2. INTRODUCTION
The increasing number of violations against
Human Rights especially to the minority tribe of
Badjao, urge the researchers to make a study
regarding the level of awareness of Badjao
Community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City towards
the violation of human rights. The research study
aimed and measured the level of awareness of the
respondents about the Human Rights with regards
to Human Rights Per Se, Rights to Education,
Rights to livelihood and their Rights to Security
Protection.
3. The researcher’s observation is that even
when there is an existing law that the states
provide, Badjao receives unequal opportunities
of the rights mentioned above from those
outside of their tribe.
4. METHODS
The researchers employed descriptive survey
method and a survey questionnaire was used as
the data collection instrument. The said
instrument undergone validity and reliability test
process. Frequency and Percentage, Average
Weighed Score, was used to analyze the research
result and ANOVA and T-test was used to analyze
the hypothesis.
5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Table 1 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of the Respondents Profile
Profile Category Frequency Percent
Age
Total
15-18
years old
19-21
years old
22-25
years old
26-30
years old
31-40
years old
40 years
old and
above
10
6
4
5
5
5
35
28.6
17.1
11.4
14.3
14.3
14.3
100.0
This means that majority
of the Badjao community in
Matina Aplaya, Davao City are
young and they are already at
the age level wherein they are
able to understand in terms of
the human rights and they are
educated, because they able go
to school and learn about it. It is
also easy for them to
communicate, because they
know and understand bisaya
more than the old ones.
6. Findings implied
that female Badjaos are more aware of their
human rights than the Badjao males. The ratio
between male and female Badjaos is supported
by Abrahamsson (2011) that Badjao community in
Matina Aplaya has less than 5 % of the children
going to school, most of them are girls, and they
are in general several years older than their
classmates.
Sex
Total
Male
Female
8
27
35
22.9
77.1
100.0
7. Findings implied that in the Badjao Community
disregard of their right to education that result to the
increasing number most of them have no formal
education because of financial problem and
discrimination.
Educational
Attainment
Total
Non Formal
Education
Elementary
Level
High School
Level
High School
Graduate
17
15
2
1
35
48.6
42.9
5.7
2.9
100.0
8. Table 2
Level of awareness of Badjao Community in Matina
Aplaya, Davao City towards the Violation of Human Rights
Areas of
Problemc
Std.
Deviation
Mean Descriptive
Interpretation
Human Rights
Per Se
.58 2.20 Aware
Based on the data findings above , the Badjao
community is aware that Human Rights in our country is still
existing and these findings supported by Fernandez (2014)
this right still existing in our country which is this statement
provided that everyone has the rights, especially the right to
born and right to live. Through this anyone of us is
protected by the government based on the law created by
those law makers.
9. In terms of rights to education, findings
revealed that the residents of Badjao Community
are aware of the said law. Their high level of
awareness is shown in their knowledge that
elementary education shall be compulsory with the
highest mean score and scholarship up to college
which has the lowest mean score.
Rights to
Education
.51 2.36 Aware
10. Among the the items under the indicator rights to
livelihood, statement no.4 which stated that begging is
not legal means of livelihood got the highest mean score
with which implies that most of Badjaos are begging
despite of its illegality as source of living. Badjao finds
begging more convenient and easy way to earn money
for living. They also allowed children to beg in the
streets. The lowest mean score was statement no.5
which stated that everyone has the right to leisure ,
including reasonable limitation of working hours and
periodic holidays and pay.
Rights to
Livelihood
.44 2.40 Aware
11. In terms of security protection, findings
revealed that residents of Badjao Community
Their level of awareness is shown in their
knowledge that no one shall be subjected to
torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment while their
knowledge about the right to be protected
against armed conflicts has the lowest mean .
Rights to Security
Protection
.51 2.38 Aware
Overall mean .51 2.34 Aware
12. Table 3 Is the ignificant difference in the level of awareness of Badjao
Community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City towards the Violation of
Human Rights when grouped by Profile.
Profile
Awareness on Violation
of Human Rights
f-
value
p-
valu
e
Decision
on Ho
Age .253 .935 Accept
Gender 2.243 .144 Accept
Educati
onal
Attainm
ent
.214 .886 Accept
Overall .236 .655 Accept
In terms of Age, Gender,
Educational Attainment the level of
significance leads to the acceptance
of null hypothesis which indicates
that there is no significant difference
on the level awareness of Badjao
Community in the violation of Human
Rights. The overall, f-value is .236
while p-value is .655, which failed to
reject the null hypothesis. Therefore,
there is no significant difference in
the level awareness of Badjao
Community in the violation of Human
Rights when analyzed by
demographic profile.
13. CONCLUSION
Most women residents of Badjao Community
between 15-18 years old, has attained elementary
education and is aware that there is a violation of
human rights.
Badjao residents of Matina Aplaya are aware on the
Human Rights being violated particularly in their
understanding in the rights of livelihood.
Age, sex and educational attainment are non-
factors in the level of awareness of the respondents
about Human Rights Violation in the areas of Human
Rights Per Se, Education, Livelihood and Security
Protection in providing significant differences.
14. Recommendations
There should be a continuous information dissemination of
concerned government agencies to the rights of the Badjao to
the other people because mostly the violations came not from
the Badjao but from the outside of the community. The Badjao
knows about their rights but because of other people they
reject their right to be educated, that is why only few Badjao
has reach elementary education, the male Badjao should also
be on the school because there is a tendency that male Badjaos
will become delinquent. And the importance of education must
be well emphasized because some of the residents aged 15-18
years old opt to sell ukay-ukay or beg rather than being
educated.
15. There should be equal opportunity for the older
Badjao to have decent work especially the parents so
that they will not be forced to send their children to
beg in the streets in danger. They must be secured in
terms of residence because the reason for them to be
in the streets is because they do not have the
permanent area to stay with.
The good traits of Badjao and their culture must
be provided through the use of media channels or
printing materials, so that other people might not
discriminate them and that they may have equal
opportunity to prevent the occurrence of crime. And
to lessen the violations of human rights towards the
Badjao.
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