United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson reaffirmed the US commitment to help the Philippines combat violence against women and children (VAWC.) Carlson addressed women leaders and activists at the #RightsforAll: Rights for Equality forum held at the Ateneo Law School in Makati...
Did you know that Republic Act No. 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 does not cover physical violence alone? According to the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), RA 9262 covers several acts of violence, among of which are sexual violence, psychological...
“If we really want to stop violence against women and children (VAWC), it starts with us.” Pasig City Mayor Vico said this during his State of the Children Address on Monday, Nov. 28, culminating the celebration of National Children’s Month. Addressing an audience of adults and children at...
Groups of men and women including ambassadors of some European embassies to the Philipines, non-government organizations (NGOs) and advocacy group members, all donning orange shirts, cycled around Intramuros, Manila on Friday morning, Nov. 25, to kickoff the 18-day violence against women (VAW)...
Cases of violence against women and children in the country went up in the past seven months, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Thursday, Aug. 4. Based on the data from the Philippine National Police IPNP), a total of 6,383 violence against women cases were...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is undertaking close coordination to strengthen the Barangay Councils for the Protection of Children (BCPC) in the face of the reported increasing incidence of child abuse and violence against women. At the same time, the Baguio...
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and its Women Sectoral Council signed a partnership program with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) as it aims to implement a Multi-stakeholders Conference on Gender and Development and assess the implementation of the anti-Violence against Women...
The government's 911 national emergency has opened its hotline for complaints and calls for assistance of cases relating not only to violence against women and children but also to other gender-based violence, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Thursday, Dec....
