Babaeng biktima ng pang-aabuso noon, life coach na ngayon | AHA!
Aired (November 19, 2023): 6-anyos si Aubrey Juanta nang maranasan niya ang pang-aabuso mula sa kanyang sariling ama. Hindi man naging madali ang paghihilom mula rito, ang kanyang kuwento ng pagbangon ay nagsisilbi na ngayong inspirasyon sa mga taong biktima rin ng pang-aabuso. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 Behind her smile, who would have thought that Obrey was the victim of abuse
00:05 from people who were even closer to her.
00:07 When I was 6 years old, I remember that I was playing at my neighbor's house
00:15 I was watching TV and then my neighbor's father
00:21 dragged me to their room and abused me.
00:30 She was even more scared of the abuse she experienced from her own father.
00:37 When you're 6 years old, you feel like there's something wrong inside.
00:42 You have fear because of course, it's your father.
00:45 But you're also not sure if what he's doing is right or not
00:49 because it's your father.
00:52 You're supposed to be a protector.
00:54 I couldn't study properly as a normal kid.
00:58 My father did everything for me every day.
01:01 So, it's hard.
01:04 Obrey admitted that it wasn't easy for her.
01:09 But she's using the pain she experienced
01:12 to serve as an inspiration as a life coach
01:15 to others who were also victims of abuse.
01:18 That's our therapy.
01:20 Sharing, we talk about our past and how we can recover from that.
01:28 Obrey's father was not able to file a case against her.
01:31 But before she got out of the hospital,
01:33 she had the courage to talk to him and ask for forgiveness.
01:37 It's a long journey.
01:39 At least, God gave me a 1.5 year catch-up.
01:44 I don't have any grudges or anything.
01:48 I don't dwell on it anymore.
01:50 I'm still in healing.
01:52 I still have a lot to fix in my life.
01:55 One in every five Filipino kids experiences sexual abuse.
02:00 And thousands of cases of child abuse happen in their own homes.
02:05 Meanwhile, 2 million Filipino kids have become victims
02:09 of online sexual abuse and exploitation.
02:12 If they're watching this,
02:14 what advice can you give them?
02:16 If something happens to them,
02:18 or if something happens to them at home,
02:21 or even if they're not at home.
02:22 They can tell their teacher.
02:25 If they have an aunt that they trust,
02:29 they can tell her.
02:31 Or a responsible adult that they trust.
02:34 But the most important thing is that they need to tell her.
02:39 Yes.
02:40 When they're young, we should teach them
02:45 the importance of consent.
02:47 If someone hugs them and touches them,
02:51 and they felt bad and uncomfortable about it,
02:54 that's not okay.
02:55 It's also important for parents to be alert
02:58 to the signs of sexual abuse.
03:00 The behavior of the child suddenly shifted.
03:04 From being happy,
03:05 from going out,
03:07 and now they don't want to go out.
03:09 There are also times when they're always sleeping,
03:14 or they're always tired,
03:16 or some of them are even having tantrums.
03:17 Whatever the type of abuse to children,
03:20 the Republic Act No. 9262,
03:24 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children,
03:28 or VAWC,
03:29 should be condemned.
03:30 We need to help or provide sufficient assistance
03:33 to the children who went to the barangay,
03:37 or to the nearest police station.
03:39 All of our police stations have women's help desks
03:44 or child's help desks
03:46 that they can call.
03:48 One of the things I learned from this animation story
03:53 is that we should listen carefully
03:56 to what the children are saying.
03:58 And supposedly, the family and the community
04:01 that the child belongs to should be the one
04:03 who protects the child.
04:05 [Music]
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