Ateneo Law School and United Nations Children's Fund, 1998.

How We Raise Our Daughters and Sons: Child -Rearing and Gender Socialization in the Philippines
Ma. Emma Concepcion Liwag, Alma de la Cruz and Ma. Elizabeth Macapagal
United Nations Children's Fund and Ateneo Wellness Center, 1999.

Clinical and Developmental Profiles of Physically Abused Children Aged Six Years and Below
Stella Guerrero-Manalo, Alexis Reyes, Bernadette Madrid and Leonila Dans
Section of Developmental Pediatrics and The Child Protection Unit, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital

Impact of TV Violence on Children
Caroline De Leon
Philippine News and Features (Vol. XVII, No. 12/2)

Evolving Definitions of Child Abuse Through Participatory Action Research
Ma. Teresa dela Cruz, Elizabeth Protacio, Faye Balanon, Jay Yacat and Carolina Francisco
University of the Philippines' Center for Integrative and Development Studies- Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Action Research Team-Bahay Tuluyan and Arci Cultura E Sviluppo

Child Labor in the Philippines: A Review of Selected Studies and Policy Papers
Rosario Del Rosario and Melba Bonga
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines, Australian Agency for International Development and United Nations Children's Fund

I Was a Teenage Member of the NPA
Teresita G. Camacho
Reprinted from Human Rights Forum (Vol. IX, Number1, July-December 1999), A Publication of the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)

Torture of Children in Situations of Armed Conflict
Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino, Ph.D.; Maria Teresa C. de la Cruz; Agnes Zenaida V. Camacho; Faye Alma G. Balanon
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines

Kathmandu declaration on the Use of Children as Soldiers

Standing Up For Ourselves: A Study on the Concepts and Practices of the Young People's Rights to Participation
ECPAT International, International Young People's Action Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and UNICEF

Reaching Out To The Girl Child
Vera Ocampo
Young People Against Commercial Exploitation of Children

Child, School, Home: Determinants of Academic Performance
Cecilia A. Florencio
Center for Integrative and Development Studies of  U.P.  Diliman

Impact of Work and Education on Working Children
Ma. Cecilia Flores-Oebanda
Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc.

A Policy and Action Research on Filipino Female Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances
Susan Ortega, Carolyn Sobritchea, and Remedios P. Mondiguing
Council for the Welfare of Children and University Center for Women's Studies

The Warrior is a Girl child
Bobby Timonera
Philippine Human rights Information Center

Children in Situations of Abuse: Framework for Analysis and Action
Arci Cultura E Sviluppo

A Case Study of Young Workers in the Furniture Industry of Cebu: A Country Report. 1999.
An ILO-IPEC Working Paper Series
Elizabeth M. Remedio
University of San Carlos, Cebu City

Working with Abused Children: From the Lenses of Resiliency and Indigenization
Violeta Bautista, Aurorita Roldan, Myra Garces-Bacsal and Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights
Center for Integrative and Development Studies
University of the Philippines

A Study on Child Labor Situation in Southern Philippines: the working children in the International Seaports of Sasa, Davao City and Makar, General Santos City.
Rosemarie Fernandez and Melba Manapol
Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City

Child Abuse in the Philippines :
An Integrated Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography

Elizabeth Protacio-Marcelino, Maria Teresa de la Cruz, Faye A. G. Balanon, Agnes Zenaida V. Camacho, Jay Yacat
Program on Psychosocial Trauma and Human Rights
Center for Integrative and Development Studies
University of the Philippines

Who are the Buntogs?
Tambayan Center for the Care of Abused Children, Inc.




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