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Violence against women in the Philippines includes different forms of gender-based violence. The term "violence against women" is "the word or concept (that) has been used in a broad, inclusive manner to encompass verbal abuse, intimidation, physical harassment, homicide, sexual assault, and rape." [1] This form of violence is gender-biased ...
A Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) [1] [2] is an annual document that all de jure government workers in the Philippines, whether regular or temporary, must complete and submit attesting under oath to their total assets and liabilities, including businesses and financial interests, that make up their net worth. [3]
One quarter of women ever-married aged 15–49, reported having experienced at any point emotional, physical, and/or sexual violence from their spouse. [27] Of women who had experienced any form of physical or sexual violence, 30% of them sought help in response to that violence. [28] While pregnant, 4% of women aged 15–49 experienced ...
The "marital exemption" was dropped in 2002, [385] and marital rape explicitly criminalised by the 2016 Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence (arts. 3 & 4(2)). [law 126] Seychelles: Yes [14] [386] Rape is a criminal offense under Sec. 130 of the Penal Code, for which conviction is punishable by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment.
Marital rape or spousal rape is the act of sexual intercourse with one's spouse without the spouse's consent. The lack of consent is the essential element and doesn't always involve physical violence. Marital rape is considered a form of domestic violence and sexual abuse. [1]
Economic abuse (or financial abuse) is a form of abuse when one intimate partner has control over the other partner's access to economic resources. [145] Marital assets are used as a means of control. Economic abuse may involve preventing a spouse from resource acquisition, limiting what the victim may use, or by otherwise exploiting economic ...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence by a current or former spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] IPV can take a number of forms, including physical , verbal , emotional , economic and sexual abuse .
Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one abusive person has control over the victims access to economic resources, [1] which diminishes the victim's capacity to support themselves and forces them to depend on the perpetrator financially. [1] [2] [3]