Women's Welfare

- a term reserved for an
adult, with the term girl being
the usual term for a female child
or adolescent.

- Is a social welfare program which seeks to
promote the welfare of women by giving special
attention to the prevention, eradication in any form,
as well as the promotion of skills of employment
and self – actualization.

Rape Crisis – rape is the worst form of violence.
Economic Marginalization – refers to the discrimination
against women in the economic realm.
Political Subordination – in this regard, women do not
share the same power and prestige, status and societal
position as men.
Multiple Burdens – women, even as they are viewed as
having primarily reproductive functions, actually
participate in a host of other activities.

Gender Stereotyping
–the process of dictating the roles, functions and ways of men and women
starting from birth.

Femininity
Caring
Nurturing
Emotional
Domestic
Sensitive
Passive
Soft
Gentle
Masculinity
Tough
Providing
Rational
Public/Work Oriented
Thick Skinned
Active
Rough
hard
Gender Stereotypes

WEDC
-refers to those women whose position,
face formidable difficulties besides
being disadvantaged because of their
gender or economic.
-these difficulties may be due to
physical limitations, age, family status or
traumatic experiences.

Aged 60 years old and
over.
Has longer life
expectancy than of
men.
Has special needs and
problems such as...

Probems of loss or decrease in
income due to retirement.
Health problems due to aging.
Lack of adequate and
affordable health services for the
elderly especially in rural areas.

Lack of contemporaries and peers.
Feelings of loneliness, neglect and
worthlessness.
Abuses and maltreatment towards
the elderly.

October 1-7 is Elderly Filipino Week
the EFW celebration is pursuant to Proclamation No.
470 issued by former President Fidel V. Ramos on
September 26, 1994.
Last 2012 EFW theme “Nakakatanda: Sa Bisa ng R.A
9994, May Dangal, Nagkakaisa, Buhay ay Gumiginhawa”
focuses on the contributions of Expanded Senior Citizens
Act 2010 to the improvement of lives of older persons.
According to DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman, a concrete
example of the benefits being enjoyed by older persons
aside from the discounts on the purchase of medicines and
selected grocery items is the Social Pension Program.

R.A 7232
“Senior Citizens Welfare Law”
extendes the benefits to those sixty(60)
years and above whose annnual income is below
60,000php. This includes 20% discount on the
cost of medicines and transportation.

Programs & Services:
Residential Care Services for older person.
1. Golden Acres/ Home for the Aged/ Home for the Elderly
- a residential care facility that provides care to male and female senior
citizens 60 years old and above.
Services Provided:
Residential Care
Occupational therapy
Health and Medical services
Dietary
Socio – recreational Services
Location:
NCR – Misamis St. Bago Bantay, Quezon
City
Regio IX – Ligoy Diutan,Talon – talon,
Zamboanga City
Region XI – Visayan Village, Tagum City,
Davao Oriental

Community based services for older persons:
1. Neighborhood Support Services for older persons.
- a programs that involves the community/
neighborhood to take effective steps to enhance
members of the family in their care giving capability
to sick, bedridden older person. This involves training
to volunters who are willing toshare their skills and
services as a resource personof the community or
their proper care of older persons.
Client: older persons
Area Coverage: Nationwide

Disability
The inability to perform
some or all of the tasks of
daily life in the manner or
under the range of what is
considered as normal.

Person With Disabilities
(PWD)
People with Disabilities, persons with
physical, sensory, or mental
impairments that can make
performing an everyday task more
difficult.

Are those who experience
restrictions in their activities due to
physical or mental impairment.

Which includes:
Blindness
Deafness
Muteness
Deaf – mute
Speech Impairment
Mental Disability
Orthopedically Handicapped

Republic Act 7277
Magna Carta
for
Disabled Person

R.A 7277 – Magna Carta
for Disabled persons
• An act providing for the
rehabilitation , self-development
and self-reliance of disabled
persons and their integration into
the mainstream of society and for
other purposes.

Rights and privileges of
disabled person :
• Equal opportunity for employment
• Access to quality education
• National Health Program
• Auxiliary social services
• Telecommunications
• Accessibility (barrier-free environment)
• Political and Civil Rights

BP 344 Accessibility Law
• “An act to enhance the mobility
of disabled person by requiring
Certain buildings, Institutions,
Establishments, and other
Public Utilities to Install
Facilities and other Devices.

R.A 7277
• Section 1. a new chapter , to be
denominated as “Chapter 8.
privileges and incentives” is hereby
added to Title Two of Republic Act
No. 7277, otherwise known as the
Magna Carta for Disabled Person”,
with new Sections 32 and 33, to read
as follows:

Chapter 8. Other Privileges and
Incentives
• Sec. 32 – persons with disability shall be
entitled to the following:
• (a) at least 20% discount from all
establishments relative to the utilization of
all services in hotels and similar lodging
establishment; restaurants and recreation
centers for the exclusive use or enjoyment
of persons with disability.

• (b) a minimum of 20% discount on
admission fees charged by theaters,
cinema house, concert halls,
circuses, carnivals and other similar
places of culture, leisure and
amusement for exclusive use of
enjoyment of persons with disability.
• (c) at least 20% discount for the
purchase of medicines in all
drugstores for the exclusive use or
enjoyment of persons with disability.

• (d) at least 20% discount on medical and
dental services including diagnostic and
laboratory fees such as, but not limited to,
x-rays, computerized tomography scans
and blood test, in all government facilities ,
subject to guide lines to be issued by the
DOH, in coordination with the
PHILHEALTH.
• (e) at least 20% discount on medical and
dental services including diagnostic and
laboratory fees, professional fees of
attending doctors in all private hospitals

and medical facilities, in accordance
with the DOH, in coordination with the
PHILHEALTH
• (f) At least 20% discount on fare for
domestic air and sea travel for the
exclusive use or enjoyment of person
with disability.
• (g) at least 20% discount in public
railways, skyways and bus fare for
the exclusive use and enjoyment of
person with disability.

• (h) educational assistance to persons
with disability, for them to pursue
primary, secondary, tertiary, post
tertiary, as well as vocational or
technical education, in both public
and private school, through the
provision of scholarships, grants,
financial aids, subsidies and other
incentives to qualified persons with
disability, including support for books,
learning material, and uniform

allowance to the extent feasible:
Provided, that persons with disability shall
meet minimum admission requirements.
• (i) to the extent practicable and feasible,
the continuance of the same benefits and
privileges given by the GSIS,SSS and
PAG-IBIG, as the case may be enjoyed by
those in actual service.
• (j) to the extent possible, the government
may grant special discounts in special
programs for persons with disability on
purchase of basic commodities, subject to

guidelines to be issued for the purpose by
the DTI and DA.
• (k) provision of express lanes for PWD in
all commercial and government
establishments.
• Sec. 33 – Incentives –those caring for
and living with a PWD shall be
granted the following incentives.
• (a) PWD shall be treated under as
dependents under the Sec. 35 (A) of
the National Internal Revenue Code,

as amended and such as, individuals
taxpayers caring for them shall be
accorded the privileges granted by the
code insofar as having dependents under
the same section are concerned
• (b) individuals or non governmental
institutions establishing homes residential
communities or retirement villages solely
to suit the needs and requirements of
PWD shall be accorded the following:
Realty tax holiday for the first five years of
operation.

Priority in the building and/or maintenance
of provincial or municipal roads leading to
the aforesaid home, residential community
or retirement village.
• Sec.2 – R.A 7277 is hereby amended
inserting a new title , chapter and section
after Section 38 be dominated as title 4,
chapters 1 and 2 and Sections 40, 41 and
42.
• Sec.39 – Public Ridicule – for purposes of
this chapter, public ridicule shall be
defined as an act of making fun or

contemptuous imitating or making
mockery of persons PWD whether in
writing, or in action due to their
impairment/s.
• Sec.40 – no individual, group or
community shall execute any of these acts
of ridicule against PWD in any time and
place which could intimidate or result in
loss of self-esteem of the latter.

Chapter 2. Deliverance from
Vilification
• Sec.41 – Vilification – for purposes of this
chapter, vilification shall be defined as:
• (a) the utterance of slanderous and
abusive statements against a PWD
• (b) an activity in public which incites
hatred towards, serious contempt for, or
severe ridicule of PWD
• Sec.42 – any individual, group or
community is hereby prohibited from

vilifying any PWD which could result into
loss of self-esteem of the latter.
• Sec.3 – Sec.46 of R.A 7277 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
• Sec.46 – Penal clause – (a) any person
who violates any provision of this act shall
suffer the following penalties.
1. For the 1st violation, a fine of not less than
P50,000 but not exceeding P100,000 or
imprisonment of not less than six months
but not more than 2 years, or both at the
discretion of the court.

2. For any subsequent violation, a fine of not
less than P100,000 but not exceeding
P200,000 or imprisonment for not less
than 2 years but not exceeding 6 years, or
both at the discretion of the court.
• (b) any person who abuses the privileges
granted herein shall be punished with the
imprisonment of not less than P5,000,000
but not more than P50,000 or both at the
discretion of the court.
• (c) if the violator is a corporation,
organization or any similar entity, the

officials thereof directly involved shall be
liable therefore.
• (d) if the violator is an alien or a foreigner,
he shall be deported immediately after
service of sentence without further
deportation proceedings.
• Sec.4 – the title of the R.A 7277 is hereby
amended to as read as the “Magna Carta
for Persons with Disability”, and all
references on the said law to “Disabled
Persons” shall likewise be amended to
read as “Persons with Disability”

• Sec.5 – the DSWD, the National Council
for the Welfare Disabled persons, and the
BIR, in consultation with the concerned
Senate and House committees and other
agencies, organizations, establishments
shall formulate implementing rules and
regulations pertinent to the provision of
this Act within 6 months after the effectivity
of this act.
• Sec.6 – this act shall take effect 15 days
after its publication in any two newspaper
of general circulation.

Center – based sheltered workshop (RSW)
- a facility that provides vocational /social rehabilitation and skills
training to person with disabilities and other special groups for socio –
economic independence and productivity.
Location:
NCR – J.P. Burgos St. Project 4, Quezon City
Services Provided:
Social services
Medical and death services
Psychological Services
Vocational Skills Training
Job placement
Recreational and other cultural act
Community participation

National Vocational Rehabilitation Center(NVCR)
- a non – residential facility that implements programs and services to
PWD’s and other special groups particularly on vocational/social rehabilitation
and skills training for socio-economic independence and productivity.
Location:
NCR – J.P. Burgos St. Project 4, Quezon City
Services Provided:
Social services
Job placement

Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center
- a non – residential facility that implements programs and services to PWD’s
and other special groups particularly on vocational/social rehabilitation and
skills training for socio-economic independence and productivity.
Services Provided:
Social services
Job placement

Center for Handicapped
- a non – residential facility that implements programs and services to
PWD’s and other special groups particularly on vocational/social rehabilitation
and skills training for socio-economic independence and productivity.
Services Provided:
Social services
Job placement

Community – based Services for PWD
 Sheltered Workshop for PWD’s
- a community – based facility that provides livelihood training and productive
employment to PWD’s to help them earn income. This involve producing and
selling goods or services for income or profit.
Client: Person with Disabilities (PWD)
Area coverage: NCR

Residential Care Services for PWD’s.
1. Elsie Gaches Village - residential care faciity that provides
care and rehabilitation services to abandoned and neglected children and
women with special needs such as those with cerebral palsy, epilipsy, visual
and hearing impairment, mental retardation, autism and other related
conditions.
Location: NCR – Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Services Provided:
Social services
Health services
Paramedical services
Dietary
Psychological
Spiritual
Productivity
Special education

2. Sanctuary Center – a residential facility that serves as a halfway
home to female 18 years old and above from psychosis and other mental
illnesses.
Location: NCR – welfareville compound, Mandaluyong City
Services Provided:
social services
Homelife and substitute family care
Health services
Productivity and occupational therapy services
Psychological & spiritual services
Dietary

WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
 Enabler
 Educator
 Broker
 Advocate
 Case Manager

Physical Abuse
Sexual Violence
Psychological Violence
Economic Abuse

also known as domestic abuse, spousal
abuse, wife battering, family violence,
and intimate partner violence (IPV), is
broadly defined as a pattern of abusive
behaviors by one or both partners in
an intimate relationship such as marriage,
dating, family, or cohabitation.

Is when a woman suffers
persistent or serious physical,
verbal, economic, or social
abuse from partner with the
result that she suffer a
certain emotional or
psychological effect.

Physical
- attempting to inflect physical injury.
Ex. Grabbing, pinching, shoving, slapping,
hitting, biting, arm twisting, kicking,
punching, hitting blunt objects, stabbing and
shooting.

Sexual
– coercing or attempting to coerce any
sexual contact without consent. A type of
battering which consist demanding sex
regardless of her condition.
Ex. Marital rape, acquaintance
Rape, forced sex after physical beating, attacks on the sexual
parts of the body forced prostitution, fondling, sodomy, sex
with others.

Psychological
– instilling or attempting to instill fear.
Ex. Intimidation, threatening physical harm to
self, victim, and/or threatening to harm and/or
kidnap children ,menacing, blackmail, harassment,
stalking.

Emotional
– undermining or attempting to undermine victim
sense of worth.
Ex. Constant criticism, belittling victims
abilities and competency, name calling, insults,
put downs, silent treatment, manipulating
victims feelings and emotions to induce guilt
subverting a partners relationship with the
children, repeatedly making and breaking
promises.

Economic
– making or attempting to make the victim
financially dependent.
Ex. Maintaining total control over financial resources
including victims earned income or resources received through
public assistance or social security, with holding money , and
or access to money , forbidding attendance in school,
forbidding employment, on the job harassment, requiring
accountability and justification for all money spent, forced
welfare fraud, with holding information about family running
up bills for which the victim is responsible for payment.

Loss of opportunity
Isolation from family and friends
Loss of income or worth
Homelessness
Emotional/psychological effects such as
experiences of anxiety

Depression or lowered sense of self worth.
Poor health
Physical injury or ongoing impairment.
If pregnant, they may miscarry or the baby
may be stillborn.
Time off work or study, and long term impact
on financial security and career.
DEATH

WHY WOMEN STAY IN
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Children
Financial
Emotional bonds
Love for the partner
To avoid social stigma of being
separated
To avoid disapproval

Is defined as sexual
intercourse that is forced on a
person without his or her
permission. It may involve
physical force, the threat of
force, or it may be done against
someone who is unable to give
consent.

Effects of rape on
victims:
Continuous cries
Anger
Fear
Humiliation
Tension
Anxiety
And desire for revenge

- sexual relations between blood relative
extended to include sex between a step
father and a child.
- can be caused by lack of spousal
sexual activity, lack of self control,
alcoholism and drug abuse.

continuing aches and pains, sleep disturbances such as not
being able to sleep without the light on or the door open,
nightmares, numbness and panic attacks.
depression, guilt, anger, anxiety and low self esteem.
self harm, eating disorder, fear of intimacy and relationships,
and fears for their own children.

- occurs when your spouse forces you
to take part in certain sex acts without
your consent.
- includes any unwanted
intercourse or penetration (vaginal,
anal, oral) obtained by force, threat or
when the wife is unable to consent.

WHAT SPECIAL ISSUES DO VICTIMS FACE?
Longer recovery from trauma
Higher likelihood of repeated assaults
Pressure to stay with perpetrator
Negative effects on children in the
household
Difficulty identifying what happened as
a crime

REPUBLIC ACT 8353
“ ANTI – RAPE LAW OF 1997
“ An act expanding the definition of the
crime of rape, reclassifying the same as a
crime against persons, amending for the
purpose republic act no. 3815 as amended,
otherwise known as the Revised Penal
Code, and other purposes.”

Rape: When And How Committed. –Rape Is Committed –
1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman
under any of the following circumstances:
a) Through force, threat, or intimidation;
b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or
otherwise unconscious;
c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse
of authority; and
d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years
of age or is demented, even though none of the
circumstances mentioned above be present.
2) By any person who commit an act of sexual assault by inserting
his penis into another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any
instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of another person.

RECLUSION PERPETUA TO DEATH
AS PENALTY
Whenever the rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or
by two or more persons, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to
death.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has
become insane, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death.
When the rape is attempted and a homicide is committed by reason
or on the occasion thereof, the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to
death.
When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, homicide is
committed, the penalty shall be death.

The death penalty shall also be imposed if the crime of rape
is committed with any of the following aggravating or qualifying
circumstances:
1) When the victim is under eighteen (18) years of age and
the offender is a parent, ascendant, step-parent, guardian, relative
by consanguinity or affinity within the third civil degree, or the
common-law spouse of the parent of the victim;
2) When the victim is under the custody of the police or
military authorities or any law enforcement or penal institution;
3) When the rape is committed in full view of the spouse,
parent, any of the children or other relatives within the third civil
degree of consanguinity.

4) When the victim is a religious engaged in legitimate religious
vocation or calling and is personally known to be such by the offender
before or at the time of the commission of the crime;
“5) When the victim is a child below seven (7) years old;
“6) When the offender knows that he is afflicted with Human
Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) or any other sexually-transmissible disease and
the virus or disease is transmitted to the victim;
“7) When committed by any member of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines or para-military units thereof or the Philippine

8) When by reason or on the occasion of the rape, the victim has
suffered permanent physical mutilation or disability;
9) When the offender knew of the pregnancy of the offended
party at the time of the commission of the crime; and
10) When the offender knew of the mental disability,
emotional disorder and/or physical handicap of the offended
party at the time of the commission of the crime.

REPUBLIC ACT 8505
“RAPE ASSISTANCE & PROTECTION
ACT OF 1998”
AN ACT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND
PROTECTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS,
ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE A RAPE
CRISIS CENTER IN EVERY PROVINCE AND
CITY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION
OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Rape Crisis Center a facility where a comprehensive network of
services and support activities are available in a particular
province or city to victims of rape and other forms of sexual
abuse, their family and 17 the community, in general, including
programs for sexual assault awareness and prevention. The
Rape Crisis Center will be established in areas where there are
high incidences of rape cases. It may be located in any suitable
place or government hospital or health clinic and will be
established by creating or upgrading existing facilities or by
establishing or building upon existing networks providing
support and assistance to victims of rape (and other forms of
sexual abuse).

Programs & Services: By Rape Crisis Center.
(a) providing rape victims with psychological counseling, medical and health
services, including medico-legal examination;
(b) securing free legal assistance or service, when necessary for rape victims;
(c) assisting rape victims in the investigation to hasten the arrest of offenders and
the filing of cases in court;
(d) ensuring the privacy and safety of rape victims;
(e) providing psychological counseling and medical services whenever necessary
for the family of rape victims;
(f) developing and undertaking a training program for law enforcement officers,
lawyers, medico-legal officers, social workers and barangay officials on human
rights and
responsibilities, gender sensitivity and legal management of rape cases; and
(g) adopting and implementing programs for the recovery of rape victims.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
•Provide support services to rape victims and their families such as residential
service (e.g. Haven for Women, Substitute Home Care for Women and Group
Home for Girls) and community-based service.
•Establish linkage with the academe and all NGOs for the necessary support
services to rape victims/survivors and their families.
•Conduct of training for counselors on basic approaches in dealing with victims of
rape.
•Provide technical assistance to local government units for the operation and
maintenance of Rape Crisis Center.
•Develop programs that facilitate the recovery of rape survivors and other
support interventions.

RAPE VICTIMS
 Assess the cases of rape survivors
 Define the problems to be worked on
 Formulate treatment plans
 Organize and direct the interdisciplinary team
 Conduct stress management
 Evaluate
 Terminate
 Ensure social reintegration

RA 7877
“Anti – Sexual Harassment Act of 1995“
(February 8, 1995)
- an act declaring sexual harassment
unlawful in the employment, education or
training environment, and for other purposes

WHERE CAN SEXUAL HARASSMENT BE COMMITTED?
Sexual harassment may take place:
1. in the premises of the workplace or office or of the school or training institution;
2. in any place where the parties were found, as a result of work or education or training
responsibilities or relations;
3. at work or education- or training-related social functions;
4. while on official business outside the office or school or training institution or during work or
school or training-related travel;
5. at official conferences, fora, symposia or training sessions; or
6. by telephone, cellular phone, fax machine or electronic mail.
WHEN IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTED IN THE EMPLOYMENT OR WORK-RELATED
ENVIRONMENT?
Work-related sexual harassment is committed when:
1. the submission to or rejection of the act or series of acts is used as basis for any employment
decision (including but not limited to, matters related to hiring, promotion, raises in salary, job
security, benefits and any other personnel action) affecting the applicant/employee; or
2. the act or series of acts have the purpose or effect of interfering with the complainant’s work
performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment; or
3. the act or series of acts might reasonably be expected to cause discrimination, insecurity,
discomfort, offense or humiliation to a complainant who may be a co-employee, applicant,
customer, or ward of the person complained of.

WHEN IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTED IN AN EDUCATION OR TRAINING
ENVIRONMENT?
Education or training related sexual harassment is committed when:
1. the submission to or rejection of the act or series of acts is used as a basis for any decision
affecting the complainant, including, but not limited to, the giving of a grade, the granting of honors
or a scholarship, the payment of a stipend or allowance, or the giving of any benefit, privilege or
consideration; or
2. the act or series of acts have the purpose or effect of interfering with the performance, or
creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive academic environment of the complainant; or
3. the act or series of acts might reasonably be expected to cause discrimination, insecurity,
discomfort, offense or humiliation to a complainant who may be a trainee, apprentice, intern, tutee
or ward of the person complained of.
WHEN IS A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL/EMPLOYEE LIABLE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
A government official or employee, regardless of sex, is liable for sexual harassment when
he/she:
1. directly participates in the execution of any act of sexual harassment as defined by the
Administrative Disciplinary Rules on Sexual Harassment Cases;
2. induces or directs another or others to commit sexual harassment as defined by these Rules;
3. cooperates in the commission of sexual harassment by another through an act without which the
sexual harassment would not have been accomplished; or
4. cooperates in the commission of sexual harassment by another through previous or
simultaneous acts

WHAT IF THE EMPLOYER OR HEAD OF OFFICE DID NOT
UNDERTAKE ANY ACTION DESPITE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT/S?
The employer or head of an office, educational or training institution will be
held liable for the damages arising from acts of sexual harassment if they are
informed by the offended party of the occurrence of such acts, yet no action
has been undertaken.
PENALTIES
Imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months,
or a fine of not less than Ten thousand pesos (P10,000) nor more than
Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000), or both such fine and imprisonment at
the discretion of the court. Any action arising from the violation of the
provisions of this Act shall prescribe in three (3) years

Worldwide Violence against Human
Dignity

CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION
- one gets into this either consciously or
unconsciously.
EFFECTS OF PROSTITUTION
 Age fast
 Susceptible to health hazards
 Easily contract venereal diseases
 Can transmit such diseases to their
victims

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208
“ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
ACT OF 2003”
AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION
AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:
(a) Trafficking in Persons - refers to the recruitment, transportation,
transfer or harboring, or receipt of persons with or without the victim’s
consent or knowledge, within or across national borders by means of
threat or use of force, or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud,
deception, abuse of power or of position, taking advantage of the
vulnerability of the person, or the giving or receiving of payments or
benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another
person for the purpose of exploitation which includes at a minimum, the
exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual
exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, servitude or the removal
or sale of organs

(c) Prostitution- refers to any act, transaction, scheme or design involving the
use of a person by another, for sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct in
exchange for money, profit or any other consideration.
(e) Sex Tourism- refers to a program organized by travel and tourism-related
establishments and individuals which consists of tourism packages or
activities, utilizing and offering escort and sexual services as enticement for
tourists. This includes sexual services and practices offered during rest and
recreation periods for members of the military.
(f) Sexual Exploitation- refers to participation by a person in prostitution
or the production of pornographic materials as a result of being subjected to a
threat, deception, coercion, abduction, force, abuse of authority, debt bondage,
fraud or through abuse of a victim’s vulnerability.
(h)Pornography - refers to any representation, through publication,
exhibition, cinematography, indecent shows, information technology, or by
whatever means, of a person engaged in real or simulated explicit sexual
activities or any representation of the sexual parts of a person for primarily
sexual purposes

SEC. 4. Acts of Trafficking in Persons - It shall be unlawful for any
person, natural or juridical, to commit any of the following acts:
(a) To recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, provide, or receive a person
by any means, including those done under the pretext of domestic or
overseas employment or training or apprenticeship, for the purpose of
prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery,
involuntary servitude or debt bondage;
(b) To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or
other consideration, for the purpose of acquiring,
buying, offering, selling or trading him/her to engage in prostitution,
pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary
servitude or debt bondage;

SEC. 10. Penalties and Sanctions.- The following penalties and sanctions are
hereby established for the offenses enumerated in this Act:
(a) Any person found guilty of committing any of the acts enumerated in
Section 4 shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of twenty (20) years and a
fine of not less than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) but not more than Two
million pesos (P2,000,000.00);
(b) Any person found guilty of committing any of the acts enumerated in
Section 5 shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of fifteen (15) years and a
fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) but not more
than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00);
(c) Any person found guilty of qualified trafficking under Section 6 shall
suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of not less than Two million
pesos (P2,000,000.00) but not more than Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00);
(d) Any person who violates Section 7 hereof shall suffer the penalty of
imprisonment of six (6) years and a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand
pesos (P500,000.00) but not more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00);

SEC. 23. Mandatory Services to Trafficked Persons. - To ensure
recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration into the mainstream of society,
concerned government agencies shall make available the following
services to trafficked persons:
(a) Emergency shelter or appropriate housing;
(b) Counseling;
(c) Free legal services which shall include information about the victims’
rights and the procedure for filing complaints, claiming compensation and
such other legal remedies available to them, in a language understood by
the trafficked person;
(d) Medical or psychological services;
(e) Livelihood and skills training;

WHAT TO DO TO AVOID TRAFFICKING?
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Ensure that the recruiter is legally registered at the
Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).
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Make sure that all documents necessary for
working abroad are legal. These documents include
the passport, visa, overseas contract and the salary.
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Secure relevant information from non-government
organizations (NGOs) about the country of destination.
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Inform one’s relatives, friends and NGOs about the
country of destination and the recruiter’s contact
details like address and telephone numbers to monitor
one’s situation abroad.
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Know your rights and stand up for them.

WHY DOES TRAFFICKING HAPPEN?
A study done in 2001 by Coalition Against Trafficking in
Women in Asia and the Pacific (CATW-AP) revealed the
following as the most common reasons for trafficking:
1. poverty
2. low educational attainment and the lack of information
on the recruitment process
3. sexual abuse
4. familial pressure
5. the need to earn
6. influenced by good tales and earning huge sums of
money overseas

HOW IS TRAFFICKING ACCOMPLISHED?
Trafficking is accomplished through bride trade, illegal
recruitment and/or sex tourism. This is often a clandestine
activity which makes it difficult for the authorities to find
out the perpetrators. Trafficking may happen in and out of
the country.
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Bride trade occurs when foreigners marry the victims
that they find or get acquainted to via regular mail,
magazines and the Internet.
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Illegal recruitment is the manner in which workers
were illegally sent abroad to work. Oftentimes, they
end up being prostituted.
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Sex tourism happens when foreign tourists are
encouraged to visit a country so that they may enjoy
the sexual services offered by sex workers

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
(CATW)
-is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that promotes women’s
human rights. Work internationally to combat sexual exploitation in
all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women and
children.
-the first global network organized on a cross
country level to combat trafficking,
prostitution, sex tourism, mail order
bride industries and the international sex industry. CATW is able
to bring both international and national attention to all forms of
sexual exploitation,
including sex trafficking, prostitution, pornography, sex tourism,
and marriage marketing.

PROSTITUTED WOMEN
 Rescue the victim
 Assist to the nearest safe shelter
 Conduct counselling
 Discuss what the plan of the women
 Tap with the resources
 Help the victim to file the case
 Provision of livelihood and Financial Assistance
 Referral to agency

Social Welfare and Development Technologies for Women:
1. Rape Crisis center - a project that test out the viability of
operationalizing a facility within the rpovince or city where
the victim/survivors of rape can avail of comprehensive
network of programs and services.
Client: Victims and survivors of rape
2. Care and Support Services for persons living with HIV/AIDS
and family or children - the rpoject is an intervention for the
prevention and management of the risks and related
problems of HIV infection. It is geared towards the education
and capacity buildings of the individuals, family and
community in limiting the impact of HIV/AIDS.
PILOT SITE: NCR, region III
CLIENT: Person’s living with HIV/AIDS andaffected children.

Natural disasters brought about by
earthquakes, drought, flashfloods, typhoons
and volcanic eruptions.
Armed conflicts and militarization
primarily indigenous communities in Northern
Luzon and Mindanao.

Solo Parents:
Unwed mothers
Widows
Abandoned
Separated
Wives of OFW’s
Wives of male prisoners
Wives of male patients with chronic
illness

An act providing for benefits and privileges to
solo parents and their children, appropriating funds
therefore and for other purposes.

DOES THE SOLO PARENT ACT APPLY TO THOSE
WHOSE SPOUSE IS ABROAD AND ON MILITARY
DUTIES?
- The law did not consider this as one of the categories of solo parent since the other
spouse still exercises duties over his family.
WHAT IS THE PACKAGE OF SERVICES FOR
SOLO PARENTS?
- The comprehensive package of programs or services for solo parents includes
livelihood, self-employment and skills development, employment-related benefits,
psychosocial, educational, health and housing services.

WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR SUPPORT?
- Any solo parent whose income in the place of domicile falls below the poverty threshold as
set by the NEDA and subject to the assessment of the DSWD worker in the area shall be
eligible for assistance. A solo parent can directly inquire from the following agencies to avail
of their services:
1. Health Services (DOH)
2. Educational Services (CHED, TESDA)
3. Housing (NHA)
4. Parental Leave (Employer, DOLE, CSC) Solo Parent whose income is above the poverty
threshold shall enjoy only such limited benefits as flexible work schedule, parental leave
and others to be determined by the DSWD.

WHAT IS PARENTAL LEAVE?
- Refers to leave benefits granted to a solo parent to enable said
parent to perform parental duties and responsibilities where
physical presence is required as provided under Civil Service
Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular No. 08 Series 2004.
Is paternal leave retroactive?
- No.

WHAT ARE THE SERVICES TO AVAIL
THE PACKAGE OF SERVICES?
- A solo parent shall apply for a SOLO PARENT IDENTIFICATION CARD
(SOLO PARENT ID) from the City/Municipal Social Welfare and
Development (C/MSWD) Office.
- Once the C/MSWD Office issues the solo parent ID, a solo parent can
apply for services she needs from the C/MSWD Office or to specific
agencies providing such assistance or services.

REQUIREMENTS IN SECURING A SOLO
PARENT ID:
1. Barangay Certificate residency in the area;
2. Documents or Evidence that the applicant is a solo parent; and
3. Income Tax Return (ITR) or certification from he barangay or municipal treasurer.
WHAT DOCUMEN/PROOF WILL A SOLO
PARENT PRESENT IF SHE HAS A CHILD
OR IS DE FACTO SEPARATED FROM
HUSBAND?
- A certificate issued by the Barangay Captain indicating the circumstances on one’s
being a solo parent.

IF A SOLO PARENT FILES THE
APPLICATION, CAN AN ID BE SECURED
RIGHT AWAY?
- No. The Social worker has to complete the assessment/evaluation of the solo
parent situation.
- The ID will be issued after 30 days from filling
- The validity of ID is one year and is renewable.
CAN A SOLO PARENT APPLY FOR
PARENTA LEAVE FOR ANY CHILD?
- Yes.

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR
GRANTING PARENTAL LEAVE TO SOLO
PARENTS?
The parental leave for seven (7) days shall be granted to any Solo
Parent employee subject to the following conditions:
1. The solo parent must have rendered government service for a
least one (1) year, whether continuous or broken, reckoned at
the time of effectively of the law on Sept. 22, 2002, regardless of
the employment status.
2. The parental leave shall be availed of every year and shall not
be convertible to cash. If not availed within the calendar year,
said privilege shall be forfeited within the same year.

3. The parental leave shall be availed of on a continuous or staggered basis,
subject to the approval of the Administrator. In this regard, the solo parent
shall submit the application for parental leave at least one (1) week prior to
availing the solo parent leave, exception emergency cases.
4. The solo parent employee may avail of parental leave under any of the following
circumstances:
a) Attend to personal milestones of a child
b) Perform parental obligations
c) Attend to medical social, spiritual and recreational needs of the child;
5. The head of agency/office concerned may determine whether granting of
parental leave is proper or may conduct the necessary investigation.

CAN A SOLO PARENT AVAIL OF THE
MATERNITY LEAVE?
- There is no provision in the law that there is a maternity leave for solo parents,
however, other laws can be applied.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE
TERMINATION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF A
SOLO PARENT?
- A change in the status or circumstances of the parent claiming benefits under this act,
such that she is no longer left alone with the responsibility of parenthood, shall
terminate her eligibility for benefits such as change in the status with marriage.

– A facility that provides psychosocial support to
bereaved mothers through programs and projects aimed
at helping them manage their grief and empower them to
reach out to other grieving mothers
Services Provided:
Social Services:
Grief counseling for mothers
Psychological Service
- Counseling and psychological evaluation to grieving
mothers who lost their children.

Community – based and residential care services to women to enable them to
resolve their rpoblem as well as prepare them for their eventual return to their
families and communities.
Client: women in crisis situations
Are Coverage: Nationwide

SOLO PARENTS
 Assist the family
 Tap to the resources
 Orientation of Rights, Benefits and Privileges of a solo
parent under the solo parent action
 Assess the Effectiveness of the Programs
 Monitor
 Follow-up

 Social Communication Skills Development
- enhancement of basic communication
skills of women to enable them to express
their thoughts, ideas and feelings.
 Maternal and Child Care
- provision of knowledge and skills
teaching of values or self-care of children
and family, nutrition education and
environmental sanitation.

Livelihood
- provision of opportunities to engage in productive
undertakings either through open and self-employment,
job referral, self-employment
assistance.
Self-enhancement
- provision of opportunities for empowerment of
women to discover their strengths and limitations,
and to develop and enrich their potential based on
their needs and aspirations.
Community Participation
- mobilization of women to create opportunities to
relate and interact with other women in the
community.

Counselling
- provision of opportunities for women and to resolve
their own problems of relationship by identifying
their strengths and weaknesses towards more
effective social functioning.
Substitute Home Care
- provision of temporary shelter or residential care or
group homes to women while working for their
eventual return to their families.

HAVEN
(Crisis Intervention Unit of DSWD)
–temporary care and shelter for
women in WEDC.

is a legal resource non-governmental
organization doing developmental legal work with
women, farmers, workers, the urban poor, the
indigenous people and the local communities.
Seeks to effect societal change by working
towards the empowerment of women, the basic
sectors, and local communities through the creative
use of the law and legal resources.

Kababaihan Laban sa
Karahasan
(KALAKASAN)

Is a private women’s organization that is
very much involved in counseling battered
housewives and help them find the right solutions
to their problem.
This group takes a closer look at domestic
violence against women in the Philippines while
helping to keep victims stay away for good from
their men who beat them.

WOMEN & CHILD
PROTECTION UNIT

Has a 24 hour quick response approach that
delivers a personalized and comprehensive health
care to survivors.
Has a collaboration with the child protection
unit and women’s desk of the Philippine General
Hospital of the University of the Philippines.

WOMEN’S &
CHILDREN’S DESK
(PNP)

This units are staffed mainly
by female police officers and
received complaints by victims–
survivors of crime committed
against women and children.

WOMEN’S CRISIS
CENTER (WCC)

A community based strategy of preparing
family members to protect themselves
against violence and manage peaceful
resolution of conflict within the context of
family relations.

–focus on issue of prostitution and
trafficking locally and internationally

–a non-profit organization to help
female survivors of violence.

– is a project to enhance support to the
Philippine government to eliminate all
forms of violence against women and girls.

–a non government organization that
provides psycho-social support and referrals
to female survivors of domestic and intimate-relationship
violence.

R.A 9262
“Anti–Violence Against Women
and Children Act of 2004”
an act defining violence against
women and their children, providing
for protective measures for victims,
prescribing penalties therefore, and for
other purposes.

R.A 7192
Women in Development and Nation
Building
(December 11, 1991)
- an act promoting the integration
of women as full and equal partners of
men in development an nation building
and for other purposes

RA 6725 (April 27,1989)
- an act strengthening the Prohibition on
Discrimination Against Women with Respect
to Terms and Conditions of Employment,
amending for the purpose Article 135 of the
Labor Code, as amended
RA 6949 (April 10, 1990)
- an act to declare march 8 of every year
as a working special holiday to be known as
National Women’s Day.

RA 7322 (March 30, 1992)
- an act increasing maternity benefits in favor of
women workers in the private sector amending for the
purposes section 14-A of Republic Act No.. 1161 as
amended and for other purposes
RA 7432 (April 23, 1992)
- an act to maximize the contribution of senior
citizens to nation building, grant benefits and special
privileges and for other purposes

RA 9208 (May 26, 2003)
- an act to institute policies to
eliminate trafficking in persons especially
women and children, establishing the
necessary institutional mechanisms for the
protection and support of trafficked
persons providing penalties for its
violations and for other purposes

RA 8353 (September 30, 1997)
- an act expanding the definition of the crime
rape, reclassifying the same as a crime against
persons amending for the purpose Act No. 3815 as
amended otherwise known as the revised penal code
and for other purposes

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