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    VAWC or The Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004

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    The VAWC or Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262) is a Philippine law passed to protect women and children from various acts of violence occurring both inside and outside the home. The law protects against sexual, physical, psychological, and economic abuse. Sexual violence under the law includes rape and sexual harassment. Physical violence includes causing or threatening bodily harm. Psychological violence refers to acts that result in mental or emotional suffering, such as intimidation. Economic abuse involves making a woman financially dependent through actions such as controlling her finances. The VAWC also outlines the rights of victims, such as the right to be treated with dignity and access free legal assistance.

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    The VAWC or Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262) is a Philippine law passed to protect women and children from various acts of violence occurring both inside and outside the home. The law protects against sexual, physical, psychological, and economic abuse. Sexual violence under the law includes rape and sexual harassment. Physical violence includes causing or threatening bodily harm. Psychological violence refers to acts that result in mental or emotional suffering, such as intimidation. Economic abuse involves making a woman financially dependent through actions such as controlling her finances. The VAWC also outlines the rights of victims, such as the right to be treated with dignity and access free legal assistance.

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    The VAWC or Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262) is a Philippine law passed to protect women and children from various acts of violence occurring both inside and outside the home. The law protects against sexual, physical, psychological, and economic abuse. Sexual violence under the law includes rape and sexual harassment. Physical violence includes causing or threatening bodily harm. Psychological violence refers to acts that result in mental or emotional suffering, such as intimidation. Economic abuse involves making a woman financially dependent through actions such as controlling her finances. The VAWC also outlines the rights of victims, such as the right to be treated with dignity and access free legal assistance.

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    VAWC or The Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004

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    The VAWC or Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262) is a Philippine law passed to protect women and children from various acts of violence occurring both inside and outside the home. The law protects against sexual, physical, psychological, and economic abuse. Sexual violence under the law includes rape and sexual harassment. Physical violence includes causing or threatening bodily harm. Psychological violence refers to acts that result in mental or emotional suffering, such as intimidation. Economic abuse involves making a woman financially dependent through actions such as controlling her finances. The VAWC also outlines the rights of victims, such as the right to be treated with dignity and access free legal assistance.

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    VAWC or the Anti-Violence

    Against Women and Their


    Children Act of 2004
    Rosemarie M. Alvaro
    T-I
    What is VAWC?
     VAWC or the Anti-Violence Against Women and
    Their Children Act of 2004, is a law passed to protect
    women and children from violence. Also known as
    RA 9262, the law is in keeping with the provisions on
    human rights enshrined in the Philippine Constitution.
    The law protects women and children against various acts of
    violence, whether taking place in or out of the home. These acts
    generally fall under the following categories:

    • Sexual violence
    • Physical violence
    • Psychological violence
    • Economic abuse
    Sexual Violence

    • Rape
    • Sexual harassment
    • Acts of lasciviousness
    • Demeaning or sexually suggestive remarks
    • Physical attack of a woman’s or child’s sexual parts
    • Forcing the victim to watch obscene shows and publications
    • Filming sexual acts without the victim’s consent
    • Forcing the wife and a mistress or lover to live in the same house or sleep together
    in the same room
    • Forcing or attempting to cause the victim to engage in a sexual act through the
    threat of violence or harm
    • Prostituting the victim
    Physical violence

     Physical violence against a woman or child includes acts that result in or threaten
    bodily harm. These include:
    • Causing physical harm to the victim
    • Threatening and/or attempting to cause physical harm to the victim
    • Placing the victim in imminent physical harm
    • Using force, or the threat of force and physical harm to:
    • Force the victim to engage in acts that the victim has the right to desist from
    • Prevent the victim from doing acts they have the right to engage in
    • Restrict the victim’s freedom of movement
    Psychological violence
     Psychological violence is defined as acts or omissions that result in or are likely to result in mental
    and emotional suffering on the part of the victim. These acts include, but are not limited to:
    • Intimidation
    • Harassment
    • Stalking
    • Damage to property
    • Public ridicule or humiliation
    • Mental infidelity
    • Repeated verbal abuse
    • Forcing or allowing the victim to witness the abuse on a member of a family
    • Unlawful deprivation of the right to custody or visitation of the victim’s children
    Economic abuse
     Economic abuse includes acts that make a woman financially dependent, including but
    not limited to:
    • Withdrawal of financial support
    • Preventing the victim from engaging in a legal profession
    • Depriving the woman of financial resources and the use and enjoyment of the conjugal
    home
    • Controlling the woman’s finances or the conjugal properties and money
    The VAWC lists down the rights of the victim,
    including:
    • Be treated with dignity and respect
    • Confidentiality
    • Free public legal assistance
    • Paid leave of absence
    • Be informed of the rights and services they are entitled to, including protection orders
    • Mandatory services that include:
    • Temporary shelter
    • Psycho-social services
    • Recovery/rehabilitation programs
    • Livelihood assistance
    • Medical assistance
    • Counseling
    Thank you for
    listening!

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