Seeing Children Born Out Of "Sex Tourism" In The Philippines

MANILA - The town is named Angeles. The location is approximately 80 kilometers north of Manila, Philippines. In the City of Angeles this generation of children of "sex tourism" is growing without knowing who their biological father.

The face of the generation of these children appear in a series of broken hearts photo titled "Dad is Gone". Photographer Stephanie Borcard and Nicolas Metraux never spent much time in Angeles in 2014. They took pictures of the children born of "sex tourism" is in certain regions of the Philippines is known as the district of "red light". Until 1991, one of them into military bases Clark Air, a military base of the United States (US) within 3 miles of the Angeles. Around the city was also rife brothels and "girlie bar" which ended up turning the city into one of the most popular destination for sex tourism in the Philippines.

Today, approximately 12 thousands of women who work in bars in Angeles region. This phenomenon is similar to "sex tourism" in Thailand. The difference, of international customers in the Philippines tend to look for "girlfriend experience" that can last for several weeks or months. Every year, thousands of children born from these paid relationships. Dad-Dad they come from different countries, such as America, Australia, England, Germany, Switzerland, Korea or Japan. Thousands of children were abandoned their biological father. The country predominantly Catholic, abortion is considered a crime and punished severely.

These children grow up looking for their own identity, in which a father figure is still a question mark. Jayvee, 5, for example. Her mother still bert Ukar e-mail with Jayvee biological father, a resident of Wisconsin, USA 45 years old. However, mother and son no receive financial support from the US men.

Another example, Angela Paula, 4, who started school in Mabalacat. His father was an architect from Korea berusi 47 years. The biological father wants to see his daughter, but the mother Angela refused karen afraid her daughter was taken to Seoul.

There again, Samantha Elise, 6, and sister of his mother, Briana Louise, who was 3 years old, Samantha's father is a man of India, while Briana's father is Canadian men. Now, Benny, who was 3 years old. His father was a man from Australia and still give money 10,000 pesos per month. Benny own mother continued to work at Fields Avenue, a bar in Angeles. There are 12 thousand women working in Fields Aveneu.

Another story with Michael, 4. Son of Mary Ann, 36. Father Michael is a German man who is willing to sign the birth certificate Michael. But he did not leave of financial support. Michael's father was still alive in the Philippines and worked in the region.

Not only small children, the generation born of "sex tourism" in this town there is grow up. Sara Jane, 20, for example. His father is the American man. He did not have any information about his father and his mother did not want to talk about it. Her mother lives in a nightclub named Las Vegas to live on Sara until she graduated college. Sara is a computer programming expert d ari Angeles University is currently looking for a job.

There again Mary Grace, who was 16 years old. He never met his father, a Swiss citizen, but knew his name. Mary never kept pictures of his father but has been destroyed by damp. She was raised by her aunt.

A large number of women who come to Angeles average of Samar, Leyte and the Visayas. They were lured to come to Angeles after seeing their friends who live a "better life" for their work in the prostitution industry. Other young women turn to prostitution after they become mothers who are not married. Contraceptives such as condoms are rarely used in the Philippines for the Catholic Church opposed it.

Prostitution in the Philippines is actually illegal. Violators can be fined. Preformance even involved in human trafficking can be in jail for life. However, in 2013 is estimated there are up to 500 thousand (mostly women) become sex workers in the Philippines.

Philippines Senator Pia S. Cateyano, as quoted by news.com.au, Saturday (04/30/2016), confirmed the Anti-Prostitution Law in the country. However, he claimed the number of people involved in prostitution in the Philippines could reach 800 thousand people.