3. What is the demographic characteristic profile of the victimssurvivors of cases of violence against women? Majority of the victims/survivors belong to the age bracket of 22 to 40 years old; are with the benefit of lawful marriages but followed closely with common-law wives; hail from Zamboanga City; born Roman Catholics; are housewives; have 1 to 3 children; whose children are below 12 years old; have been married for 1 to 5 years; and with joint family income between P5,000 to P10,000. The percentage of victims/survivors’ age of majority (18 years and older) upon marriage is equal to the percentage of victims/survivors’ age of minority (17 years and younger). 4. What are the antecedents and consequences of violence against women? Based on the findings, the antecedents and corresponding consequences of violence against women are the woman’s nagging, and the man’s verbal of abuse of the woman as well as the heavy influence of liquor and/or drugs on the man that affects his sane and rational handling of family relations and responsibilities. 5. What is the nature of cases of violence that have been reported? The cases of violence that have been reported, at a very mild degree of violence and from a diverse response, take the nature of the following types: Psychological Violence, Physical Violence, Emotional Violence and Economic Violence. Added to this, there are two rare cases of Sexual Violence deeply shadowed by the level of “Never”. 6. What are the perspectives of survivors of the violence on reporting the violence? The VAW survivors take on different perspectives when it comes to reporting to government authorities (whether to the BLGU, to ZCPOWCPD, to CHR or to DSWD) or any NGO, as they presented the following: (1) Maternal efforts for the preservation of the family as a social institution (2) Maternal efforts for the preservation of family relations by providing for the children a pseudo-harmonious environment; 95