While certainly, the data from the portal do not capture the prevalence of GBV (actual number of incidents
of GBV), it shows the kind of cases reported in the Commission and of the different barriers experiences
by women, girls, and LGBQI+ persons.
End of the year data on GBV: Decreasing number of reports in key case types of Gender-Based Violence
Against
Women
Updating the data from the Commission 2nd 3rd Quarter report, and taking in data from the PNP from
January 2020 to December 2020, the Commission is able to present the following analysis:
1. In addition to the previously discussed decrease in reporting during the months covered by the first
wave of community quarantine, analysis of the 2019 PNP data and the whole of 2020 PNP data of
GBV would reveal a general trend of decreased reporting. The following table shows the decrease
in reporting in the following cases: violation of the Anti-VAWC Law, the Anti-Rape Law, and Acts
of Lasciviousness. The percentage decrease is higher in these cases for women compared to the
decreased for children:
WOMEN
VAWC
Anti-Rape Law
Acts of Lasciviousness
2019 (JanDecember)
15,438
2,560
2,014
2020
(Jan-December)
11,200
2,122
1,550
Percentage
Decrease
27.45% decrease in
reported cases
17.1% decrease
23.
03% decrease
2. Covering the same period, there is also a comparable decrease in the number of cases reported for
children:
CHILDREN
VAWC
Anti-Rape Law
Acts of Lasciviousness
2019 (JanDecember)
420
7,078
1514
2020
(Jan-December)
264
6,271
1,285
Percentage
Decrease
37.14% percentage
decrease
11.4% percentage
decrease
15.12% percentage decrease
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