Philippine Commission on Women(PCW)

June 27, 2022 Dear EMY INDIA, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 19, 2022 09:47:25 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for the following: 1. Number of Reported cases of VAWC and other forms of Gender-based Violence for the year 2021 2. Comparative statistics from 2016-2021. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We are sending you the data on the number of reported cases of VAWC and other forms of Gender-based Violence for the year 2021 as well as the comparative statistics from 2016-2021, as provided by the Philippine National Police. Kindly see attached file in this reply for the file we have acquired from the mentioned agency. In the Philippines, Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 penalizes domestic violence against women and their children. The law covers physical, psychological, sexual, and economic abuses committed by intimate partners. As of now, PNP is the only source of data on national incidence of violence against women having a well established reporting system through their Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS). This electronic system is fully operational in all police stations and community precincts in the country. Please ensure proper citation and you may also email the PNP Women and Children Protection Center at [email protected] and [email protected] for further assistance on data and analysis concerns. As an additional data source, please also check the webpage of the Philippine Statistics Authority where the Annual Statistical Fact Sheets on Women and Men in the Philippines, which among others, contain VAW data, has been proactively disclosed: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chaves/Executive Director/[email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Cecile Gutierrez FOI Decision Maker