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Blanco, RCrim
“There is no sufficient gunpowder in the world that can
justify attacks against the liberty of the individual,
against the sanctity of the home, against the laws,
against peace and honor.”
- Jose Rizal-
Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children Act
RA 9262
What you need to know about RA
9262 (Anti-VAWC)
Definition of VAWC
Victims
Offenders
Protection Orders
Battered Woman Syndrome
Prescription of VAWC offenses
Roles of the Police and Barangay
IAC-VAWC
Domestic Violence: Mga Nakagisnang Paniniwala
HONEYMOON VIOLENT
PHASE OUTBURST
PURSUIT REMORSE
PHASE PHASE
What is “violence against women and their
children”?
wife; or
former wife; or
a woman with whom the offender has or had a sexual or
dating relationship; or
a woman with whom the offender has a common child; or
the woman’s child, whether legitimate or illegitimate;
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 the woman or her child to watch obscene publications and
indecent shows;
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;
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;
prostituting the woman or her child
How is “psychological violence” committed?
intimidation;
harassment;
stalking;
damage to property;
public ridicule or humiliation;
repeated verbal abuse;
marital infidelity;
causing or allowing the victim to witness the physical, sexual or
psychological abuse of a member of the family to which the
victim belongs;
causing or allowing the victim to witness pornography in any
form;
causing or allowing the victim to witness abusive injury to pets;
unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to custody and/or
visitation of common children.
How is “economic abuse” committed?
Green jokes
Hoots, whistles and leers
Posting of explicitly sexual materials
Constant requests/demands for dates
“Hipo”
Sexual assault
Rape
Others which create a hostile environment, cause
annoyance, uneasiness and embarrassment
The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
of 1995
Penalizes the crime of sexual harassment occurring
ONLY in the employment, educational and training
environment in the public and private sectors.
The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
of 1995
Employers, head of offices or educational
institutions are required to prevent acts of sexual
harassment by providing rules and regulations for
the investigation of cases as well as administrative
sanctions.
The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
of 1995