Philippine Commission on Women(PCW)

Dear Mx. Alegado, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 25, 2023 02:34:50 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for data on Reported VAWC incidents in the Philippines for the Last Quarter of 2022 1st Quarter of 202. Response to Request We are providing you with our available information on the Reported VAWC cases in the Philippines. The attached report was provided to us by the Philippine National Policy (PNP) and it covers FY 2022 and first quarter of 2023. As for your request for the top 5 or 10 provinces with highest VAWC incidence, we recommend that you directly contact the Philippine National Police, for it is the most appropriate office for your concern. As of now, PNP is the only source of data on the national incidence of violence against women and has a well-established reporting system through their Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS). This electronic system is fully operational in all police stations and community precincts in the country. You may reach them through the following contact information: PBGEN NICOLAS DELOSO TORRE III Director, Quezon City Police District Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City Contact Number: +632 723 0401 | +63995 564 4039 Email Address: [email protected] | [email protected] As an additional data source, you may also wish to check the webpage of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), specifically the Annual Statistical Fact Sheets on Women and Men in the Philippines. The said fact sheets also contain VAW data and are proactively disclosed by the PSA through their webpage: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf. We wish to get your feedback on how we handled your eFOI request. Please help us understand the quality of our services by taking a few minutes to respond to our client satisfaction survey which you can access through this link: https://bit.ly/GADIRSandFOIClientFeedbackSurvey. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chaves, Executive Director ([email protected]). Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011) Thank you. Respectfully, Honey Castro FOI Receiving Officer