Philippine Commission on Women

Calma 10:30 AM, May 26, 2023

May 26, 2023

Dear Mx. Alegado,

Thank you for your request dated May 25, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Reported VAWC Cases incident in t in the Philippines for the Last Quarter of 2022 1st Quarter of 202.

We received your request on May 25, 2023 and will respond on or before Jun 15, 2023 02:34:50 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBDVy03Mjc0OTgzMTQzMTYM, for request with ticket number #PCW-727498314316.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Jescel Aquino
FOI Officer

Castro 12:52 PM, May 26, 2023

Dear Mx. Alegado,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 25, 2023 02:34:50 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.


Your Request

You asked for data on Reported VAWC incidents in the Philippines for the Last Quarter of 2022 1st Quarter of 202.


Response to Request

We are providing you with our available information on the Reported VAWC cases in the Philippines. The attached report was provided to us by the Philippine National Policy (PNP) and it covers  FY 2022 and first quarter of 2023. 

As for your request for the top 5 or 10 provinces with highest VAWC incidence, we recommend that you directly contact the Philippine National Police, for it is the most appropriate office for your concern. As of now, PNP is the only source of data on the national incidence of violence against women and has a well-established reporting system through their Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS). This electronic system is fully operational in all police stations and community precincts in the country. You may reach them through the following contact information:

PBGEN NICOLAS DELOSO TORRE III
Director, Quezon City Police District
Camp Karingal, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City
Contact Number: +632 723 0401 | +63995 564 4039
Email Address: omd.wcpc@pnp.gov.ph | statistics.wcpc@yahoo.com.ph

As an additional data source, you may also wish to check the webpage of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), specifically the Annual Statistical Fact Sheets on Women and Men in the Philippines. The said fact sheets also contain VAW data and are proactively disclosed by the PSA through their webpage: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf.

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Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chaves, Executive Director (oed@pcw.gov.ph). Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011)

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Honey Castro
FOI Receiving Officer

Attachments:
 PNP VAWC Cases 2022-2023 (1st Qrtr).pdf