MANILA, Philippines — A Senate scrutiny on the trafficking of Filipino women has been called for, following a recent report that 12 Filipinas were peddled to Syria after they were promised jobs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Senator Risa Hontiveros pushed for the inquiry through Senate Resolution No. 631, which also sought to investigate the gendered dimensions of human trafficking in the Philippines, where an overwhelming majority of victims are women and girls.
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