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Friday, December 02, 2005
Women abuse up from 2004
By Danilo V. Adorador III
"DESPERATE housewives" a.k.a. battered women will account for the biggest increase in cases involving violence against women recorded this year, per initial annual report prepared by the Cagayan de Oro Police Office (Cocpo) women's desk section.
The report, slated for release next year pending the December figure, revealed that 138 women suffered from domestic violence-related crimes from January to November records. This figure is a far cry compared to the 97 similar cases recorded last year.
Some of the crimes classified as violence against women are battery, rape, harassment, threats, sex trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
From January to November this year, Cocpo's women's desk has recorded 231 criminal offenses directed against women, compared to 155 cases recorded in 2004.
The 2005 figure is expected to climb with the December cases still to be anticipated.
Of this year's figure, threats accounted for 16 cases; oral defamation and slander--17; acts of lasciviousness--6; murder and frustrated murder--4; R.A. 9262 violation--34; other related cases--16.
Incestuous rape offenses, which are among the commonly unreported crimes against women, yielded no record this year compared to 3 reported cases in 2004.
Sister Emelita Malasmas, a counselor at the Good Shepered Convent here, explained that victims of incest rape "normally don't go to authorities for fear of reprisals from their family members and the shame that goes with having made it public."
She said their facility, located at San Agustin Cathedral complex, is host to three incest victims as of press time.
"When records from the police would say there is no incest rape cases for this particular period, then don't take the data seriously because the cases are actually high," she said. "It's happening and the victims are trapped."
Last week, the city government opened the Women's Center in Barangay Canitoan. The facility will house abused women and will cater livelihood training and psychological intervention programs.
(December 2, 2005 issue)
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