GAP OR DISCREPANCY WITH

WHAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE

PLAUSIBLE REASONS/ANSWERS
• Law’s response to the • Biasness between male • If social institutions such as
effects of domestic and female domestic hospitals, police, and local
violence on male and abuse victims should government institutions do not
female victims be removed in the eye only focus on providing protection
separately of the law to women and children victims of
• Republic Act No. 9262 • Social acceptance of domestic violence, the possibility
exhibits selective female-on-male of men being victims in domestic
application of rights violence by Filipinos abuse would not be neglected
and an unfair • Laws should be • Despite reports and statistics on
advantage in favour of promulgated so that male victims of violence, news
women male domestic abuse articles and documentaries aired
• According to Mark victims could also be in the country’s local television
Brooks, “one in four protected station featured the phenomenon
women and one in six of battered husbands in the
men suffer from country, domestic violence against
domestic abuse in men is still invisible among
their lifetime (ManKind Filipinos (Junio, 2014)
Initiative, 2017)” • Policies and laws enacted in relation
to domestic violence only
recognizes women and children as
potential victims of such, while
men as perpetrators of abuse

TITLE: REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262: PROMOTION OF EQUAL SAFETY, EMPOWERMENT, AND
PROTECTION OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN VICTIMS FROM ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE
OBJECTIVES: To determine the knowledge and insights of Filipinos on domestic violence against
men and women, and the effects of gender roles in the society on the promulgation of laws on
domestic violence in the Philippines
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: What is the level of awareness of Filipinos on domestic violence against
men and women separately? What is the stand of Filipinos on the promulgation of a law for the
protection of men against any form of violence?

GAP OR DISCREPANCY WITH

WHAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE
PLAUSIBLE REASONS/ANSWERS
• Filipino children who • Detention of children • Although required by Philippine
come into conflict with with adults should be laws, detained children are not
the law are often from prohibited provided with competent legal
marginalized groups • Cases of petty or counsel
including street youth, victimless crimes • Most rescued street children were
drug users, and those should be redirected taken involuntarily and with
with interrupted from courts to violence, and the conditions in the
education diversion programs shelters to which they are taken
• Republic Act No. 10630 • A juvenile delinquency are extremely poor (UNICEF
established “Bahay prevention program Philippines, 2009)
Pag-Asa” program in should be developed • Ideally, there should be a ratio of
which each province one social worker to 25 children in
and highly-urbanized conflict with the law (CICL)

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 city shall be
responsible in
building, funding, and
operating
• Since 2003, over
26,000 children have
been provided legal
assistance by the
Public Attorney's
Office. (UNICEF
Philippines, 2003)”

TITLE: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE

JUSTICE IN THE PHILIPPINES
OBJECTIVES: To determine the system of rehabilitation of Iloilo City in integrating into society the
CICL, and the knowledge and insights of Filipinos on government programs for CICL such as the
“houses of hope” or Bahay Pag-Asa (BPA)
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: What is the level of awareness of local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo
City on the mandate of managing youth homes? How does the city of Iloilo reintegrate CICL?

GAP OR DISCREPANCY WITH

WHAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE
PLAUSIBLE REASONS/ANSWERS
• The Philippines has a • Policy gaps should be • Improving road safety management
number of laws aimed addressed to be able should include lobbying for
to protect road users to serve as a stronger legislative and executive action to
such as Republic Act deterrent against risks allocate funding for road safety
No. 10586,RA to road users • Classification of roads should be
10054,RA 8750, RA • Public awareness of updated accurately for speed
10913, and RA 4136 road safety laws limits to be effective
• Road safety laws are should be spread • Road safety education and
not strictly among Filipinos sustenance on the enforcement on
implemented in the • Road safety units traffic laws especially on anti-
Philippines should be overloading and overspeeding
• In 2015, a total of institutionalized in key campaigns promote safer road
10,012 Filipinos died government agencies users
due to road mishaps and local government
nationwide. This units
number has increased
by around 45.76%
since 2006 (Rappler,
2015)

TITLE: ASSESSMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY LAWS IN THE

PHILIPPINES
OBJECTIVES: To determine the knowledge and insights of Filipinos on road safety laws
implemented in the Philippines, and the implementation of the Philippine Road Safety Action Plan
(PRSAP) in Iloilo City
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: What is the level of awareness of Filipinos on road safety laws implemented
in the country? How effective is the Philippine Road Safety Action Plan in Iloilo City?

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