Jan: The particular way of choosing the words is very important. You
said the women do not see documenting their cases as important, that
is very dangerous assumption.
There are two things why women do not speak about their experience.
One is because the mechanisms themselves do not reflect openness.
We learned that in Zamboanga, when we told to the lesbians that
these opportunities are available, they started talking and they won’t
even shut up about it. Just being able to tell them the spaces and
protocols can do so much.
Second is because sometimes women in general do not know how to
articulate their experiences. It could be as simple as that.
So we should be very wary, that although we take into account the
personal experiences, articulations do not always give the full picture.
For me I’m very wary that you give a blanket interpretation that
women don’t see it important. I am very wary of that.
Woman (deaf): Two years ago, I went to a place in Mindanao and I
learned a situation that almost around 5 rape victims, they wanted to
express themselves. But they are minor by age, but by now, they are
already adults but still they do not have information access. They Nancy: We should look into the access of the victims to information and
cannot report to the government. They don’t have budget so they just how they are silenced when the option is to report, and what it would mean
keep it to themselves. They have many experiences that they want to to them which stops them to formally file the case.
report but they cannot report.
For your study, consider the uneducated also; they are unable express
themselves in terms of GBV. Most persons with disability are unaware
of this.
MAKING DATA WORK FOR WOMEN: VALIDATION OF FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH FINDINGS ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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