The Front Lines of Sexual Exploitation-New Trafficking in Persons: Lessons from the Philippines-

July

17th (Sat)2:30 PM-4:30 PM2021(Japanese Standard Time)

Religions for Peace Japan / Religions for Peace Philippines
XInternational Justice Mission

Greetings to all respectful participants!
It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to The Front Lines of Sexual Exploitation
webinar.
Human trafficking is one of serious issues in Asia. International Labor Organization (ILO)
has reported in 2016 there are more than 40 million victims of human trafficking in theworld and they are often exploited as sexual victims, forced labors, child soldiers orinvolved with organ trades and other crimes. Accounting of sexual exploitation which
has been reported is 60% of the total. It is recognized not only as a domestic crime, butalso as a transnational crime, and is one of the wide-ranging issues, which countries
need to work together to deal with.
RfP Japan has launched Taskforce Team to prevent and work for the issue fromperspectives of multi-faith communities since April 2020. Taskforce Team learned fromthe expertise on crucial issues of human trafficking, such as sexual exploitation andforced labors.
In addition to forced prostitution, there are also new forms of sexual exploitation, suchas forced marriage, forced pornography, and cases of using Internet chat rooms. The
problem is especially serious in Asia.
In this occasion, we, Taskforce Team, decided to carry out an online shelter visit centeredin Philippines about sexual exploitation in order to raise public awareness and consider
concrete actions to combat human trafficking.
In this online shelter visit, we will learn about the current situation of sexual exploitationand discuss concrete actions to be taken in the future, with the cooperation of theInternational Justice Mission, a support organization addressing sexual exploitation inthe Philippines, in collaboration with the WCRP/RfP Philippines. This is the first online
bilateral joint project that will be launched between RfP Japan and /RfP Philippines.
We look forward to a fruitful learning exchange grounded in our joint mission ofadvancing common action for peace.

《 SCHEDULE 》
Master of Ceremony: VEN.EIGEN ONISHI (RfP Japan/Kiyomizudera Buddhist temple)
TIME PROGRAMSPEAKERS

14:30

REV. FUMIO SHISHINO

Opening Remarks(RfP Japan/Fuso kyo)

14:35

Overview of Issues of SexualExploitation(IJM's Work on Online
Sexual Exploitation ofChildren (OSEC))

MS. MARY GIRLIE GLEN TUPAS(Senior Lead for Church Partnerships, International JusticeMission (IJM) Philippines)

MR. ANDY ALEGRE(Senior Strategist for Church Partnerships, International
Justice Mission (IJM) Philippines)

14:50

Introduction of the Aftercare
Continuum

MS. MELLANIE OlAÑO
(Senior Lead for Advocacy, National Aftercare Development,(Assessment center, shelter,
reintegration, and work forthe prevention of humantrafficking)
15:00

Visit to Shelters Online

15:15Personal Stories of Survivorsof Human Trafficking

15:25

Interview to some socialworker, caregiver

International Justice Mission (IJM) Philippines)

MS. MICHELLE SHEBA TOLENTINO(Executive Director, SheWORKS-Made in Hope, Philippines)

PASTOR Hector ARAÑA
(Executive Director, AMG Philippines)

MS. DIANNE BALATERO
Interviewer:
REV. NOBUHIRO NEMOTO(RfP Japan/Secretary-General ofACRP)(Coordinator, Mission Development, St. Mary Euphrasia
Integrated Development Foundation, Inc. (SMEIDFI))

MR. LEODY ECHAVEZ III(Coordinator, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM)

MS. ENKO KOMIYAMAPhilippines)(RfP Japan/Catholic)

16:00

Floor Session ~Open Forum~

16:25

Closing Remarks

DR. LILIAN J SISON(Co-President of Asian Conference of Religions for Peace andChair of Asia-Pacific Women of Faith Network)

Also Visit Our Websites
RfP Japan: (JP): https://www.wcrp.or.jp/(EN): https://www.wcrp.or.jp/en/

RfP Philippines: https://religionsforpeaceph.org/
International Justice Mission: https://osec.ijm.org/
She WORKS - Made in Hope: http://www.madeinhope.org/sheworks.html