Respondent D said that “ sa panggahasa ang rason ay dahil walang nanay”.
Third is “trafficking o prostitusyon sa mga bata o babae”, which is also not that
common in their community but still is happening. The same reasons with rape are the reasons
why this is happening and plus financial problem. They used the child sex acts in exchange of
money.
Furthermore, based on the result of the interview, the government resolves these issues
by having a VAWC Desk in the barangay which the parties will have hearing where both sides
can be heard and if possible be settled. Also, the barangay are advising those people that are
involved in those incidents so that it will not happen again. It is evident that in their place the
government especially their barangay are committed in eradicating or lessening these
violence as they are handing their hands to their constituents.
However, many (40%) of the women fisher folk are not aware or not that engage in
their community as they have no idea or heard any incident related to trafficking and genderbased violence. This is maybe because they are busy on earning money so that they can survive a
day and can have food in their tables.
Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence during the Covid-19 pandemic
Moreover, in terms of Trafficking and Gender-Based Violence during the Covid-19
pandemic, most (80.00%) of the women fisher folk have affirmed that there is no incidents. One
reason that the women fisher folk have said none is because during the Covid-19 Pandemic
limited people only are allowed to go out in their houses prioritizing their safety.
Nevertheless, few (20%) of the women fisher folk has testified that there are incidents
relating to trafficking and gender-based violence which is the same incidents are pointed put
before the Covid-19 pandemic which are “pambubugbog sa asawa and panggahasa o ibang
pang aabusong sekswal”.
GENERAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The sixth indicator in the key informant interview is about general impact of Covid-19
Pandemic to the lives of the Women Fisher and of their Families.
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic to the fisherman and their Household chores
In terms of the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic to the fisherman it greatly marks their
economic status as seen on the result of the interview. They have stated that they struggle in
their finances because their work is extremely affected of the Covid-19 Pandemic. They cannot
go out to catch fish therefore they do not have anything to sell. It is also obvious that they
cannot go look for food in the sea nor in the river because of this pandemic. Thus, this results in
low income of the fishermen.
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