Philippines Set To Raise Age Of Consent
Manila teenager Rose Alvarez was 13 when she started having sex with a man who was more than twice her age.
Manila teenager Rose Alvarez was 13 when she started having sex with a man who was more than twice her age.
Early last month, following years of pressure from advocacy groups, Indonesia's Parliament revised its national laws to increase the legal age a girl can marry. The amendment to the Marriage Act raised the age of marriage for girls to 19 years old which is in line with the legal age for boys, with parental permission, while the legal age for men and women to marry without parental consent is 21.