Philippine Commission on Women

Calma 05:53 PM, Mar 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

Dear Mx. Dela Peña,

Thank you for your request dated Mar 23, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Data on cases of marital infidelity from 2015 to 2022.

We received your request on Mar 23, 2023 and will respond on or before Apr 13, 2023 08:53:50 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://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEFBDVy0yNDkwMTAyMjEzNjcM, for request with ticket number #PCW-249010221367.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Jescel Aquino
FOI Officer

Castro 03:33 PM, Mar 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

Dear Kurt Adrian Dela Peña,

Greetings!

We refer to your letter dated March 23, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Data on cases of marital infidelity from 2015 to 2022.


Your Request

Data on cases of marital infidelity from 2015 to 2022


Response to Request

We are sending you the latest report on the number of clients served by the Philippine Commission on Women through the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children (IACVAWC) Secretariat involving marital infidelity. Kindly note that the data cover the years 2019 to 2022 because our monitoring of this was only systematized in 2019. Attached to this reply is the file for the requested data. Please take note that this does not include reports of infidelity by live-in partners.

As an additional data source, please also check the webpage of the Philippine Statistics Authority where the Annual Statistical Fact Sheets on Women and Men in the Philippines, which among others, contain VAW data, has been proactively disclosed: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf.

You may also reach out to the Department of Justice for more information regarding this topic through dojac@doj.gov.ph or through their eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests?agency=DOJ.

We wish to get your feedback on how we handled your eFOI request.

Please help us understand the quality of our services by taking a few minutes to respond to our client satisfaction survey which you can access through this link: https://bit.ly/GADIRSandFOIClientFeedbackSurvey. 

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:
 Number of Clients Served by PCW-IACVAWC Involving Marital Infidelity.pdf