Student leaders in Cavite are speaking out against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) with Save the Children Philippines in celebration of Safer Internet Day 2024.
About 30 high school student leaders from Tagaytay, Trece Martires, Naic, Tanza, Silang and General Mariano Alvarez participated in the activity organized by Save the Children under its Protect Children Philippines (PCPh) Project on Feb.17.
Save the Children Philippines has trained more than 18,000 children and adults in ensuring the safety and well-being of children online through its PCPh Project.
The Province of Cavite ranks third in the country with destinations for suspicious OSAEC-related transactions and the largest proportion of domestic senders on OSAEC-related remittances.
The children and youth participants provided recommendations to address the issue, like organizing a symposium, an oratorial speech competition, a media literacy campaign, theater productions, workshops, community outreach, caravans and campaign festivals.
Save the Children Philippines advoc05 ated for the passage of Republic Act No. 11930 or the Anti-OSAEC-CSAEM Law in 2022 and actively participated in the development of its implementing rules and regulations in 2023.
