Analysis: S35’s responses show that her husband has been inflicting physical and emotional pain on her for more than two decades already. The marital quarrels have been part of their daily lives, some being petty arguments, and others having led to serious disagreements that were accompanied with physical violence. She bore all the emotional and physical pain, and just cried on her own. Her concern was the embarrassment to neighbors, relatives and even her own children. II. Voices of VAW Survivors Based on the 2019 Report of ZCPC-WCPD, the five (5) barangays that acquired the highest number of cases in the city were Tumaga, Santa Maria, San Roque, Mercedes and Pasonanca. From this total, only ninety-two (92) expressed willingness to be part of the study and submitted their answers to the survey questionnaires. Three however were found to be unfinished questionnaires and these were set aside. Eighty-nine (89) survey questionnaires with complete responses were thus considered. Characteristic Profile of VAW Survivors in Zamboanga City This section highlights the numerical data from the survey questionnaire, as shown in Tables 1 to 12. Of the 89 respondents, twenty-eight (28) were from Tumaga, twenty-five (25) were from San Roque, seventeen (17) were from Santa Maria, twelve (12) were from Mercedes, amd seven (7) were from Pasonanca. This distribution of population is reflected in Tables 1 to 12. Age of Respondents The 89 respondents were distributed in five (5) age groups, and classified under the five (5) barangays, as shown in Table 2. 69