Statistics On Violence Against Filipina Women

There are different trends in the number of violence against women cases from different government agencies. The number of VAW cases reported to the police increased sevenfold, from 1,100 in 1996 to 7,383 in 2004.

In 2006 a total of 5,758 VAW cases were reported to the police.
In 2008 the number of VAW cases reported to the police rose by 21 percent from the 2007 report. One of the worst forms of violence against women

Violence against women

Violence against women is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women...

 in the region is human trafficking

Human trafficking

Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...

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Government Support

Since 1991, the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development has been assisting women through centres which provide substitute home care. The centres assist adult women victims of forced prostitution

Forced prostitution

Forced prostitution, also known as involuntary prostitution, is the act of performing sexual activity in exchange for money on a non-voluntary basis. There are a wide range of entry routes into prostitution, ranging from "voluntary and deliberate" entry, "semi-voluntary" based on pressure of...

, illegal recruitment, battering, rape

Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...

, incest

Incest

Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...

 and armed conflict.
Since 1995, the Department of Health and the Women's Crisis Centre have been jointly piloting a government hospital-based crisis and healing centre for victims of violence against women.

Non-Governmental Agencies

The Bathaluman Crisis Centre Foundation Inc is a non-profit organization established in 1991 to help female survivors of violence. The Foundation provides a support systems, including a service and referral centre, to help survivors deal with their physical trauma.
The Women's Crisis Centre (WCC), established in 1989 provides a supportive and affirming environment in which women who have survived violence can interact with other survivors through group counselling, education programs, recreation activities or skills training.

United Nations Population Fund Philippines

The UNFPA Joint Programme on Violence Against Women

Violence against women

Violence against women is a technical term used to collectively refer to violent acts that are primarily or exclusively committed against women...

is a project to enhance support to the Philippine government to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, especially as it relates to domestic violence, rape, trafficking and sexual harassment. The government partners are the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Violence Against Women in Poor Communities

A common response to violence against women is to establish a crisis centre. However, these centres are very rarely used by the urban poor, partly because they are rarely located in these communities, and partly because they tend to focus (for resource reasons) on the most serious cases. Thus, they don't address the more typical chronic forms of spousal abuse found in poor urban communities.

Legislation

The Philippines has enacted several laws protecting women from violence – Anti-Sexual Harassment, Anti-Rape and Rape Victim Assistance and Protection, Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Anti-Violence against Women and Children with Women’s and Children’s Desks and Services.

The Republic Act 9262 - The Anti-Violence Against Women Act was passed in 2004.
In 2007, Senator Pia S. Cayetano filed Senate Bill No. 1407 in the Philippine Senate seeking to declare November 25 of every year as the “National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women” in the Philippines.