Implementation of the Anti-violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262)

Abstract

The law RA 9262 otherwise known as Violence against Women and their Children Act of 2004 has been passed for almost a decade. The primary purpose is to value the dignity of women and children and to guarantee full respect for human rights. Furthermore, it intended to assess the implementation of RA 9262 of Barangay Officials along the Operational Procedure in handling VAWC cases, Elimination of Anti-Violence against Women and their Children, Issuance of BPO’s, Confidentiality and Violation of a Barangay Protection Order. The researcher utilized the descriptive method, Frequency count, and percentage is used to determine the profile of the respondents. The mean rating is used to determine the extent of implementation. Simple Linear Correlation Analysis is used to determine the relationship between the perceived extent of implementation and the profile of the respondents. The findings of the study on the profile of respondents were great majority of the respondents are married, male, and has been in the service for 0 – 1 year. Half of the respondents are college graduates, belong to the age bracket of 36 – 40 years and are barangay kagawad. Results revealed that the extent of implementation on the duties and functions of barangay officials is “Implemented”. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the profile of the respondents and their perception on the extent of implementation of R.A. 9262. This is observed on civil status (r = .142) which is significant at .05 probability level and position (r = .206) which is significant at .01 probability level. Recommendations to improve the implementation of RA 9262 are the following: a)Information dissemination on the operational procedure in handling VAWC cases to the residents of the Barangay, b)Seminar and information dissemination on the effects of Violence to the residents & implementers, c)E.O/Resolution for the creation of Counselling committee/ or Counsellor Seminar/Training programs for family accountability, d)Information Dissemination on RA 9262 for Barangay Official, e) Create more activities to solicit the women’s participation in the Barangay, f)Computer literacy and proper document technique, g)Conduct of Training /Seminar for Barangay Officials on their Duties and Functions, h)Training & seminar programs on proper keeping of documents & consequence of divulging such information, i)Allot budget for projects/Programs for the gender and development.