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     … Aklan mellowed the alarming increase in reported abused cases in women in the region?

(posted March 10,2011)
 
The Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office No. 6, through its Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD), reported a total of 3,709 cases of violence against women in Western Visayas for 2010, an increase of 61.61% from its 2009 level. This translates to an average of 10 abuse cases committed everyday. This alarming statistics on abuses in women was managed to be mellowed by the Province of Aklan by slowing down its cases by 38% in 2010. Except for Aklan, all the other provinces including the two highly urbanized cities in the region had increased cases at a rate ranging from a low of 34.24% to a high of 225.25% in 2010.

 Among provinces with high incidence of abuse cases in women, the Province and City of Iloilo had the most alarming increase with 225.25% and 141.77%, respectively in 2010. This is followed by Guimaras (57.35%), Bacolod City (54.25%), and Capiz (48.84%), in that order. Antique had the least alarming rate of increase with 34.24%.

Comparing the two highly urbanized cities, the rate of increase of abuse cases in women in Iloilo City (141.77%) more than doubled the rate of increase in Bacolod City (54.25%).
 

Reported Abused Cases Against Women by Province: 2009 & 2010

Region/Province/City

 Reported Cases

Percent Change

Solved Cases
2009 2010 2009 2010

Region VI

 2,295 3,709 61.61 1,286 1,500

    Aklan

250

 155 (38.00) 136 46

    Antique

184

247

 34.24 147 75

    Capiz

43

64

 48.84 31 6

    Guimaras

68

107

 57.35 46 56

    Iloilo

198

644

 225.25 125 447

    Negros Occ.

718

929

 29.39 336 434

        Bacolod City

518

799

 54.25 331 179

        Iloilo City

316

764

 141.77 134 257

Source:   Regional Women and Children Protection Desk
Philippine National Police

In terms of case resolution, out of the 3,709 abuse cases against women  in the region, less than one-half  (40.44%) or 1,500 cases were solved in 2010.  Iloilo had the highest percentage of cases solved with 69.41% (447 cases) and Capiz, the least cases solved with only 9.38% or 6 cases.
Meanwhile, 179 out of 799 cases (22.4%) of the abuse cases against women in Bacolod City and 257 out of 764 cases (33.64%) in Iloilo City were solved in 2010. As to type of cases, violation of RA 9262 (Anti-violence Against Women and their Children Act) accounted for 70.53 percent or 2,616  cases of the total violence against women cases in 2010. The top ten cases include physical injuries (10.25%); acts of lasciviousness (4.18%); threat (3.53%); rape (2.80%); unjust vexation (1.86%); oral defamation (1.83%); maltreatment (1.32%); attempted rape (0.84%); and alarm and  scandal (0.70%).

  
Top 10 Cases of Violence Against Women by Type, WV: 2010

No.

Violation of RA9262

2,616

Physical injuries

 380

Acts of Lasciviousness

155

Threat

 131

Rape

 104

Unjust Vexation

 69

Oral defamation

 68
Maltreatment 49

Attempted Rape

 31

Alarm & Scandal

 26
Source: Regional Women and Children Protection Desk
               Philippine National Police

Violations of RA9262, Western Visayas by Province & HUC: 2010
Source: Regional Women and Children Protection Desk
              Philippine National Police		 In  the entirety of six provinces and two highly urbanized cities, Bacolod City had the most number of violation cases of RA9262 with 27.83% (728 cases), followed by Negros Occidental with 24.20% (633 cases); Iloilo City, 18.08% (473 cases); Iloilo, 17.47% (457 cases); Aklan, 4.85% (127 cases); Antique, 3.86% (101 cases); Guimaras, 2.33% (61 cases); and Capiz with only 1.38% (36 cases).

Violence against women is defined as an act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. It encompasses all forms of violation of women's rights, including threats and reprisals, exploitation, harassment, and other forms of control.

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