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March 09, 2021
THE number of recorded cases of violence against women (VAW) in Central Visayas has decreased from 214 in 2019 to 124 in 2020, says the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7.
But this is fiction.
In fact, it is anything other than good news. Twice as bad, actually: one, world figures conclude of realities that say otherwise; two, the pandemic left our government agencies blind as to the actual figures.
DSWD’s women’s sector focal person Lilibeth Cabiara said the figures are contrary to what they expected. The quarantine displaced workers and left families with fewer options, leaving them cooped up for a long period, and thus the possibility of domestic violence especially on women.