KID STUFF Street children play in front of the Philippine Post Office in Manila, on Dec. 10, 2022. Mama Fatima Singhateh, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, concluded an 11-day visit to the country on Friday, December 9, after meeting with government officials, UN agencies, civil society representatives, faith-based leaders, diplomats, and local boys and girls. She urged the government and stakeholders to ramp up efforts to combat child trafficking, child marriage, the sale of children through illegal adoption, sexual exploitation of children in the context of travel and tourism, as well as teenage pregnancy.
PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO