Violence against Women and their Children
Republic act 9262. "Anti- Violence against Women and their Children act 2004". it is hereby declared that state values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect of human rights. the state also recognize the need to protect the family and its member particularly women and children from violence and threat their personal safety and security. "Violence against and their Children" refers to any act or a series of act committed by any person against woman who is his life former wife a against with whom the person has/had a sexual or dating relationship or with whom he has a common child or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate within/without the family abode which results in or his likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering or economic abuse including threats such as acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:
A. "Physical Violence" refers to acts that include bodily or physical harm;
B. "Sexual violence" refers to an act which is sexual in nature, committed against a woman or her child. It includes, but is not limited to:
a) Rape, sexual harassment, acts of lasciviousness, treating a woman or her child as a sex object, making demeaning and sexually suggestive remarks, physically attacking the sexual parts of the victim's body, forcing her/him to watch obscene publications and indecent shows or forcing the woman or her child to do indecent acts and/or make films thereof, forcing the wife and mistress/lover to live in the conjugal home or sleep together in the same room with the abuser;
b) Acts causing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in any sexual activity by force, threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of physical or other harm or coercion;
c) Prostituting the woman or child.
C. "Psychological violence" refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the victim such as but not limited to intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property, public ridicule or humiliation, repeated verbal abuse and marital infidelity. It includes causing or allowing the victim to witness the physical, sexual or psychological abuse of a member of the family to which the victim belongs, or to witness pornography in any form or to witness abusive injury to pets or to unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to custody and/or visitation of common children.
D. "Economic abuse" refers to acts that make or attempt to make a woman financially dependent which includes, but is not limited to the following:
1. Withdrawal of financial support or preventing the victim from engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or activity, except in cases wherein the other spouse/partner objects on valid, serious and moral grounds as defined in Article 73 of the Family Code;
2. Deprivation or threat of deprivation of financial resources and the right to the use and enjoyment of the conjugal, community or property owned in common;
3. Destroying household property;
4. Controlling the victims' own money or properties or solely controlling the conjugal money or properties.
PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG
The main purpose of this blog is to give information about "Violence against Women and Children" and pursuing them to file case if they experience this kind of cases. being aware the law that will protect and help the victim "Violence against Women and Children".
Who may file the protection order:
- Parent or guardian
- grandparents
- children and grand children
- relatives ( aunts, uncle, cousin in law )
- Local official and DSWD social workers
- police
- lawyer
- councilors
- therapist
- healthcare provider ( nurses, doctor, barangay health worker )
The following are the organization who protect the rights of women and Children:
What is the CEDAW?
Known as the International Bill of Rights of Women, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women is the only human rights treaty which affirms the reproductive rights of women and targets culture and tradition as influential forces shaping gender roles and family relations. It affirms women's rights to acquire, change or retain their nationality and the nationality of their children.
CEDAW was adopted by the United Nations in 1979 and took effect on September 3, 1981. As of February 2015, it has 188 State Parties that agreed to implement the provisions of the treaty most importantly taking appropriate measures against all forms of discrimination and exploitation of women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
The Convention defines discrimination against women as "any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field.
GABRIELA Women's Party
GABRIELA National Alliance of Women is a grassroots-based alliance of more than 200 organizations, institutions, desks and programs of women all over the Philippines seeking to wage a struggle for the liberation of all oppressed Filipino women and the rest of our people. We organize women especially from the sectors of farmers, workers, urban poor and students. While we vigorously campaign on women-specific issues such as women’s rights, gender discrimination, violence against women and women’s health and reproductive rights, GABRIELA is also at the forefront of national and international economic and political issues that affects women. At the same time, GABRIELA provides actual direct services for marginalized women through its National Office, provincial and regional centers and member institutions.
Advocacy proper
This blog was created to persuade the the netizen and people who are actively using the social media, this will be away of opening the awareness of people who are encounter this kind of cases. the government should made an actions that will prevent the cases of abusing the women and their children. there's a lot of organization who are willing to help the victims of violence that against their right as a human.
References
https://gabrielaphilippines.wordpress.com/about/
https://www.google.com.ph/search?
http://pcw.gov.ph/law/republic-act-9262
http://pcw.gov.ph/international-commitments/cedaw
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