Former actress-singer Lindsay Custodio lodged a violence against women and children (VAWC) complaint against her estranged husband Frederick Cale, citing the sexual, emotional, verbal ...

Last week, I was part of a huge gathering of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desk officers in different barangays in Tawi-Tawi, the farthest southern island province of the Philippines—from ...

This is the second leg of the series that started in Cotabato City two weeks ago. In the Cotabato workshop, participants noted several eye-openers reported by VAWC desk officers at the barangay level.

As a father of a minor child, is it legally possible for me to seek remedies under the VAWC Law? My former wife is verbally abusing our child, but she insists that she cannot be held liable under the ...

GABRIELA reiterated its commitment to amplifying voices that challenge the culture of silence surrounding violence against women and children (VAWC). “Ms. Jellie’s experience resonates with ...

MANILA, Philippines — There must be no case of violence against women and their children (VAWC) in the country, former Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said during a forum on ending ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated that psychological evaluations are not required to prove psychological violence under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) Act. In a 14-page ...

‘Criminal intent’ presumed under Anti-VAWC Act, regardless of the offender's motive: SC Manila: “Criminal intent” is automatically presumed under the law when determining whether or not an ...

Can a VAWC victim ask for legal help from your office? My friend is physically and economically abused by her former live-in partner, with whom she has a 5-year-old daughter. She has been ...

MANILA — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will capacitate the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) desks to improve the handling of online sexual abuse and exploitation of ...