R.A.

9262
Anti-Violence Against Women
and Children (AVAWC)

LGOOV Karen Dacurawat

 Ang ANAK nung babae (legitimate o
illegitimate)

bukod sa tunay nyang anak, kasama rin ang mga

batang nasa pangangalaga nung babae

“Child”- below 18 years old, or kung higit pa, pero

di kayang alagaan ang kanilang sarili
 Sino ang pwedeng managot?

1. LALAKI (present/former husband, BF, live-

in partner);

2. Lesbian partner(former/present)
• Ano ang kaparusahan o penalties? (Sec. 6) :
1.Kulong:
->minimum of arresto mayor (i.e. 31
araw)
2. Multa:
->P100K-P300K; and
3. Mandatory psychological counseling or
psychiatric treatment
Ano ang maaring hingin mula sa lokal na pamahalaan?

Sa ilalim ng RA 9262 (2004), dapat magbigay ang lokal na

pamahalaan ng mga sumusunod:

1.    Pansamantalang tirahan;

2.    Pagpapayo at mga serbisyong psycho-social;
3.    Programa tungo sa pagpapagaling at
pagpapanibagong-buhay; at
4.    Tulong pangkabuhayan

Dapat ding magbigay ng mga ganito ang Department of

Social Work and Development (DSWD). Magbibigay naman
ng medikal na tulong sa biktima ang Department of Health
(DOH).
 Ano ang Protection Order?
 Temporary Relief; different from
filing a case

 Can file Protection Order but

may not pursue the case
• Barangay Protection Orders (BPOs).–

Limitado sa-
(a) physical harm at
(b) pagbabanta nito

• Dapat din nating tandaan na saklaw ng RA 9262 ang

iba pang uri ng karahasan – sekswal, sikolohikal, at
pang-ekonomiya o pinansyal. Bagamat labas ang
mga ito sa bisa ng BPO, may tungkulin ang mga
opisyal ng barangay na tumulong sa biktima ng
anumang uri ng karahasan, pisikal man o hindi.
 Kailangan bang sabihan o dinggin ang respondent o taong
gumawa ng karahasan bago mag-isyu ng BPO?
Hindi. Ang BPO ay maaaring igawad ex parte, o base lamang sa
reklamo ng aplikante.
Ano ang tamang anyo at porma ng aplikasyon para sa BPO?
Ang aplikasyon para sa BPO ay dapat:
1.  nakasulat;
2.  may lagda ng aplikante;
3.  nasa wikang nauunawaan ng aplikante;
4.  pinatunayan ng punong barangay o kagawad na may jurisdiction sa aplikasyon;
Dapat isaad sa BPO ang mga sumusunod:
1.    ang huling alam na tirahan ng akusado o respondent;
2.    petsa at oras ng pag-isyu;
3.    mga hinihiling na proteksyon.
Sa paghanda ng aplikasyon, maaring tumulong ang sinuman, kasama na ang mga
opisyal ng barangay.  Sa katunayan, tungkulin ng mga opisyal ng barangay na
tulungan ang aplikante sa pagbuo ng aplikasyon.
Kailangan ba ng medical certificate bago ma-
isyu ang BPO?

NO.
May bayad ba ang BPO?

Wala. Libre ito.

Sino dapat umaksyon at mag-isyu ng BPO?

General rule: Punong Barang
 Paano kung wala si PB para aksyunan ang
BPO application?

o Available Barangay Kagawad

o Pero dapat may attestation ni Barangay
Kagawad na si Kap ay di available nung oras
ng pag-isyu ng BPO.
• Kelan dapat iisyu ang BPO?

– same day ng application, pagkatapos na

pagkatapos ng ex parte proceedings ( di na
kailangan na padalhan ng notice ang
respondent o mag-hearing pa).
Pwede bang mag award ng pinansyal na
suporta sa BPO?

HINDI.
• Pwede pa ba mag apply ng TPO or PPO sa
korte kung naisyuhan na ng BPO o kung
pending pa ang BPO application?

– OO. Pero kung nauna nang nag-isyu na ang

korte ng TPO, di na pwede ang BPO.
Paano kung ayaw tanggapin ang BPO?

o deemed served pag iniwan ang kopya ng

BPO sa nasabing address sa harap o
presence ng at least two (2) witnesses.

o TANDAAN: Mag issue ng

CERTIFICATION kung paano na-serve
ang BPO!
• Saan pwede ipatupad ang BPO?

o Within the barangay na nag-isyu ng BPO.

(2) ireport ang insidente at irefer ang victim-
survivor sa –

(a) Local Social Welfare and Development

Office of the LGU; at
(b) Women and Children’s Protection Desk sa
pinakamalapit na Police Station sa loob ng
apat (4) na oras
 Paano kung nilabag ang BPO?

"VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS

PUNISHABLE BY LAW."
 Paglabag sa BPO:

• Saan ipa-file?
– sa municipal trial court, metropolitan trial
court, or municipal circuit trial court na may
territorial jurisdiction sa barangay na nag-
isyu ng BPO.
 Paglabag sa BPO:
• Sino mag file?
– General Rule: si Punong Barangay o
Kagawad na nag-issue ng BPO.
– Pero: kung di na opisyal o incapacitated-
> any barangay official, pwede na
(primary responsibility to file it)
• Paano kung ayaw ni Kap, Kagawad, barangay
official na mag sampa ng kaso kaugnay ng
nilabag na BPO?
• Pwede si victim-survivor/ applicant; may
karapatan din sya na mag-file ng kaukulang
administrative, civil or criminal action laban sa
barangay official concerned.
• Ano ang parusa sa paglabag ng BPO?

o Pagkakakulong ng thirty (30) days ,at pwede

pa masampahan ng iba pang criminal or civil
action
 BPO TPO PO

Issuing Officer Punong Barangay Judge Judge

Violation 30 days 6 months 6 months

imprisonment imprisonment and imprisonment
fine (5K to 50K) and fine (5K to
50K)
Validity 15 days 30 days Valid until
extendible until revoked
final judgment is
issued
May iba pa bang magagawa ang mga opisyal ng barangay
ukol sa karahasan sa kababaihan at kabataan?

Marami pa. Ayon sa batas, tungkulin din ng mga opisyal ng

barangay ang mga sumusunod:

1. Magpatupad ng lahat ng uri ng protection orders;

2. Agarang tumugon sa hiling na tulong ng mga biktima ng karahasan;
3. Kunin ang mga deadly weapon na makikitang taglay ng akusado o
respondent;
4. Arestuhin ang pinaghihinalaang nananakit kahit pa walang warrant of
arrest kung mahuli niya itong ginagawa ang karahasan, kung may
personal siyang kaalaman ukol sa pananakit, o kung may panganib sa
buhay ng biktima;
5. Samahan ang babae o bata sa pagkuha ng mga kagamitan mula sa
kanyang tirahan; at
6. Tulungan ang iba pang opisyal ng barangay sa pagtulong sa mga
biktima ng karahasan.
Q:  Kung ang nag-aapply ng protection order ay hindi ang biktima,
ano ang kinakailangan?

A: Affidavit ng aplikante na nagpapatotoo sa

1.Salaysay ng karahasan na pinagdaanan ng biktima

Patotoo ng pagsang-ayon o di pagsang-ayon ng biktima sa pag-a--

apply para sa protection order
 Penalties for failure to report

Barangay official or law enforcer

who fails to report the incident shall
be liable for fine not exceeding
P10,000 or civil, criminal or
administrative liability.
 Prohibited Acts

• Barangay official or the court hearing the

application for a P.O. shall not order,
direct, force or in any way influence the
applicant to compromise or abandon any of
the relief sought.

• No mediation or conciliation of acts of

VAWC in the barangay
 Exemption from Liability
NO CRIMINAL, CIVIL, ADMINISTRATIVE
LIABILITY
Any person, private individual, police
authority, barangay official acting in accordance
with law, who responds or intervenes without
using violence or restraint greater than necessary
to ensure safety of the victim
 The PB/Kagawad
Victim/Survivor/ PB interviews
conducts ex parte The PB issues BPO The PB / Kagawad
Petitioner reports Victim; records; & on the same day BPO
Start proceedings for serves BPO to the A
Incident to the advises her to file an of application received?
the issuance of respondent
Barangay application for BPO *
BPO

No Ye
s
B

C
Respondent
A receives BPO
PB transmits copy
PB monitors
The PB (or Kagawad) of issued BPO to PB / & LSWDO
respondent’s BPO
records all BPOs PNP Women & provides counseling D
compliance to violated? Ye
issued Children Protection assistance to victim
If respondent is not around, BPO s
the PB / Kagawad will leave Desks & LSWDO
a copy of the BPO at the No
B
said address in the
presence of 2 witnesses
C

Victim / PB files
D complaint for BPO End
violation with
MTC / CTC / MCTC

* If PB is not available, any available Brgy.

Kagawad may admit the victim /
complainant
PROHIBITED ACTS
The following shall not apply (Sec. 27):

Mediation
All forms amicable settlements
Conciliation
Arbitration

Failure to comply shall render the

official or judge administratively
liable.
PROHIBITED
DEFENSE
Being under the influence
of alcohol, any illicit drug,
or any other mind-altering
substance shall not be a
defense under the Act (Sec.
33).
BATTERED
WOMAN
SYNDROME
 Victim-survivors who are found by the
courts to be suffering from battered
woman syndrome do not incur any
criminal and civil liability
notwithstanding the absence of any of
the elements of justifying circumstances
of self-defense under the Revised Penal
Code (Sec. 32).
CONFIDENTIALITY
 Barangay officials, law enforcers,
prosecutors and court personnel shall
not disclose the names and
personal circumstances of the
victim-survivors or complainants
or any other information tending to
establish their identities to the media or
the public or compromise her identity
(Sec. 63).
 DUTIES AND
FUNCTIONS OF
BARANGAY OFFICIALS
TO ELIMINATE VAWC
 Undertake education program on RA 9262 and
on why it exists, the rights and remedies of
victim-survivors, and the duties of residents and
all barangay officials;

 Have a family violence prevention program,

including peer counseling for men;

 Support organizing efforts and development

programs for women in the community;
 Prioritize livelihood projects for victim-
survivors;

 Involve women in planning and

implementation of all programs and projects
in the barangay;

 Have an anti-VAWC Desk Officer in the

barangay to coordinate a one-stop shop help
desk, open for 24 hours as much as possible;
 Ensure that all barangay officials, barangay
health workers, barangay nutrition
scholars, other barangay workers and
tanod or barangay security officers
undergo gender sensitivity seminars to
enable them to respond to victims of
violence;
Develop a system to document and report
cases of VAWC and assistance programs to
victims; and

If applicable/necessary, prescribe

additional guidelines and standards that are
consistent with the Act.
THE BARANGAY
VAW DESK
The Magna Carta of Women [Sec. 12 (D), Rule
IV, IRR]

Mandated all barangays to establish a Violence Against

Women (VAW) Desk to address VAW cases in a gender-
responsive manner.

DILG-DSWD-DOH-DepEd-PCW JMC No. 2010-2

(Dec. 10, 2010)

Provided the Guidelines in the Establishment of a

Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk in Every
Barangay.
DILG MC No. 2017-114 (August
30, 2017)

 Provided the guidelines in

monitoring the functionality of a
VAW Desk in every barangay.
A physical facility that addresses VAW
cases in a manner that is gender-
sensitive.

Managed by a person assigned by the

Punong Barangay.
 A woman barangay kagawad or barangay
tanod can be designated as a VAW Desk
Person. If there is no woman kagawad or
tanod, any community volunteer can be
appointed as VAW Desk Person.
FUNCTIONS OF
BARANGAY VAW
DESK
Respond to gender-based violence cases
brought to the barangay;

Record the number of gender-based

violence
handled by the barangay and submit a
quarterly report on all cases of VAW to the
DILG City/Municipal Field Office and the
City/Municipal Social Welfare
Development Office (C/MSWDO);
 Keep VAW case records confidential and
secured, and ensure that only authorized
personnel can access it;
 Assist victims of VAW in securing Barangay
Protection Order (BPO) and access necessary
services;
 Develop the barangay’s gender-responsive plan
in addressing gender-based violence, including
support services, capacity building and referral
system;
 Coordinate with and refer cases to
government
agencies, nongovernment organizations
(NGOs), institutions, and other service
providers as necessary;

 Address other forms of abuse committed

against women, especially senior citizens,
women with disabilities, and other
marginalized groups;
 Lead advocacies on the elimination of VAW
in the community; and

 Perform other related functions as may be

assigned.
 CRITERIA FOR
BARANGAY VAW
DESK
FUNCTIONALITY
(DILG MC No. 2017-
114)
Establishment (20%)

The VAW Desk must be established and

the VAW Desk Person must be designated.

The VAW Desk shall have a separate room

or enclosed area within the barangay where
intake interview can be conducted.
Resources (20%)

Furniture - a VAW Desk shall have a

separate cabinet or designated storage place
where files could be safely kept and
maintained.

Vehicle – a vehicle or transportation

expenses must be available for the use of
transporting victim-survivors.
Resources (20%)

Equipment and Supplies – a VAW Desk shall

have the necessary equipment for recording,
documenting, and monitoring VAW cases
received.

Communication equipment and first aid kit

shall be available for the referral of concerns
and the provision of first aid treatment to
victim-survivors.
Resources (20%)

Monitoring Tools – availability of Intake Form,

Referral Form, Feedback Form, Logbooks, and
Application Form for BPO.

References – these are reference materials that

must be readily available in the barangay (i.e.
directory of VAW-related service providers, VAW
Desk Handbook, etc.)
Policies, Plans and Budget (20%)

The VAW Desk shall have its own budget

for operation and services that is integrated
in the approved Barangay Gender and
Development (GAD) Plan and Budget
which shall be at least 5% of their
budgetary allocation.
Policies, Plans and Budget (20%)

The barangay shall have the approved Barangay

GAD Plan and Budget which contains gender-
responsive programs and activities to address
gender-based violence.

Said programs must be integrated in the

Barangay Development Plan (BDP) and reflected
in the Annual Investment Program (AIP) of the
barangay.
Accomplishment (40%)

The barangay shall prepare and submit

quarterly accomplishment reports to the
City/Municipal Social Welfare and
Development Officer and Local
Government Operations Officer within 10
working days of the ensuing month.
Accomplishment (40%)

Accomplishments of VAW Desk based on

the approved Barangay GAD Plan and
Budget must be reflected in the State of
Barangay Address (SOBA).
 LEVEL OF BARANGAY
VAW DESK
FUNCTIONALITY (DILG
MC No. 2017-114)
 Basic (20% and below) – satisfied
the requirements for establishment

 Progressive (21% to 50%) – aside

from the establishment and
availability of resources, it also
satisfied the requirements of some of
the sub-indicators under policies,
plans and budget
 Mature (51% to 80%) – was able to
satisfy the requirement for the
Establishment, Resources, Policies,
Plans and Budget, and some of the sub-
indicators of Accomolishment.

 Ideal (81% to 100%) – was able to

satisfy almost all, if not all, of the
indicators