Presentation by CEOP Director Ms. Victa during the women's month celebration in MVGFC 2024

1. Ma. Victoria R. Victa, RSW
CEOP Officer
Change Begins With Us
CONFRONTING VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND CHILDREN

2. Session Outline
Session 1: Understanding the Issue
• Overview of violence against women and
children: definitions, types and prevalence.
• Impact on individuals, families and
communities: physical, psychological, social
and economic consequences.
• Societal and cultural factors
contributing to violence.

3. Session 2: Recognizing Signs and Providing Support
• Identifying signs of abuse in women and
children.
• How to approach and support someone
who may be experiencing violence.
• Legal and psychological support
services: What they are and how to
access them.
Session Outline

4. Session 3: Intervention and Prevention Strategies
• Effective intervention strategies: from
bystander intervention to professional support.
• Prevention strategies: education, community
engagement and policy advocacy.
• Role of institutions and organizations in
preventing violence and supporting victims.
Session Outline

5. Session 4: Awareness to Action
• Personal action plans: how individuals can
contribute to change.
• Institutional action: policies and practices that
MVGFC and other organizations can adopt to
prevent violence and support victims.
• Interactive Workshops and Breakout Sessions
Session Outline

6. Session 5: Sharing of stories by survivors
(with a focus on empowerment and
recovery).
Session Outline

7. Little Innocent Boy
Little Innocent boy
Sat upon a chair
And then he began to cry
Uha! Uha!
Little innocent boy

8. DEFINITION OF
VIOLENCE
• Behavior involving physical force intended to
hurt, damage, or kill someone or something
(underline physical force, hurt, damage, kill)
• Strength of emotion or an unpleasant or
destructive natural force (underline
unpleasant, destructive)
• The unlawful exercise of physical force or
intimidation by the exhibition of such force

11. Republic
Act
9262
DEFINITION
OF TERMS.-
AS USED IN
THIS ACT,
Section 3
(a) "Violence against women and their
children" refers to any act or a series of
acts committed by any person against a
woman who is his wife, former wife, or
against a woman with whom the person has
or had a sexual or dating relationship, or
with whom he has a common child, or
against her child whether legitimate or
illegitimate, within or without the family
abode, which result in or is likely to result in
physical, sexual, psychological harm or
suffering, or economic abuse including
threats of such acts, battery, assault,
coercion, harassment or arbitrary
deprivation of liberty. It includes, but is not
limited to, the following acts:

12. Acts
of Violence
Sexual Violence Psychological Violence Economic Abuse
Physical Violence

13. AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR
CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR
PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR
VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES, THEREFORE AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Anti Violence
Against Women and
Their Children Act
of 2004
Republic Act 9262

14. Prevalence of VAWC in the Philippines
2022 National Demographic & Health Survey or NDHS
conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority
17.5 % of Filipino women aged 15 -49 have experienced any form
of physical, sexual and emotional violence from their intimate
partners
As of 2021, there were reported cases of:
Physical violence – 8,399
Rape – 1,791
Acts of lasciviousness - 1,505

15. 2020 SWS &
POPCOM SURVEY
Out of this data, only 11% or one in 10 would seek help
from the police or authorities, 49% said they would
seek help from their family while 10% said they would
go to support centers.

16. According to the Philippine
Commission on Women, in
2022, the number of cases of
violence against women and
their children reported in the
Philippines reached about
7.42 gradually declining in
the past 7 years

17. Tension
Building
Violent episode
of acute
battering
incident
Loving contrition or
honeymoon or remorseful
phase
Walker
Cycle
THEORY OF
VIOLENCE

18. • Physical effects
• Psychological effects- Battered Women
Syndrome associated with Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder – this has been recognized
in judicial proceedings as a valid ground
for self defense ( Ex. People of the
Philippines vs Marivic Genosa)
Impact of VAWC
On the individual

19. • Physical
• Psychological
• Emotional
• Financial
Impact of VAWC
Family

20. • Community
• Strikes the personhood of women
• Limits human development
• Further drains the country’s financial
resources
• An issue of governance
Impact of VAWC

21. VAW is closely linked with the unequal power
relation between women and men or “
gender-based violence”.
Societal norms & traditions dictate the dominant
roles in society as providers, pursuers and leaders.
The offender is also a victim of violence either
experienced or witnessed at home especially when
he/she was still a child and most often are
products of broken families.
Causes
OF VAW

22. Reasons
VICTIMS
REMAIN IN
RELATIONSHIP
why
• Victim blaming – the practice of
holding victims partly or entirely
responsible or at fault for the
the perpetrator’s crime of
violence
• Societal pressure to keep the
family intact
• Belief that children are better
off with 2 parents than one
• Valid fear that the woman might
be more unsafe if she attempts
to leave

23. VAWC IS A
PUBLIC CRIME
Under Rule III of the Implementing
Rules & Regulation of RA 9262 is
considered a public offense. Anyone
with personal knowledge of the
circumstances involving the
commission of the crime can report it
to authorities and file a complaint.
The government is then obligated to
investigate and prosecute the
perpetrator.

24. Where
to seek HELP?
Barangay VAWC Desk
LGU’s

25. Protection
Order
It is an order issued under this
act for the purpose of preventing
further acts of violence against
women or her child and granting
other relief as may be needed.

26. Various Kinds of
Protection
Order
Barangay Protection Orders (BPO)
refer to the protection order issued by the Punong
Barangay ordering the perpetrator to desist from
committing acts under Section 5(a) and (b) of R.A.
9262. BPO shall be effective for 15 days.

27. Temporary Protection Orders (TPO)
refers to the protection order issued by the court on the date of the
filing of the application after ex parte determination that such
order should be issued. The court may grant in a TPO any, some or
all of the reliefs mentioned in R.A. 9262 and shall be effective for
thirty (30) days. The court shall order the immediate personal
service of the TPO on the respondent by the court itself who may
obtain the assistance of law enforcement agents for the service.
Various Kinds of
Protection
Order

28. Permanent Protection Order (PPO)
refers to the protection order issued by the court after
notice and hearing. The court shall not deny the issuance of
protection order on the basis of the lapse of time between
the act of violence and the filing of the application. PPO
shall be effective until revoked by the court upon
application of the person in whose favor it was issued.
Various Kinds of
Protection
Order

29. Who may file a protection order ?
• The offended party
• The parents or guardians of the offended party
• The ascendants, descendants or collateral relatives within
the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity
• Officers or social workers of the DSWD or social workers of
local government units (LGUs)
• Police officers, preferably those in charge of women and
children’s desks
• Punong Barangay or Barangay Kagawad
• Lawyer, counselor, therapist or healthcare provider of the
petitioner
• At least two (2) concerned responsible citizens of the city or
municipality where the violence against women and their
children was committed
A petition for Protection Order may be filed by the following:

30. Mediation or Conciliation of acts of
violence against women and children
are not allowed under this law Sec 33,
RA 9262 amended sections 410-413 of
the Local Government Code. The
barangay officials, police or social
workers should not attempt to
mediate or influence the woman to
give up her legal action or
application for a BPO, TPO or PPO.

31. Section 39
MANDATORY SERVICES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR
VAWC VICTIM-SURVIVORS
The following programs, benefits and appropriate services shall
be available to victim-survivors and their children in order to
facilitate their healing, recovery and social reintegration:
The DSWD and the LGU shall:
a) Provide emergency shelter, psycho-social
counseling and other rehabilitation services to
victim-survivors of VAWC;
b) Ensure that service providers in
institutions/centers for women and children
are gender sensitive and uphold the rights of
women and children;

32. c) Make available relevant skill training and other
livelihood development services to
victim-survivors of violence against women;
d) Ensure the successful social reintegration and
after-care of victim-survivors and their children;
and
Section 39
MANDATORY SERVICES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR
VAWC VICTIM-SURVIVORS
The following programs, benefits and appropriate services shall
be available to victim-survivors and their children in order to
facilitate their healing, recovery and social reintegration:
The DSWD and the LGU shall:

33. e) Continue to develop relevant programs and
strategies to ensure protection, healing, recovery
and social reintegration and address emerging
needs and concerns of victim survivors of
violence.
Section 39
MANDATORY SERVICES AND ENTITLEMENTS FOR
VAWC VICTIM-SURVIVORS
The following programs, benefits and appropriate services shall
be available to victim-survivors and their children in order to
facilitate their healing, recovery and social reintegration:
The DSWD and the LGU shall:

34. Section40
Mandatory Programs and
Services for Victims - The DSWD
and LGU shall provide the
victims temporary shelters,
provide counseling,
psycho-social services and/or
recovery, rehabilitation
programs and livelihood
assistance.
The DOH shall provide medical
assistance to victims.

35. Counseling and Treatment of
Offenders - The DSWD shall
provide rehabilitative
counseling and treatment to
perpetrators towards learning
constructive ways of coping
with anger and emotional
outbursts and reforming their
ways. When necessary, the
offender shall be ordered by the
Court to submit to psychiatric
treatment or confinement.
Section 41

36. Persons Intervening Exempt from
Liability. In every case of VAWC as
herein defined, any person,
private individual or police
authority or barangay official
who, acting in accordance with
law, responds or intervenes
without using violence or
restraint greater than necessary
to ensure the safety of the
victim-survivor, shall not be liable
for any criminal, civil or
administrative liability resulting
therefrom.
Section43

37. Workers of NGOs , POs,
church, civic and other
groups, be they Filipino
citizens or foreigners, fall
under “any person”, are free
from any criminal or civil
liability when acting in
accordance with law in
responding to a call for help
or when assisting the
victim-survivor.
Section43

38. • Education
• Advocacy
• Counseling
• Support groups
• Networks & Linkages
• Referrals
• Media campaigns
Strategies and Tools
IN PREVENTING VAWC

39. Garden of Eden

40. John 3:16
For God so loved the world
that He gave His one and
only Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not
perish but have eternal life.

41. THANK
YOU