from March and April would show an alarming 83% decrease. If compared with the number from January,
the drop of reported cases is at 89%.77
Comparing data from the previous years, the drop in reporting is even more obvious both for violence
against women and violence against children. Comparing PNP Data from 1 March – 31 May 2019 with
that of 14 March to 15 June 202078 would show that there has been a 56.97% percentage decrease in the
number of reported VAWC cases all over the country, and that in areas primarily affected by the ECQ the
percentage decrease has been higher – with NCR at 72% decrease from 2019 data and region IV-A at 61.63
% percentage decrease. In cases of rape of women, the percentage decrease from 2019 data is at 65.25%,
with higher percentage decreases in higher quarantine measure area like NCR (73.86%), Region IV-A
WOMEN – PNP
CIRRAS
GBV Cases
ACTS
OF
LASCIVIOUSNESS
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ANTI-RAPE LAW
OF 1997 - RA 8353
2019 March to June
2020 March 15 to June 15
Percentage
Decreases
NCR 4-A
132
73
VII
40
Total
534
NCR
4-A
VII
31
(-76.51%)
19
(-73.97%)
25
(-37.5%)
88
76
69
613
23
(-73.86%)
24
(-68.42%)
15
(87.2%)
213
65.25%
318
824
4,151
113
122
56.97%
(61.63%)
560
(32.03%)
1786
(-72%)
ANTI-VIOLENCE
405
AGAINST
WOMEN
AND
THEIR
CHILDREN ACT
OF 2004 - RA 9262
Total
203
61.98%
This observed alarming decrease in reported cases is also true in cases of violence against children. In the
table below, comparison is made of reports made in 2019 from 1 March to 31 May, with that of data from
15 March to 31 May 2020. Reports of acts of lasciviousness committed against children dropped by 53.54%,
while reports on rape of children likewise dropped to 60.87% all over the country. The percentage decrease
in reporting is likewise higher in areas with stricter quarantine measures. NCR records a drop of 65% while
Region IV-A showed 68.77% drop in reporting of rape of children in the same period.
CHILDREN
2019 March to June
2020 March 15 to June 15
Percentage
Decreases
GBV Cases
NCR 4-A
ACTS
OF 36
LASCIVIOUSNESS
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29
VII
Total
NCR
4-A
VII
Total
45
381
9
11
32
177
(-75%)
(-62%)
(-30.95%)
77
53.54%
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Note: Dates were based on the reports shared by IACVAWC with the CHR-GEWHRC and as provided by PNPWCPC. A more accurate percentage will be generated if we are able to obtain data for 2019 which starts from 15
March and ends in 30 June 2019;
78
19