To press the government to address the perennial issue of abusive teachers and school authorities prying on young victims, sexually abused students on Wednesday, Sept. 7, have spoken up and launched a campaign against campus predators.
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A youth group, composed of sexual a
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Tuesday encouraged students who fell victim to sexual harassment in schools as well as their parents to speak up against the offense and the offenders.
Padilla made the call at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Ge
Philippine High School for the Arts (Facebook) MANILA - Actor and filmmaker Jerom Canlas was used to seeing sexual abuses committed at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) while growing up, he thought those acts were normal. When he realized the wrongdoings, he and other victims did not dare complain for fear of losing their scholarships at the government-run secondary school at Mt. Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna. "Kahit ako sa sarili ko parang parte lang ito[sexual abuse] bilang estudyante sa Makiling (I myself thought that the sexual abuse is part of being a student in Makiling)," Canlas said as he recalled his ordeal in high schoolbeforethe Senate hearing of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Tuesday. Canlas, 23, said that when he first made the abuses public via social media, several PHSA graduates reached out to him with similar horror tales from their mentors. Senator Robinhood Padilla praised Canlas' courage and encou
"It is possible that students still have that thinking. They might still be processing it and thinking that their professors are just helping them. We have to inform them, what does sexual harassment really look like?" she said.
A resolution seeking to investigate the increasing cases of sexual harassment committed by educators in various schools in the country has been filed in the Senate.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No. 168, said it is high time the Senate conducts an in-depth inquiry into the