VAWC-FACTS

Women ages 15 to 49 

• 1 in 5 Filipino women has experiences physical violence since age 15 
• 6% have experienced sexual violence
• One-fourth of ever-married women experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence from their husbands
• Only 30% of women sought assistance after being physically or sexually abused 4% experienced violence while pregnant
• 1 in every 10 women is frequently accused by their husbands of being unfaithful
• 2 in every 3 ever-married women got abused by their alcoholic husband
• 8% of ever-married women experienced domestic violence within the first 2 years of marriage

The Philippine National Police reported that rape ranked 3rd among all VAW cases from 2004-2012

Source: 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey

Girls under 18

• 3,168 girls experiences abuse
• 131 of them were babies under 12 months
• 1,149 girls were abandoned and neglected
• 1,157 girls were sexually abused.
• 448 cases involved incest
• Many other cases go unreported.

Source: Number of child abuse handled by DSWS in 2014