#Gravitas | The 'age of consent' often becomes an excuse for sexual predators. The Philippines has decided to raise the age to 16 years. What is the age of consent in other countries? Where does India stand? Palki S Upadhyay gets you a report | WION

The Philippines is one of the countries that have the lowest age of consent. Last year we hit the streets of Manila to find out whether ordinary citizens actually know the age of consent in the Philippines. Since we conducted this interview, a bill that seeks to raise the age of sexual consent in the Philippines to 16 years old was approved in late August by the House Committees on Revision of Laws and Welfare of Children. And just this month, senators are again pushing to raise the age of conse

The Philippines is one of the countries that have the lowest age of consent. What do you think would be a more appropriate age of consent? Since we conducted this interview, a bill that seeks to raise the age of sexual consent in the Philippines to 16 years old was approved in late August by the House Committees on Revision of Laws and Welfare of Children. And just this month, senators are again pushing to raise the age of consent to 16 years old for determining statutory rape as a measure to ad