GBV CASE IN NCR
Based on the narration of victim’s mother, on April 10, 2020, the 7 years old
victim was allegedly rape by another minor, who is their 11 years old neighbor, in
a jeepney parked in front of their house. The alleged crime was discovered by the
victim’s mother when the same assisted the victim in taking a bath. Consequently,
the victim’s mother immediately reported the alleged crime before the barangay
and the police. She also reported the alleged crime to the SPED teacher, the one
who referred the case to the CHR.
According to the said SPED teacher, the victim’s mother was so frustrated
that she even considered to end her life. That was the point when the Child Rights
Center (CRC) and CHR – Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Center
(GEWHRC) made the appropriate intervention in order to bring the minor victim
to the Child Protection Unit (CPU) in a hospital in NCR for medico legal and
counselling.
Prior the date of visit to the CPU, the victim’s mother went to the police
station in order to obtain documents relative to the case of her daughter but to
no avail. When the local police came to their knowledge that the victim and her
mother were being assisted by the CHR, it was only the time when the former
started drafting their affidavits and accordingly referred them to the police
department headquarters for medico legal.
CHR-CRC and CHR-GEWHRC assisted the mother and the victim in
obtaining medico legal examination. They are subject to referral for psychosocial
and they are currently provided with shelter support.