Nakiisa sina Anne Curtis at Catriona Gray sa panawagan ng UNICEF sa Kongreso na iprayoridad ang agarang pagpasa ng isang batas na magtataas sa edad ng sexual consent sa bansa mula 12-anyos patungong 16.
Sa Twitter, ibinahagi ni Miss Universe 2018 ang panawagan: “Calling on Philippine Congress ‼…It’s MORE than alarming that the age of sexual consent in our country is still 12 YRS OLD. Not only is it one of the lowest in Asia and in the world, but it leaves young children in the PH vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. Please act now!”
Ini-retweet din niya ang post ng United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
“In the Philippines, adults can have sex with children as young as 12 years old and claim it was consensual. We’re calling on the Philippine Congress to immediately pass a law that increases the age to determine statutory rape. #ENDChildRape,” mababasa sa pahayag.
Carlos Yulo, wala pa raw naibibigay na tulong sa pamilya kahit palihim na abot?
Samantala, ini-retweet din ito ni Anne: “In the Philippines, the legal age of consent remains at 12 – one of the lowest in the world. This provision of the law has not been amended for 91 years. Today, children 12 years old and above who were raped need to testify n court retraumatizing them as they recount the abuse. Change is long overdue. Rape is rape. #EndChildRape now.”
