Prostitution

• Prostitution: indulging in sexual activities in exchange for reward
• Cause:

  • Financial Problems
• Effects

  • Increased vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections
  • Mental Issues
  • Widespread prejudice and Stigma
  • Violence
  • Coercion
  • Exploitation
• 500,000: number of sex workers in the country according to Tex
• Government Actions

  • Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
  • RA 10158
  • Article 202 of Revised Penal Code
• 500,000: cases of abortion in the Philippines in 2018