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Are you guilty of perpetuating rape culture? Here's what you can change

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 06:30 PM

As discourse on victim blaming and rape recently dominated social media pages, sociology and human rights experts have called on the public to begin changing behaviors that perpetuate rape culture.    Read more »

Xander Ford, ikinulong matapos ireklamo ng pananakit ng ex-girlfriend

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 07:17 PM

Sinampahan noon ng reklamong pananakit at attempted rape si Xander.  Read more »

Commission on women notes underreporting of abuse cases due to fear, pandemic restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 02:40 PM

While the numbers are significantly lower compared to last year however, Balmes said this may be also because victims may be scared of reporting cases.  Read more »

Age of sexual consent in PH compared to rest of Southeast Asia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 10:56 PM

In the Philippines, it is legal for an adult to have sex with a 12-year-old if he claims that the child agreed to it. A bill raising the age of sexual consent in the country from 12 to 16 is pending in Congress. Read more »

‘Form of violence:’ CHR tells Duterte, officials ‘sexist, misogynistic remarks' are never right

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 06:16 PM

Misogynistic remarks are “never right,” the CHR said, not when the nation is reeling from a national emergency and not during the month when the country is observing 18 days of activism on violence against women.   Read more »

Public ridicule, verbal abuse laban kababaihan, maaaring parusahan sa ilalim ng batas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 08:21 AM

Kabilang ang public ridicule at verbal abuse laban sa kababaihan at mga bata sa maaaring parusahan kung mapatutunayang nagdulot ito ng psychological violence, ayon sa isang abogado. Read more »

Act of leaving wife for mistress could be psychological violence under VAWC, says SC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 04:27 PM

The Supreme Court declared that the husband's act of leaving his wife to live with his mistress is a form of psychological violence under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, as it caused emotional and mental anguish. Read more »

Pangangaliwa, maituturing na 'psychological violence' - Korte Suprema

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 07:58 PM

MAYNILA (UPDATE) - Maituturing na psychological violence laban sa kababaihan ang pagkakaroon ng kabit ng mister, ayon sa ruling na kinatigan ng Supreme Court. Read more »

Lucban police draw flak for 'victim-blaming' advice vs harassment; PNP sets probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 08:57 PM

MANILA - The local police station in Lucban town in Quezon province has drawn controversy for telling women to stop wearing skimpy clothes to protect themselves from sexual harassment - safety advice that netizens called a form of victim-blaming. Read more »

PHOTO STORY: COVID-19 can be fatal, so can gender-based violence

Text and photos by Bernice Beltran, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 07:29 AM

If her neighbors did not hear her calls for help on the night of March 15, Amy was certain that it would have been the end of her life. It was perhaps the only time when authorities took her seriously, and her abusive partner was finally sent to jail.   Read more »

Thousands of cases of violence against women, children recorded during lockdown: Duterte report

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 02:01 PM

Thousands of cases of violence against women and children were recorded by the police since the start of lockdowns in the country in March, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his June 8 report to Congress. Read more »

A nose up on violence

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 05:07 PM

Filipino women joined the world in celebrating International Women's Day to highlight issues affecting females. Read more »

Construction worker tiklo sa pambubugbog, pagpatay sa misis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 05:17 AM

ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE – Arestado ang isang 34 anyos na construction worker matapos mapatay sa pambubogbog umano ang kanyang misis Huwebes ng gabi sa Barangay Ilaya, Dapitan City. Read more »

House OKs bill protecting women, children from online abuse, harassment

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 12:53 PM

The House of Representatives has taken a progressive stance to protect women and children from cyber abuse by passing on third reading on Thursday House Bill 5869 or the Expanded Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children (E-VAWC) Act.  Read more »

In New Year message, Pope decries violence against women

Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 06:21 PM

Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year, denounced on Wednesday the use and abuse of women in modern society, and called for an end to the exploitation of the female body. Read more »

Cases of violence against women in PH decreasing, but more still unreported: group

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 03:29 PM

The number of violence against women cases in the country dropped to 18,685 in 2018 from 25,805 cases in 2017 and 32,073 cases in 2016, according to the Philippine Commission on Women, citing police data.   Read more »

House panel approves bill protecting women, children vs 'electronic violence'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 10:28 PM

Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas said the proposed inclusion of electronic violence is designed to protect women and children and penalize violators of the law who manipulate and take advantage of technology.  Read more »

Thousands rally worldwide against abuse of women

Jessica Lopez and Stuart Williams, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 01:07 AM

Demonstrators on Monday gathered in countries as diverse as Guatemala, Russia, Sudan and Turkey, where riot police in Istanbul blocked the path of roughly 2,000 protesters before firing tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse them. Read more »

UN special rapporteur calls on PH govt to protect Filipina women in politics

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 07:58 PM

BANGKOK, Thailand – The United Nations special rapporteur on ending violence against women is calling on the Philippine government to protect Filipina women in politics against verbal attacks coming from high-level politicians.   Read more »

Thousands rally worldwide against abuse of women

Jessica Lopez and Stuart Williams, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 02:27 PM

Roughly 87,000 women and girls were murdered across the world in 2017, according to the United Nations. Read more »