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Women who climb ships
« on: June 09, 2012, 06:52:25 AM »
By VERA Files | The Inbox – Thu, Jun 7, 2012


For about four decades now, prostituted women have climbed ships docked at the ports of Davao. These women are called akyat barko girls, which means ship-climbing girls.

Talikala, an organization in Davao that gives support, advice, training and counseling to women and girls forced into the sex trade, estimates that there are between 300 and 400 akyat barko girls, most of them with only high school or elementary education and ages ranging from 13 to 26.

The girls frequent the ports of Sasa, Panabo, Tagum and Tefasco where they find customers among Russian, Korean, Chinese, Australian, Bangladeshi, Greek, Taiwanese, Sri Lankan, Indonesian and Honduran maritime workers,   Talikala Executive Director Jeanette Ampog said.

The akyat barko girls originally hailed from neighboring provinces. Some now live near the port areas of Barangays Sasa, Tibungco, Panacan and 76-A.

Poverty drove the women to the profession, said Ampog. While some clients are generous, others are known to withhold payment.  Some of the women get beaten up and slapped by customers.  Sexual abuses such as rape and being forced to perform sexual acts and have multiple sex partners have also been reported.

Last November, a group of journalists went to Barangay Parola, a community near the Sasa Wharf, Davao International Port to interview akyat barko girls. The journalists who participated in a multimedia workshop conducted by VERA Files and supported by the Canadian Embassy tell the stories of the akyat barko girls in sounds and images.

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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 06:55:28 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 06:56:58 AM »

http://www.flickr.com/


Akyat-barko girls. Could be a second trip. Pakiputan Strait, Davao Gulf.


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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 06:59:43 AM »
Tanan man tingaling puerto sa tibuok kalibotan naay akyat barko girls...

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Re: Women who climb ships
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2012, 01:09:14 AM »
naa pod ni sa bohol pero dili sa tagbilaran nga pier

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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2012, 05:56:29 AM »
naa pod ni sa bohol pero dili sa tagbilaran nga pier

Hmm, asa kaha diay... ::)

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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2012, 04:28:42 AM »
Bisan asa naa gyud ni mga klaseha sa mga babaye nga gusto ug dali nga kwarta...
I hope dili ni sila mahimong akyat-bintana, mamukaw  kay pamugas konohay   ::)

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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2012, 04:35:49 AM »
[img width= height=]http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/1955/01/1955_1326225532.jpg[/img]
 A 100 year old prostitute

Maka akyat-barko pa kaha ni siya?   :o

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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2012, 09:33:03 AM »
Maka akyat-barko pa kaha ni siya?   :o

Ikarga sa pulley... ;D

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