Breaking barriers because her story matters

 Anti-Violence Against Women and Children is a law the Philippines that protects women and children from different kinds of abusee. This law criminalizes acts of violence within the family or other relationships and it recognizes that violence is not just a private issue but a societal one. This act provides protection, legal remedies and support services to women and children that were abused. This law serves as a tool for public awareness and urging the government and the society to take action to prevent violence against women and children. It says that whatever abuse it is, physical, mental or emotional is not tolerated and must be eradicated. There are two Laws under VAWC that i want to highlight, the Anti Rape law and Safe Spaces Act.

Anti Rape Law of 1997 protects women and children from any form of sexual abuse. It penalizes offenders of crime of rape and recognizing it as an offense. The law defined rape as the insertion of physical resistance of the victim and sexual violence that are comitted through manipulation, recognizing that even within marriage or intimate relationships, without the consent of the victim it is rape. The law also recognizes the vulnerability of minors and the severity of minors that are exposed to sexual abuse. We also have the Safe Spaces Act, it strenthens the Philippines' legal framework to adress genderbased violence by focusing on harassments on public spaces whether in an office or educational institutions. This law was created to give women a safe place where they can go out freely without the worry of being harassed by someone out of nowhere. Harassment doesn't only come in formof sexual abuse but also physical assault, namecalling and stalking. The law penalizes all the offenders and empowers the vuctim to charge them knowing that a law is protecting them.

Let their voices be heard. Protect all women. It shouldn't be just with words but with action. Abide the laws under VAWC and give women the respect that they deserve. They deserve what is right. They deserve not to be frightened by men that lacks respect.

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