VERA Files
A trauma surgeon shares how road crashes affect children.
Children are vulnerable road users. Even with laws, proper enforcement is needed.
Text and photos by AVIGAIL M. OLARTE TACLOBAN CITY – On the bed is where she could end it, she thought. She’s 16, he’s six months old. Alyssa (not her real name) was sold for sex one night last year. On board a docked ship in Leyte, in a locked room, a Japanese repeatedly raped […]
By JAKE SORIANO A YEAR after the country was struck by the deadliest typhoon ever to hit land, child advocates are pushing for measures aimed at protecting the rights and welfare of children in the aftermath of disasters and other emergencies. “It is important that we take this opportunity to push for policy change to […]