Domestic Violence: What It Is and How It Happens

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DOME S TIC VIOLENCE


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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• A PATTERN OF ABUSIVE AND THREATENING BEHAVIORS

• VIOLENT OR AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE HOME,TYPICALLY INVOLVING THE VIOLENT ABUSE OF A SPOUSE

OR PARTNER

• PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, ECONOMIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE

• INTIMIDATION, ISOLATION AND COERCION


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WHAT IS ABUSE?

ABUSE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN

BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS STRESSED-OUT, DRINKING, ORUSING DRUGS. ABUSE IS AN INTENTIONAL ACT THAT ONE

PERSON USES IN A RELATIONSHIP TO CONTROL THE

OTHER. ABUSERS HAVE LEARNED TO ABUSE SO THAT THEY

CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT.


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WHO ARE THE VICTIMS?

• OFTEN WOMEN

• ARE POOR AND HAVE LIMITED SUPPORT

• FEELS POWERLESS TO STOP VIOLENCE

• ECONOMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY DEPENDENT ON THE

ABUSER

• PUT UP WITH ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR

• HAVE UNREALISTIC BELIEF THAT HE OR SHE CAN CHANGE

THE ABUSER


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WHO ARE THE ABUSERS?

• OFTEN MEN

• SOMETIMES WOMEN

• OFTEN HAVE LOW ESTEEM

• DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS

• MAY BLAME THE VICTIM FOR CAUSING THE VIOLENCE


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PHYSICAL


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EMOTIONAL


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ECONOMIC


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SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVERELATIONSHIP

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our /&r$!r?

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or our r)!'% or &0)( $o %!!?

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SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVERELATIONSHIP

Your P&r$!r*% V)o(!$ B!"&+)or or T"r!&$% Your P&r$!r*% Co$ro(()# B!"&+)or

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Do!% our /&r$!r

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"ur$ ou, or $"r!&$! $o "ur$ or 7)(( ou? 1o$ro( 3"!r! ou #o or 3"&$ ou 'o?

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7!!/ ou ro0 %!!)# our r)!'% or

&0)(?

$"r!&$! $o 1o00)$ %u)1)'! ) ou (!&+!? ()0)$ our &11!%% $o 0o!, $"! /"o!, or

$"! 1&r?

or1! ou $o "&+! %!5? ()0)$ our &11!%% $o 0o!, $"! /"o!, or

$"! 1&r?

'!%$ro our 4!(o#)#%? 1o%$&$( 1"!17 u/ o ou?


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CYCLE OF VIOLENCE


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CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

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TACTICS TO MANIPULATE


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A MAN ABUSES HIS PARTNER. AFTER HE HITS HER, HE EXPERIENCES

SELF-DIRECTED GUILT. HE SAYS, 9I:M SORRY FOR HURTING YOU.9 WHAT

HE DOES NOT SAY IS, 9BECAUSE I MIGHT GET CAUGHT.9 HE THENRATIONALI;ES HIS BEHAVIOR BY SAYING THAT HIS PARTNER IS

HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH SOMEONE. HE TELLS HER 9IF YOU WEREN:T

SUCH A WORTHLESS WHORE I WOULDN:T HAVE TO HIT YOU.9 HE THEN

ACTS CONTRITE, REASSURING HER THAT HE WILL NOT HURT HER AGAIN. HE THEN FANTASI;ES AND REFLECTS ON PAST ABUSE AND HOW

HE WILL HURT HER AGAIN. HE PLANS ON TELLING HER TO GO TO THE

STORE TO GET SOME GROCERIES. WHAT HE WITHHOLDS FROM HER IS

THAT SHE HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THE SHOPPING.

WHEN SHE IS HELD UP IN TRAFFIC AND IS A FEW MINUTES LATE, HEFEELS COMPLETELY 8USTIFIED IN ASSAULTING HER BECAUSE 9YOU:RE

HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE STORE CLERK.9 HE HAS 8UST SET HER UP.

SOURCE MID-VALLEY WOMEN:S CRISIS SERVICE


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. IF NECESSARY, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. HAVE IN8URIESDOCUMENTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED.

. GO TO A SAFE PLACE SUCH AS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SHELTER.


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@. SEEK THE SUPPORT OF CARING PEOPLE. TELL SOMEONE YOUTRUST ABOUT THE ABUSE. TALK TO THEM IN A PRIVATE, SAFE

PLACE.

. HAVE A SAFETY PLAN. IF YOUR PARTNER IS ABUSIVE, HAVE APLAN TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN IN CASE YOU

NEED TO LEAVE UICKLY. IF YOU ARE ABUSIVE, BE HONEST WITH

YOURSELF, THINK OF THE CONSEUENCES, AND GET HELP.

. FILE FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER THAT WILL TELL YOUR ABUSERTO STAY AWAY.


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ACTIV ISM


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ACTIVISM


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ACTIVISM


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ACTIVISM


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ACTIVISM


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STATISTICS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST

FILIPINO WOMEN

• > NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY

NDHS BY THE NSO

• 9WOMEN SAFETY MODULE9

• CAPTURE THE EXTENT AND TYPES OF VAW

• PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

• SEXUAL VIOLENCE

• EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE

• ECONOMIC VIOLENCE


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PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

• < OUT OF WOMEN AGED


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SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE DURING

PREGNANCY

• < IN > WOMEN AGE


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SPOUSAL VIOLENCE

• EMOTIONAL AND OTHER FORM OF NON-PERSONAL VIOLENCE MOST COMMON

> OF EVER MARRIED WOMEN

• < IN J EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

• SEXUAL VIOLENCE

• < IN WOMEN REPORTED HAVING PHYSICAL IN8URIES CUTS,, BRUISES, OR

ACHES

• MORE THAN


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• PHYSICAL IN8URY IS THE SECOND MOST PREVALENT CASE ACROSSTHE TEN-YEAR PERIOD, ACCOUNTING FOR < AT , REPORTEDCASES.

• THE DECREASE CAN BE PARTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE ENACTMENT INTO

LAW OF RA >> OR ANTI-VAWC ACT OF >@ WHICH PENALI;ES

ABUSIVE HUSBANDS AND LIVE-IN PARTNERS.


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•REPORTED RAPE CASES WHICH RANKED THIRD

ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT . PERCENT OF TOTAL

REPORTED VAW CASES FROM >@ TO >@ TO

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• AMONG THE DIFFERENT REGIONS, REGION WESTERN VISAYAS

POSTED THE HIGHEST REPORTED VAW CASES FROM 8ANUARY TO

DECEMBER >. PERCENT OF THE TOTAL REPORTED VAW CASES NATIONWIDE.

•REGION


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ORGANI;ATIONS


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GABRIELA

• GENERAL ASSEMBLY BINDING WOMEN FOR REFORMS, INTEGRITY,

EUALITY, LEADERSHIP, AND ACTION

• METRO MANILA, CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, AND MINDANAO

SUB-REGIONAL CHAPTERS IN NEGROS, PANAY AND SAMAR, AND

PROVINCIAL CHAPTERS IN BICOL AND CEBU.

• AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO PREVENT THE TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND

GIRLS FROM THE PHILIPPINES. ITS STRATEGIES CONSIST OF SEMINARS

AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TO NGOS AND GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL


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• DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

• BATHALUMAN CRISIS CENTER FOUNDATION, INC. BCCF

• DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE:S FOUNDATION DPF

•WOMEN CRISIS CENTER WCC

• PHILIPPINES GENERAL HOSPITAL

•HARNESSING SELF-RELIANT INITIATIVES AND KNOWLEDGE HASIK WOMEN:S LEGAL BUREAU

• LIHOK PILIPINA FOUNDATION

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