GBV CASE IN NCR
A 37 years old solo parent victim was denied of services by a Social Services
Development Department (SSDD) somewhere in NCR. She was supposed to
renew her Solo Parent ID as it was already expired. She failed to renew the same
due to the fact that the workforce of the said SSDD was busy extending
pandemic-related assistance to their constituents.
SSDD’s Overall Solo Parent Coordinator told the victim that she does not
need to renew her solo parent ID considering that she has a flexible work
arrangement of which is a work-from-home setting. The said victim posited that
she has to renew her solo parent ID as she still needs to avail of the solo parent
leave benefits in the event that her son got sick or she has to enroll him to school
for the reason that she cannot afford the home-based schooling for her son. Since
has a work-from-home work arrangement, delineation of work from personal
matters has diminished.
She further stated that she does not understand why the said SSDD was able
to extend assistance to those solo parents that have expired Solo Parent IDs for
purposes of their application to avail of the government subsidy under the Social
Amelioration Program (SAP) while her case which is a non-monetary purpose is
being denied of such assistance. According to her, proper representation of solo
parents in the local government unit (LGU) where they belong is what she and
the rest of the solo parents deserved and that said representation is within the
SSDD’s duties. As an update to the case, CHR-NCR has already responded by
writing a letter regarding this complaint to the office of the City Mayor and the
DILG.