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ROXAS City: There is an increase in the number of
cases of abuse against women. Report from the police provincial
office of Capiz showed a total of 69 cases of abuse against women in
2006. Of these cases, 53, or 76.8 percent, were recorded in Roxas
City.
Nenita Delfin, provincial women
and children concerns services chief, said that in 2005 there were
only 20 reported cases with the police, 14 cases filed in court and
six others amicably settled.
She said that in 2005 most of the
crimes committed against women was rape, and followed by violation
of Republic Act 9262, the Antiviolence against Women and their
Children (Anti-VAWC) Act of 2004.
Last year, however, 36, or more
than 52 percent of the total crimes committed against women were
violation of R.A. 9262.
--Panay News
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