Philippine ILO
ILO-IPEC in Global ContextIndicative Framework for Philippine ILO ActionPhilippine Child Labour Laws and LegislationNational Survey on Working ChildrenPartnerships in ActionWorking Papers
  Working Papers Home page Information Audio-Visual Resources Photo Gallery Site Map

 Download this Working Paper.

Child in Prostitution Phenomenology

 
The Child's Inner and Outer World: A Study of the Phenomenology of the Child in Prostitution

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1

ICCB's Involvements in Brief

1.2

The Need for an In-depth Study of Children in Prostitution

1.3

The Project: "An Action-Research and Intervention Programme to Create a Child-Focused Environment for Children with Experiences in Prostitution"

Phase One: Action-Research
Phase Two: Training Workshop
Phase Three: Monitoring and Evaluation

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1

State of Child Prostitution

Attitude
Dreams

2.2

The Impact of Prostitution

Psychological
Moral
Health/Physical
Behavioural
Educational/Intellectual Development

2.3

Coping Mechanisms of the Prostituted Child

2.4

The Prostituted Children in the Context of Family and Community

The Asian Perspective: What is happening?
Factors that Lead to and Sustain Child Prostitution in Asia

2.5

Current Intervention Strategies

Programmes for Children in Prostitution: What is being done?
Perspectives on Helping

2.6

Identified Gaps in the Implementation of Strategies

2.7

Recommendations

3. THE INNER AND OUTER WORLD: A Study of the Phenomenology of Children in Prostitution

3.1

Research Framework and Methodology

Objectives
Research Questions
Research Design: Exploiting the Child's "Inner World"
Framework
Sampling
Research Instruments
The Researchers: The Team Approach
Interview Procedures
Procedures for Data Analysis

3.2

Background Data (Introduction to the Research Results)

Highlights and Summary

3.3

Inner World

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1

Denials

4.2

Greater Need for Rapport-Building

4.3

A Different Strategy

4.4

Peculiar Effect

4. SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS

5.1

Self-concept

5.2

Feelings

5.3

World View

5.4

Coping

5.5

Dreams and Wishes

5.6

The Prostitution Experience and the Inner Process They Go Through

6. RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1

Recommendations for Therapeutic Intervention and Policy Making

List of Tables and Charts:

Table 1: Their lives and circumstances (Girls/Boys)

Table 2: Inner world: Boys

Table 3: Inner world: Girls

HOME ||  INFORMATION ||  ILO & IPEC IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT ||  INDICATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR PHILIPPINE ILO ACTION ||  PHILIPPINE CHILD LABOR LAWS & LEGISLATION ||  PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION ||  NATIONAL SURVEY ON WORKING CHILDREN ||  AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES ||  WORKING PAPERS ||  PHOTO GALLERY ||  SITE MAP ]


Copyright © 1998 Philippine ILO. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Philippine ILO is prohibited.