EVENT | PHILIPPINES

Project Launch: Research and Response to Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) Amidst COVID-19 in the Philippines

June 16, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PHST | 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM AEST

World Hope International and the University of the Southern Philippines Foundation are implementing a project entitled “Research and Response to Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) Amidst COVID-19 in the Philippines” through a grant from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI). This launch event aims to gather all valued partners in the Anti-OSEC initiatives to learn more about this project and confirm commitments for working together to address OSEC.

The research project aims to add to the limited pool of knowledge on OSEC; specifically its impact on the mental health of survivors and the push factors driving OSEC in a time of pandemic. The findings are expected to inform clinical care practices offered to OSEC survivors in the country and will be used in related projects, like PAVE II.

Meanwhile, the program will further enhance the competencies of the care providers in the case management of OSEC survivors through specialized learning programs, enabling survivors to be provided with quality and evidence-based therapeutic interventions.

 

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Speakers

Haley Clark

Haley Clark

Director of Anti-Trafficking & GBV, World Hope International

Adesty Dulawan, RPsy

Adesty Dulawan, RPsy

Clinical Supervisor - World Hope International

Philip Macugay, PH.D., DSS

Philip Macugay, PH.D., DSS

Director – USPF Center for Research, Planning and Development

Frederico Cabredo, RSW

Frederico Cabredo, RSW

Country Administrator - World Hope International

Ernesto Alolor Ph.D

Ernesto Alolor Ph.D

USPF- Vice President for Academic Affairs

Panelists

Dr. Melba Manapol

Dr. Melba Manapol

President, National Social Work Educators Inc.

Bart van Oost

Bart van Oost

Managing Director, CURE Foundation, INC

Fe Foronda

Fe Foronda

President, Philippine Childrens Ministries Network

HON. Alvin Dizon

HON. Alvin Dizon

City Councilor, Cebu City

PROS Maria Theresa Calibugan-Casiño

PROS Maria Theresa Calibugan-Casiño

Deputy City Prosecutor, Cebu City

ATTY. Joan Saniel

ATTY. Joan Saniel

Executive Director at Children's Legal Bureau, Inc.

Program Management Bureau

Program Management Bureau

Department of Social Welfare and Development