Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Types of Violence
• PHYSICAL
• PSYCHOLOGICAL
• SEXUAL
• ECONOMIC
• Other forms of violence, intimidation
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Def.: Violence Against Women
& their children (VAWC)
• any act or series of acts committed by
any PERSON
• against a WOMAN who is his wife, former
wife, or with whom the person has or had
a sexual or dating relationships, or
• with whom he has a common child, or
• against her child/child under her care
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Def: VAWC
• Which result or is
• likely to result in physical, sexual,
psychological harm or suffering or
economic abuse including threats of
such acts,
• Battery, assault, coercion, harassment
or arbitrary deprivation of liberty
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Elements
• Relationship, past or present
• Married or not; living in or not
• Sexual or dating relationship
• Including lesbian relationships
• With common child
• Sec. 5 punishable acts
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Who are liable
• Husband, ex-husband
• Boyfriend or ex
• Father of the woman’s child
• Lesbian girlfriends/partners or ex
partners
• Any person with whom the woman
has/had a sexual or dating
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Sec. 5 Acts of VAWC
• Causing, threatening, attempting to
cause physical harm
• Placing the woman or her child in fear
of imminent physical harm
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Purpose of Protection Orders
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Temporary Protection Order
• Issued by the Court on the day of filing
• Ex parte ; Priority over all other cases
• Effective for 30 days; extendible
• Stay away order, temporary custody and
support to woman and/or her children, use
of community/conjugal property
• Bond to Keep the Peace
• Enforceable anywhere in the country
• No mediation; no conciliation 23
Permanent Protection Order