CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Respect other people’s rights and protect women and children who are vulnerable to abuses.” This is the appeal of Fernando Gubalane, regional prosecutor and chairperson of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) in Central Visayas, to the public. Gubalane made the appeal after the culmination of IACAT’s 18-Day Campaign to End […]
CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Respect other people’s rights and protect women and children who are vulnerable to abuses.”
Gubalane cited data about violence against women in the Philippines from the National Demographic Health Survey in 2017 and released by the Philippine Statistics Authority . Aside from this, women are afraid to report to authorities, especially if they experienced violence and abuses from their own husband or partner.
Lilibeth Cabiara, focal person on women of the Department of Social Welfare and Development -7, says the department is helping at least 600 women and kids who had been victims of abuse. | Futch Anthony Inso Cabiara said that these women and children would have to undergo several interventions and family assessments before they would be returned to the community.Meanwhile, Gubalane said that the IACAT’s 18 day campaign to end violence against women aimed to protect women by giving them knowledge about their rights.
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