VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Violence against women, also referred to as VAW, is any act that inflicts pain to women, may it be physically, emotionally,
psychologically or mentally.

TIMELINE OF PATRIARCHY IN THE PHILIPPINES

PRE-COLONIAL ERA SPANISH ERA AMERICAN ERA JAPANESE ERA

WOMEN WERE NOT INTRODUCTION OF WOMEN WERE GIVEN MORE FILIPINAS TURNED
TREATED AS SERVANTS PATRIARCHY AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND COMFORT WOMEN
BUT AS COMPANIONS WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
GENDER ROLES TO ACCESS TO EDUCATION
SERVED AS THE IN GUERILLAS AGAINST
FILIPINOS ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN
COMMUNITY'S PRIESTESS THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
FORCES

WHO ARE MAKING ITS PREVALENCE POSSIBLE?

WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ISSUE TODAY?
CURRENT CONTEXT AND STATUS
INSTITUTIONAL ELEMENTS AND ACTORS AT PLAY

The LGBT community have also

been subjected to this gender-
based discrimination

In numbers and statistics... Religion: Families: Government:

Church's influence in Continue to be
JANUARY-
DECEMBER 2014 2016 gender roles
Father as
2013
(e.g. Adam and Eve) the head above the law
48,210 21, 468
25,430

ACTS OF PHYSICAL SEXUAL

RAPE CASES
LASCIVIOUSNESS INJURY HARASSMENT
2013: 1,259
2013: 1,035 2013: 3,564 2013: 196
2014: 2,010 2014: 1,871 2014: 103
2015: 1,058 2014: 7,727
2015: 2,126 2015: 91
2016: 922 2015: 922
2016: 992 2016: 53
2016: 172
Filipino society: Educational
Media:
There is an increase in the reported cases each Justification Institutions:
year but this could also be seen as a positive
Objectification
of unacceptable Shape children's
factor because it shows that more victims are of women
behavior of men minds
starting to speak up and seek justice

WHY SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED?

Laws and movements POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES TO THE LARGER PUBLIC

REPUBLIC ACT NO.

LAWMAKERS VOTED
197-0-0 TO APPROVE
GENDER IMBALANCE IN LABOR MARKET
CONTINUATION AND WORSENING OF
9262 ENTITLED THE HOUSE BILL (HB) NO.
ANTI-VIOLENCE 6769, WHICH SEEKS
AGAINST WOMEN TO AMEND ARTICLE
AND THEIR CHILDREN
ACT OF 2004
133 OF THE LABOR
CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
PATRIARCHY FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS

DIFFERENT CASES
HOUSE BILL NO. 4982: THAT HAVE BEEN
SEXUAL ORIENTATION PUBLICIZED TO
GENDER IDENTITY AND SPREAD AWARENESS
EXPRESSION LAW ON VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN BIGGER QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED

WILL WE ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BY

CHANGING THE PATRIARCHAL ORIENTATION OF THE
SOCIETY, OR WILL WE STOP PATRIARCHY BY
WHY IS IT A PROBLEM? ERADICATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
SUBSTANTIVE CONCERNS

IF THE ISSUE IS NOT BROUGHT MORE ATTENTION, THE

MARGINALIZED WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER
BY SAYING THAT PATRIARCHY ENABLES VIOLENCE
THE CITIZENS FEEL UNPROTECTED BY EXISTING LAWS
AGAINST WOMEN, HOW CAN WE MOVE TOWARDS A
VAW POSE CLEAR LOSSES FOR THE WHOLE
POPULATION SOCIETY FREE FROM THE CONCEPT OF PATRIARCHY?