Subsidiary Problems for Baseline Data:* There having no supporting statistics that have been validly researched prior to this endeavour, the study requires thus the baseline data as follows: 1. What is the demographic characteristic profile of the victims/survivors of cases of violence against women? 2. What are the antecedents and consequences of violence against women? 3. What is the nature of cases of violence that have been reported? 4. What are the perspectives of survivors of the violence on reporting the violence? Baseline data are needed for the lead researcher to lay down the predicate that indeed, there are victims and survivors in Zamboanga City. The Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) and City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) records cannot be presumed, nor CHR records, neither statements of victims/survivors, if any, unless laid down vis-a-vis a baseline study. Objectives of the Study This study has the following purposes: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) to determine the factors affecting the decision-making process of victims-survivors of violence against women in their resolve not to pursue the case; to investigate what influences survivors to withdraw VAW complaints against the perpetrators; to find out the demographic characteristic profile of the victimssurvivors of cases of violence against women; to investigate the antecedents and consequences of violence against women; to identify the nature of cases of violence that have been reported; and to determine the perspectives of survivors of the violence on reporting the violence. 4