Crimes vs women, children decrease in NegOr
by R.Nessia
Dumaguete City (29 June 2005) -- The Provincial Women's and Children's Desk at the Provincial Police Office noted a decrease in the number of cases on violence against women and children reported in the province this year.
Data collated from police stations provincewide show that a total of 37 cases on violence against women (VAW) and 36 cases of crimes against children have been recorded from January to March this year.
PO2 Maricris Sacristan said the number of reported cases decreased vis-Ã -vis last year's records which show a total of 188 VAW cases and 88 on crimes against children reported during the same period last year.
However, there has been a slight increase in the number of cases reported in Dumaguete City, according to City Police Office's Women's and Children's Desk Officer Josefa Lacandula.
Cases filed under RA 9262 or the Violence Against Women and Children Act have also increased this year.
As of May this year, a total of 57 cases each on VAW and crimes against children have been reported, said Sacristan.
Total cases last year numbered to 280 on crimes against children and 521 on VAW.
Reported VAW cases involve rape, attempted rape, acts of lasciviousness, wife battery and parricide while for crimes against children - rape, incestuous rape, acts of lasciviousness, child trafficking and physical injury.
There are currently three rehabilitation centers for abused women and children here, namely, La Casa Esperanza, Bahay Mo Bahay Ko and Friendship Home, says Senior Social Worker Jeanette Villarubia of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office.
Villarubia said the centers provide temporary shelter for women and children who are either victims of physical abuse, in need of special protection, emotionally disturbed or in crisis situations.
City Social Welfare and Development Officer Marina Mendoza explained that women and children, whose lives are at risk and need to be stay away from home, particularly if their perpetrators are still at large, are also given shelter at La Casa.
Some 18 children are currently staying at La Casa Esperanza, which is being run by Kauban Foundation and supported by the city government.
Rehabilitation efforts for perpetrators of domestic violence are also underway as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started its community-based rehabilitation program focusing on the improvement of domestic violence perpetrators as individuals with emphasis on anger management and self-control.
However, Mendoza said this is not yet being implemented in Dumaguete City. "We have not yet been trained, and this needs special skills because perpetrators are also people with problems," she said. (PIA)
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