November 18, 2022
Dear Mx. Lingan,
Thank you for your request dated Nov 17, 2022 02:46:51 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for Statistics of Violence Against Women Cases.
Response to Request
We are providing you with available information on the total number of VAWC cases per region in the Philippines, which is from 2018 until 2021 only, as provided by the Philippine National Police. Kindly see the attachment in this reply for the file we have received from the mentioned agency.
However, while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance PCW does not have the information you have requested under requests 2 to 3. You may refer to the Philippine National Police for the list of cities with the highest to lowest case of VAW, and to the Department of Social Worker and Development for the site selection criteria for residential care facilities. You may reach them through the following contact information.
Department of Social Welfare and Development
DSWD Building, Constitution Hills, Batasan Complex, Quezon City, PH 1126
Contact Number: (632) 931-8101 to 07
Email Address:
[email protected]
Website: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/
PBGEN Arcadio A. Jamora, Jr.
Acting Chief, PNP Women and Children Protection Center
Ground Floor, SIDD Building, PNPTS Compound, Camp Crame, Quezon City
Contact Number: +632 723 0401 | +63995 564 4039
Email Address:
[email protected] |
[email protected]
In the Philippines, Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 penalizes domestic violence against women and their children. The law covers physical, psychological, sexual, and economic abuses committed by intimate partners.
As of now, PNP is the only source of data on national incidence of violence against women having 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.
Please ensure proper citation, and you may also email the PNP Women and Children Protection Center at
[email protected] and
[email protected] for further assistance on data and analysis concerns.
As an additional data source, please also check the webpage of the Philippine Statistics Authority where the Annual Statistical Fact Sheets on Women and Men in the Philippines, which among others, contain VAW data, has been proactively disclosed: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf.
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).
Respectfully,
Jescel Aquino
FOI Receiving Officer
