Analysis and Evaluation of Violence against Women and their Children Incident Report: Data Exploration

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the current situation of the Violence Against Women in the province of Laguna in which it determines the level of awareness in Anti Violence Against Women and Children Law, Right and Protection, Kinds of Violence, and Acts of Violence, and the perception of unreported violence, preferences of reporting VAWC cases. Despite massive campaigns, the story of violence against women and children, the study hopes to learn if the unending violence against women and children is still rooted in a lack of awareness of the law and information about VAW. To assess the collected responses, descriptive statistics and Kruskal Wallis were utilized.  Convenient sampling was applied with a total of 356 respondents. The majority of the respondents were Single with a total of 280 and ages ranging to 16-45 years old. It turns out that most of them are high school graduates which are 44.94% of whole respondents and are currently enrolled as college students. Moreover, that the level of awareness is Very Aware in terms of Anti Violence Against Women and Children Law, Rights and Protection, Kinds of Violence, and Acts of Violence it gained 3.90, 3.99, and 3.58 respectively. Furthermore, 70.5% of the respondents are not reporting the VAWC cases because of embarrassment and they are afraid to be blamed and lack of ability to make the decision for themselves and societal judgment. This study helps the PNP and Barangay Women’s Desk, and other related government agencies to formulate better programs, activities, and policies to reach and be informed on the violence against women that lead to increased awareness and information to all women and children.