Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare and exacerbates the existing
insecurities of sex workers. This paper asks: What are sex workers' everyday experiences of …

Abstract Upon election in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte launched one of the world's most
lethal and aggressive anti‐drug campaigns known as the War on Drugs in the Philippines …

Abstract Introduction In the Philippines, drug use is inevitably embedded in the culture of sex
work. This has led to an increase in HIV infection rates within the country. However …

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the harm reduction potential of virtual sex work (VSW)
such as video or audio calls with clients. VSW limits exposure to COVID-19 and STIs …

The right to health for all people means that healthcare services and programs are available,
accessible, and acceptable for everyone in need. However, certain groups in the society …

As we look into the last five hundred years of our history in the Philippines, it is profoundly
challenging to trace the history of transness and queerness. However, it cannot be denied …

What happens after rescue from modern slavery, the third largest organized crime in the
world? The mainstream perspective suggests that people can be rescued and set free from …

Transpinays or Filipina transwomen are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV) and
discrimination. In this chapter, I explore how young transwomen confront adulthood in a …

Human rights groups in the Philippines built on the momentum of the United Nations Anti-
Trafficking Protocol to address precarious and feminized labor. This paper examines how …

Background Per the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Report on
Trafficking in Persons, sexual exploitation (79%) is known as the most common form of …