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The Philippines, Georgia, Brazil, Jamaica and Albania are making strong

eforts despite having relatively less resources than wealthier countries

!n "#$%, the Philippines was lead advocate &or the A'(A) *onvention onTra+cking in Persons, a legally binding instrument The Philippines is

epected to rati&y this *onvention a&ter elections in "#$-

*riminal .ustice and victim support statistics, including the !nternational/rganisation &or 0igration 1!/02 statistics noted below, con3rm that &orcedprostitution and the commercial seual eploitation o& women and girlscontinues to be a reality in the Asian region 4ising internet usage rates, theavailability o& mobile phones, and poverty in many parts o& Asia has&acilitated online &orms o& child seual abuse &or pro3t5"-6 The phenomenono& adults paying &or direct live7streaming video &ootage o& childrenper&orming seual acts in &ront o& a webcam was evident in the Philippines

8ictim7centred assistance programmes which empower victims are essentialto break the cycle o& modern slavery !n the Philippines, the government hassupported )G/ victim recovery and reintegration programmes providingvictims with shelter, psychological, medical, legal and vocational support5-96 !nnovative programmes, such as :ata0otivate, allows survivors todevelop vocational skills in research and data cleaning

!n response to mounting international condemnation o& domestic workereploitation, some governments in the Asia region havesought to improve protections &or this vulnerable cohort The PhilippinesGovernment was the 3rst in the region to sign the !;/ *onvention on

:omestic ong hasmade some efort to increase the &re?uency o& employment agencyinspections &rom $,9## to $,@## per year5@$6 'ome eforts have also beenmade by =ong >ong and 'ingapore to prosecute agencies and employersinJanuary "#$-, two employment agencies in =ong >ong were convicted &orcollecting ecessive placement &ees &rom &oreign domestic workers5@"6 !n0arch "#$-, a 'ingaporean couple was convicted &or starving their ilipinamaid &or more than $% months5@96 The &ollowing month a 'ingaporeancouple went on trial &or abusing their !ndonesian domestic helper, a&ter

sub.ecting her to physical, mental and verbal abuse5@C6 /ther governmentshave taken steps to address the eploitation o& their nationals in the 0iddle(ast ollowing the eecution o& two !ndonesian maids in 'audi Arabia, inApril "#$%, !ndonesia announced a domestic workers ban applying to severalcountries within the 0iddle (ast and Gul&5@%6

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!ndonesian )ational Police investigators uncovered a human tra+ckingsyndicate that allegedly sent up to -## !ndonesian domestic workers abroadillegally Dying them to several o& the banned 0iddle (ast and Gul& states5@E6

*ountries including *roatia, the Philippines, 0ontenegro, Brazil, 0acedonia,

Georgia, 0oldova, Albania, Jamaica and 'erbia are taking positive steps torespond to this issue relative to their wealth