RA 9262 – Violence Against Women and their or intimidation directed against the
Children woman or child.
Any act or series of acts committed by any person This shall include, but not limited to, the against a woman who is his following acts committed with the - Wife purpose of controlling or restricting the - Former wife woman’s or her child’s movement or - Woman with whom he had a sexual conduct: relationship i. Threatening to deprive or actually o Single sexual act is enough, which depriving the woman or her child may or may not result into the of custody to her/his family; bearing of a common child ii. Depriving or threatening to - Dating relationship deprive the woman or her o Parties live together as husband children of financial support and wife without the benefit of legally due her or her family, or marriage; or deliberately providing the o Are romantically involved over woman’s children insufficient time and on a continuing basis financial support; during the course of the iii. Depriving or threatening to relationship deprive the woman or her child of o Note: A casual acquaintance or a legal right; ordinary socialization between iv. Preventing the woman in two individuals in a business or engaging in any legitimate social context is not a dating profession, occupation, relationship business or activity or - With a common child controlling the victim’s own - Against the woman’s child whether money or properties, or solely legitimate or illegitimate controlling the conjugal or common money or properties Punishable acts 4. Inflicting or threatening to inflict 1. Causing physical harm to the woman or physical harm on oneself for the her child; purpose of controlling her actions or a. Includes: decisions i. Threatening 5. Causing or attempting to cause the ii. Attempting woman or her child to engage in any 2. Placing the woman or her child in fear of sexual activity which does not imminent physical harm constitute rape, by force or threat of 3. (1) Attempting to compel or force, physical harm, or through compelling the woman or her child to intimidation directed against the woman engage in a conduct which the woman has or her child or his/her immediate family the right to desist from or conduct which 6. Engaging in purposeful, knowing, or the woman or her child has the right to reckless conduct, personally or through engage in, or (2)attempting to restrict another that alarms or causes or restricting the woman’s or her child’s substantial emotional or psychological freedom of movement or (3) conduct by distress to the woman or her child. force or threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of physical or other harm, Includes, but not limited, to the following 2. Economic abuse acts: 3. Psychological violence – any bodily or a. Stalking or following the woman physical harm or her child in public or private 4. Sexual violence – an act which is sexual in places; nature, committed against a woman or b. Peering in the window or her child. lingering outside the residence of Includes but not limited to the ff: the woman or her child; a. Rape c. Entering or remaining in the b. Sexual harassment dwelling or on the property of the c. Acts of lasciviousness woman or her child against d. Treating a woman or her child as a her/his will; sex object 7. Causing mental or emotional anguish, e. Making demeaning and sexually public ridicule or humiliation to the suggestive remarks woman or her child, including, but not f. Physically attacking the sexual parts limited to: of the victim’s body a. repeated verbal and emotional g. Forcing her/him to watch obscene abuse publications and indecent shows b. Denial of financial support or h. Forcing the woman or her child to do custody of minor children of indecent acts and/or make films access to the woman’s child thereof i. Forcing the wife and mistress/lover Elements of the crime of violence against women to live in the conjugal home or sleep through harassment are: together in the same room with the 1. Offender has or had sexual or dating abuser relationship with the offended woman; j. Acts causing or attempting to cause Note: It is immaterial that the the victim to engage in any sexual relationship had ceased for as long as activity by force, threat of force, there is sufficient evidence showing physical or other harm or threat of the past or present existence of such physical or other harm or coercion relationship between the offender and the k. Prostituting the woman or child victim when the physical harm was committed 2. Offender, by himself or through another, commits an act or series of acts of harassment against the woman; and 3. The harassment alarms or causes substantial emotional or psychological distress to her.
A single act of harassment is enough to convict an
offender. A single act of harassment, which translates into violence, would be enough.