Posts Tagged ‘Age of sexual consent’

Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16

Thursday, March 10th, 2022

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the age of consent from 12 to 16 years old in a move aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and rape. According to the gender-neutral bill, any adult having sex with anyone under 16 years old would be guilty of statutory rape. Read more

French MPs back law to introduce age of sexual consent

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

French MPs have voted to back a new law that would set the age of consent at 15 and prohibit sex with relatives aged under 18. It is expected to pass in the Senate and will give France an age of consent for sexual relations for the first time. It comes after a series of Read more