1. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
RA 9262- ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN ACT OF
2004
By:
WILMA A. GERONIMO
PASA Student
J U N E 2 8 , 2 0 1 4

2. OUTLINE
Purpose
Definition of Terms
Punishable Acts
Protection Orders
Legal Remedies

3. PURPOSE
These Rules and Regulations are hereby
promulgated to prescribe the guidelines and
procedures for the implementation of Republic
Act No. 9262 in order to ensure that women and
their children have effective access to justice
and to services and programs and shall serve
as the minimum guidelines and standards for
service providers including government officials
and personnel of national government agencies
and local government units.

4. DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Act- refers to the Republic Act No. 9262, otherwise known as the “Anti-
Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004”;
2. Council- refers to the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women
and Their Children (IAC-VAWC) created under Section 39 of the Act;
3. Violence Against Women and Their Children
(VAWC)-

5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Philippine National Police
National Capital Region Police Office
Police Investigators Assigned in the
Women and Children Protection Desk
Community
The Researcher
Other Researcher

6. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Promote
Equity and
Equality
EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT
ASSISTANCE ON
WOMEN AND
CHILDREN’S
WELFARE AND
RIGHTS
Encourage
gender-
sensitivity and
equal
opportunities
Maintains the high
morale, prestige,
and dignity of
Filipino woman of
today and welfare
of children

7. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Gender and Development
programs, projects and
activities of the Women and
Children Protection Desk
with respect to the
following:
•Organizational sensitivity
•Placement
•Advocacy/Training
•Accomplishment
Capability of the WCPD in
the Implementation of the
GAD in the Empowerment
of Women and Children’s
Right in terms of:
•Personnel Strength
•Financial Support
•Logistical Support
•Information and
Communication
Constraints Encountered
Action Plan
Proposed
Recommendations to
Address the Problem
Evaluation of the
Respondents
through:
•Questionnaire
Checklist
•Documentary
Analysis
•Interview
•Statistical
Treatment of Data
Proposed
Gender and
Development
Action Plan for
Women and
Children’s
Protection
Desk in the
National
Capital Region

8. RESEARCH DESIGN
Descriptive method of research in order to
determine the capability of the Women and
Children Protection Desk in the
empowerment of women and children in the
National Capital Region.

9. RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY
Women and Children Protection Desk
Personnel
DSWD Staff
Local Government Units

10. INSTRUMENTS
Survey questionnaire
Pre-Test
Interview Guide
Documentary Analysis

11. PROBLEMS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
P R O B L E M S F I N D I N G S C O N C L U S I O N
1. What are the
major Gender
Development
program of the
Women and
Children
Protection with
respect to the
following:
a. Organizational
Sensitivity
b. Placement
c.
Advocacy/Trainin
g
d.Accomplishme
nt
1. The WCPD in the five police districts in
the National Capital Region needs to be
more participative in organization-based
programs particularly in the adoption of
gender mainstreaming, formulation of GAD
plan and budget, and establishment,
maintenance and upgrading of facilities of
Women’s Desk .
The WCPD personnel must observed equal
opportunities by filling up vacant positions,
and in attending trainings, seminars,
exhibitions or expositions abroad.
The WCPD personnel need to raise the
awareness about the different laws for the
protection of women and children against
domestic violence cases and abuses,
continuously capacitate handling WEDC
and need to attend some health issues and
problems which to some extent, hampers
the performance of their duties and
responsibilities.
1. The programs, projects
and activities of WCPD
should be implemented to
promote the equality
between men and women
in the distribution of
benefits and to address
the gaps in knowledge,
skills, and attitudes of key
personnel on gender
mainstreaming. It is
important that in most
areas of life, there are
significant disparities
between men and women.
In order to address the
disparities, the WCPD
have to uphold positive
actions to promote the
interest of women.

12. PROBLEMS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
P R O B L E M S F I N D I N G S C O N C L U S I O N
2 What is the
capacity of the
WCPD to implement
the gender and
development plan
considering the
following:
2.1 Personnel
Strength
2.2 Financial
Support
2.3 Logistical
Support
2.4 Information and
Communication
3. Capability of the gender
awareness development program
of the WCPD for the
empowerment of women and
Children in the NCR:
a. Personnel Strength obtained a
WM of 3.61 equivalent to capable
b. Financial Support obtained a WM
of 3.39 equivalent to moderately
capable
c. Logistical Support obtained a WM
of 3.36 equivalent to moderately
capable
d. Information and Communication
obtained a WM of 4.20 equivalent
to highly capable
An overall Grand Mean of 3.64
with a verbal interpretation of
2. The Women and
Children Protection
Desk was regarded
capable although in
some manner
connotes that certain
issues pertaining to
their responsiveness
in dealing with
women and children
cases in the National
Capital Region

13. PROBLEMS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
P R O B L E M S F I N D I N G S C O N C L U S I O N
3. What are the
constraints of the
Women and
Children’s Protection
Desk in the
implementation of the
Gender and
Development for the
empowerment of
women and children
in the National
Capital Region?
3. As to the constraints
encountered by the WCPD in the
implementation of the gender and
development for the
empowerment of women and
children in the National Capital
Region, an overall Average
Weighted Mean rating of 4.27
adjectively described as Agree as
perceived by the WCPD
personnel, DSWD staff and Local
Government Units in Pasig City
3. That certain
problems encountered
by the Women and
Children Protection
Desk in the
empowerment of
women and children in
the National Capital
Region particularly in
the lack of information
dissemination.

14. PROBLEMS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION
P R O B L E M S F I N D I N G S C O N C L U S I O N
4. What gender and
development action
plan can be
recommended to
enhance the
performance of the
Women and
Children’s Protection
Desk?
4. The proposed gender
awareness development program
will enhance the Women and
Children Protection Desk in the
empowerment of women children
in the National Capital Region.
4. Formulation of a
gender awareness
development program
that will strengthen the
performance of the
WCPD in the
empowerment of
women and children in
the NCR.

15. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The need to strengthened efforts of the law
enforcement agency to address violence committed
against women and children in keeping with the
fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the
Constitution and the Provisions of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the convention on the
Elimination of all forms of discrimination Against
Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child and
other international human rights instruments.
2. The need to provide more human resources and
financial/logistical support to effectively enhance
the WCPD in the empowerment of women and
children in the National Capital Region.

16. 3. The Higher Headquarters shall sustained education and training of
officers and personnel assigned at the Women and Children Protection
desk to abide with the law in dealing with women and children human
rights in order to eliminate violence not only in the National Capital
Region but throughout the country.
4. The need to establish information campaign on the nature, cause,
incidence and consequences of violence against women towards
educating the public on its social impact.
5. In the light of the findings and conclusion of the study, the
researcher strongly recommends the adoption of the proposed gender
awareness development program to enhance the WCPD in the
empowerment of women and children in the National Capital Region in
the campaign against violence among women and children.
RECOMMENDATIONS

17. WILMA A. GERONIMO
MAPSS STUDENT