G&S Lesson 9

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: SURVIVOR, VICTIM, PERPETRATORS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

 
REPUBLIC ACT 8353 O ANTI-RAPE LAW OF 1997
- Maaring mapawalang-sala ang ginahasa kapag pinakasalan nito ang biktima(Article
226-C)
 
Gender-based Violenced
- one of the most wide-spread and human right abuses recognized in the world
- refers to any harm perpetrated against a person's will on the bases of gender,the
socially ascribed differences between males and females
- has nervous stating consequences not only for victims but also to society as a
whole
 
example
- psychological violence
- physical violence
-force-marriages
-sexual violence
-domestic violence
-female -genital cut
-force abortion
-sexual harassment
 
Results in physical, sexual, psychological harm both to men and women and includes
any form of violence and abuse that targets men or women on the basis of their sex.
 
Philippines
- gbv clearly been placed in the realm of women's human rights over the past decade
- prior to 1993, most governments regarded violence against women largely as a
private matter between individuals
 
GBV experience by women and girls refers to battering and other form of intimate
partner violen including
-marital rape
-sexual violence
-dowry-related violence
-female internal violence
-female infaticide
- sexual in the household ( women and children)
-home crimes
-early and force marriage
-female genital cutting
-other traditional practices that are harmful to women
- sexual harassment (workplace, educational institutions)
-commercial sexual exploitation
-trafficking(girls and women)
-violence perpetrated against domestic workers.(USAID 2009)
 
 
CONSEQUENCES OF GBV
- include serious immense and long-term impacts on the sexual, physical, and
psychological health of all survivors
 
Health consequences
-unwanter pregnancies
-complication from unsafe abortions
- sexually transmitted infections (HIV)
-injuries
- mental health
- psychological effects ( depression, anxiety, traumatic stress, suicide and death)
 
Violence
- also affects children's survival, development, and school participation.
 
Sexual Violence
- remains highly stigmatized all settings, they might be classified into rape,
child sexual abuse and intimate partner abuse.
 
Domestic Violence
-(intimate partner abuse)
- an aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of
spouse or partner.
 
SURVIVOR, VICTIM, AND PERPETRATOR
 
Survivor
- preffered term ( not victim)is a person who has lived through an incident of gbv
 
Perpetrator
- a person, group, or institution that inflicts, support, condones violence or
other abuse against a person or group of person.
 
Characteristics
-persons with real or perceived power
- persons in decision-msking positions
- persons in authority
 
ALWAYS REMEMBER
- word used to communicate a message to the people who are listening
- gbv( survivor- perpetrator)
- all actions in prevention must address potential survivors and potential
perpetrators. Also all actions in response need to address both the survivor and
the perpetrator.
 
HUMAN RIGHTS
- universal, unalienable, interconnected and interdependent
- everyone is entitled to all rights, and freedom without distinction, to any kind,
such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national
or social origin, property, birth, or other status.
-Prevention of and response to gbv is directly linked to the protection of human
rights
 
Acts of GBV violate a number of  human rights principles enshrined in international
human right instruments and in our Philippine Constitution.
 
This inclue the ff. among others
- right to life, liberty, and property of persons
- right to highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- right to freedom from torture or cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment or
punishment
- right to freedom of opinion and expression and to education (UNFPA2014)