Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Rape of Children
Research studies conducted in schools show that for every 3
Filipino children, one child experiences abuse. During the
first semester of 1999 alone, there were 2,393 children who
fell prey to rape, attempted rape,incest, acts of
lasciviousness and prostitution.
GOVERNMENT
ACTIONS
PNP and DSWD
The PNP and DSWD both maintained help desks to assist
victims of violence against women and to encourage the
reporting of crimes. With the assistance of NGOs, officers
received gender sensitivity training to deal with victims of
sexual crimes and domestic violence. Approximately seven
to eight percent of PNP officers were women. The PNP has a
Women and Children's Unit to deal with these issues.
NON-GOVERNMENT
ACTION
NGOs
The womens group GABRIELA provides counseling for
battered women, rape victims and other victims of violence
against women. TheBathaluman Crisis Centre Foundation
helps victims of rape and incest. The Support Group
Volunteers provide assistance, and psychological
interventions may also be initiated at the centre. Where
appropriate, cases are referred to other agencies for more
specialist assistance. The Women's Crisis Centre (WCC)
provides temporary shelter, medical assistance and advocacy,
legal assistance and advocacy, and stress management, it has
two particularly innovative components - Feminist
Counselling, and a Survivors Support Group to rape victims.