transportation fare she gets, as well as the travel time to get home. She
said she could not convince her husband that she spoke the truth.
Survivor 31
S31 is from San Roque, who has been married for 32 years and she has 8
children. She recalled that before, her husband has an affair with another
woman and endured for the sake of her children. The survivor experienced
physical, emotional and psychological violence. At times they ended up
shouting whenever they had an argument. But the family of her husband
didn’t tolerate with his wrong doings instead, they scolded him.
Sometimes she cried and went to the house of her mom bringing along her
children.
“Pirmi na de mio pensamiento de mio maga anak (My thoughts are always
with my children).”
“Ta mira man tambien yo se drama-drama na TV. Manada man tambien
alli el tiene maga problema na marido, ta puede man yo mira kay maga
agencia ta ayuda gayod no hay man problema (I also see the drama-drama
on TV. There are also many out there who have problems with husbands, I
could see that the agencies helped, there’s no problem).” And if violence
will happen again she would have the courage to report.
She did not report against him. “Aquel maga caso ya caba sucede. Jende
man gat big deal. Ta pensa lang gat yo de mio maga anak, makalastima
(Those incidents happened. It’s not a big deal. I just think of my children).”
“Siempre si tarda quita man caso-caso. De aton maga anak como dejao
quita. Ta reza ya lang gayod yo y cambia de suyo custombre (Of course it
will take long when there is a case. Our children become left on their own. I
just wuld have to pray and that he would change his attitude).”
Survivor 31 stated, “Man file gayod yo caso si ese sobra ya cay pobre
tambien yo si deja lang pati para tiene yo peace of mind. Si man caso man
yo cay sabe yo si man caso yo, jende man ta deja el gobyerno. El maga
police cay ayuda man gayod tambien cila. Pati necesita gale gayod tu
planta caso para tiene tambien miedo man olet de mio marido (I will really
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