VAWC

Question 1

RA 9262

Answer 1

Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Law

Question 2

Refers to any act or series of acts committed by a person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or with whom the person has or had sexual or dating relationships, or with whom he has a common child, or

Question 3

Refers to any act or series of acts committed by a person against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or with whom the person has or had sexual or dating relationships, or with whom he has a common child, or

Answer 3

RA 9262

Question 4

Who are protected

Answer 4

Wife, ex-wife
A woman with whom the offender has/had a sexual dating relationship; or
A woman with whom the offender has a common child
Children of abused women

Question 5

Who are liable

Answer 5

Husbands, ex-husbands
Boyfriends, or ex-boyfriends
Father of the woman’s child
Live-in partner or ex-partner
Lesbian girlfriends/partners or ex-partners
Any person with whom the woman has/had a sexual or dating relationship

Question 6

ABUSES IN POLICE TERMS & WCPC PERSPECTIVE

Answer 6

Physical
Psychological
Sexual
Economic

Question 7

maltreatment, physical injuries, homicide, murder, parricide and other effects of Physical violence such as deformities and impairments & incapacities, loss of life

Answer 7

Physical Abuse

Question 8

Threats with use of guns, bladed/ blunt instruments or harm against victims, unjust vexation, oral defamation, libel, slander, marital infidelity, abandonment, withdrawal of support, withholding privileges, other acts of controlling.

Answer 8

Psychological Abuse

Question 9

Stalking, controlling to engage in legitimate activities where she has rights to engage, coercion, illegal detention, cruelty to the woman’s pets or destruction of her cared plants

Answer 9

Psychological Abuse

Question 10

Rape, sexual assault, acts of lasciviousness, unjust vexation, sexual harassment and other forms of intimidation, sexual victimization of children in different forms

Answer 10

Sexual Abuse

Question 11

Non-support, neglect, abandonment, controlling to engage in legitimate work, withholding of funds for basic needs.

Answer 11

Economic Abuse

Question 12

Kinds of Protection Order

Answer 12

Barangay Protection Order
Temporary Protection Order
Permanent Protection Order

Question 13

• Issued by Punong Barangay
• Effective for 15 days only

Answer 13

Barangay Protection Order

Question 14

• Issued by the Court on the day of the filing of the complaint.
  
  • Priority over all other cases
  • Effective for 30 days; extendible

Answer 14

Temporary Protection Order

Question 15

• Issued after notice of hearing of the case
• Priority over all other proceedings such as election cases, habeas corpus, cases of children.

Answer 15

Permanent Protection Order

Question 16

Any citizen having personal knowledge of the circumstances of the offense may file a case.
Consent of the victim not required for filing of the case.

Answer 16

Public Crime

Question 17

For any person, private individual, police authority, barangay officials acting in accordance with law, who; responds or intervenes without using violence or restraint greater than necessary to ensure the safety of the victim.

Answer 17

NO CRIMINAL CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY

Question 18

Rights of the Victim

Answer 18

Right to be treated with respect and dignity
Legal assistance from PAO or DOJ
Support Services from DSWD and LGU
To be informed of their rights and services available including rights to avail for Protection Order

Question 19

Penalties for Failure to Report

Answer 19

liable for a fine not exceeding P10,000.00 or civil, criminal or administrative liability.

Question 20

Barangay officials, law enforcers, prosecutors and court personnel shall not disclose the names and personal circumstances of the victim-survivors or complainant or any information tending to establish their identities to the media or the public or compromise her identity.

Answer 20

Closed-door investigation

Question 21

VIOLATION OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY MANDATE

Answer 21

ONE (1) YEAR IMPRISONMENT
PLUS A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN P500,000.00