CSA

• Child sexual abuse is defined as sexual activity with a child (18 years old

  and below) by an adult, adolescent or older child
• sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome

  sexual advances, requests for

  sexual favors, and other verbal or

  physical conduct of a sexual nature

  that creates a hostile or offensive

  work environment.
• sexual violence is as a violent act of a sexual nature,

  carried out without consent or the

  capacity to consent.
• sexual trauma refers to a sexual situation

  that causes intense fear because

  the subject, a child, is exposed to it

  in a state of passivity and

  unpreparedness
• fondling is the act of molesting

  someone sexually by touching or

  caressing
• child sexual abuse is any sexual activity between adults and

  minors or between two minors when one forces it on the other.
• EFFECTS OF CSA:

  1. depression
  2. post-traumatic stress disorder
  3. develop symptoms of drug abuse
  4. suicidal attempts
• main types of CSA

  touching and non-touching
• touching


  includes touching a child’s genitals, making a child touch

  someone else’s genitals, playing sexual games, and/or putting objects or body parts inside the vulva or vagina, in the mouth, or in the anus of a child for sexual pleasure.
• non-touching


  abuse includes showing pornography to a child, exposing

  a person’s genitals to a child, prostituting/trafficking a child, photographing a child in sexual poses, encouraging a child to watch or hear sexual acts either in person or on a video, and/or watching a child undress or use the bathroom.
• child exploitation


  happens when someone uses a child

  for financial gain, sexual gratification, labour or personal

  advantage.
• coercion


  the practice of persuading someone to do

  something by using force or threats.
• grooming


  happens when someone builds a relationship,

  trust and emotional connection with a child or young person

  so they can manipulate, exploit, and abuse them.
• pedophilia

  a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has

  sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a child

  who has not yet gone through puberty.
• voyeurism


  a sexual behavior that involves watching

  others undress or engage in sexual acts.
• WHO COMMITS CSA:

  • men
  • juveniles or young adults under the age of 30
  • acquaintances, family members, strangers
• SIGNS OF CSA:

  1. behavioral signs
  2. physical signs
  3. emotional signs
• AGENCIES:

  1. department of justice (DOJ)
  2. commission on human rights (CHR)
  3. philippine national police (PNP)
  4. local government unit (LGU)
  5. national bureau of investigation (NBI)
  6. council for the welfare of children (CWC)
  7. save the children
  8. plan international
  9. child protection network
• WHERE TO REPORT CASE OF CSA:

  • Department of Social Welfare & Development
  • Child Health and Intervention and Protective Service
  • Anti-Child Abuse , Discrimination, Exploitation Division (ACADED) National Bureau of Investigation
  • Commission on Human Rights Childs Rights Center
  • DOJ Task Force on Child Protection
  • Local Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
• child welfare specialist


  Social workers in this role focus on the safety and

  well-being of children, often within the context of

  child protective services or foster care systems.
• RA 7610 


  Special Protection of Children

  Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
• RA 9775


  Anti-Child Pornography Act of

  2009
• RA 9995 


  Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism

  Act of 2009
• RA 9262


  Anti-Violence Against Women and

  Their Children Act of 2004
• RA 9208


  Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of

  2003
• RA 8353


  Anti-Rape Law of 1997
• RA 7610 or Special Protection of Children

  Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act


  An act providing special protection to children from all forms of

  abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation and discrimination and other

  conditions, prejudicial their development; provide sanctions for

  their commission and carry out a program for prevention and

  deterrence of and crisis intervention in situations of child abuse,

  exploitation and discrimination.
• RA 9775 or Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009


  An act defining the crime of child pornography, prescribing

  penalties therefor and for other purposes. This act establishes an

  Inter-Agency Council against Child Pornography with the

  Secretary of the DSWD as Chairperson.
• RA 9995 or Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009


  An act defining and penalizing the crime of photo and video

  voyeurism, prescribing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.
• RA 9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and

  Their Children Act of 2004


  This law provides protective measures for victims of violence

  against women and their children.
• RA 9208 or Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of

  2003


  An act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in persons

  especially women and children, establishing the necessary

  institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of

  trafficked persons, providing penalties for its violations, and other

  persons.
• RA 8353 or Anti-Rape Law of 1997


  An act expanding the definition of the crime of rape,

  reclassifying the same as a crime against persons.
• RA 8353 or Anti-Rape Law of 1997


  An act declaring sexual harrasment unlawful in the employment,

  education or training and for other purposes.
• biological theory


  centered on abnormalities in the structure of the brain, hormone levels, genetic and chromosomal makeup and deficits in intellectual functioning.
• evolutionary theory


  views human behavior as the result of millions of

  years of adaptive changes designed to meet ongoing challenges within

  the environment.
• personality theory


  among the earliest sources of explanation for

  sexual offending behavior; sex offenders have deficiencies in social skills that seriously restrict the possibility of maintaining intimacy.
• cognitive theory


  theory demonstrates that sex offenders engage in cognitive

  distortions or thinking errors, and that these distorted thinking patterns

  have the capacity to drive deviant sexual behavior.
• behavioral theory


  explain sexually abusive behaviors as a learned

  condition.
• social learning theory


  introduces the notion of environmental influences

  on sexual offending.
• feminist theory


  child sexual abuse is the way some men

  alleviate a sense of powerlessness and establish their ideal image of

  masculinity. Because masculinity is learned, according to [some]

  feminist theorists, in order for a man to experience power, he must

  engage in accepted social practices