WOMEN
Conduct of research to include the integrated approach to eliminate VAWC, nature and root causes of VAWC, battered woman syndrome, violence within lesbian relationships, violence committed against marginalized women, rehabilitation of VAWC perpetrators and documentation of good practices as bases for policy formulation and program development.
Since the passage of the Law, the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children (IACVAWC) member agencies have made significant accomplishments in the areas of public information and advocacy, policy development, capacity building, service delivery, and monitoring. Various orientations on the Law were held and primers and other IEC materials were printed to reach as many people as possible on the importance of the law. Frontline service providers were given various trainings on the use and application of the Law in their anti-VAWC services. Specific programs addressing the special needs of VAWC victims were developed and implemented and various tools and systems are being developed to monitor and evaluate the implementation of anti-VAWC services.
The IACVAWC have formulated a strategic plan for 2007-2010 to achieve their vision of “A gender - fair and empowered society that protects its people especially women and children from any form of violence and exploitation thus enabling them to fully exercise their rights and participate in all development efforts, and experience a peaceful and fulfilling family and community life.”
The plan has the following objectives:
Provide holistic, integrated and sustained programs and services for the protection of the rights and welfare of VAWC victim-survivors,
Ensure the effective implementation of the Law through the establishment of efficient systems and mechanisms in government and capacitating service providers,
Assist in the rehabilitation of perpetrators and prevention of future VAWC acts, and
Since the passage of the Law, the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and Their Children (IACVAWC) member agencies have made significant accomplishments in the areas of public information and advocacy, policy development, capacity building, service delivery, and monitoring. Various orientations on the Law were held and primers and other IEC materials were printed to reach as many people as possible on the importance of the law. Frontline service providers were given various trainings on the use and application of the Law in their anti-VAWC services. Specific programs addressing the special needs of VAWC victims were developed and implemented and various tools and systems are being developed to monitor and evaluate the implementation of anti-VAWC services.
The IACVAWC have formulated a strategic plan for 2007-2010 to achieve their vision of “A gender - fair and empowered society that protects its people especially women and children from any form of violence and exploitation thus enabling them to fully exercise their rights and participate in all development efforts, and experience a peaceful and fulfilling family and community life.”
The plan has the following objectives:
Provide holistic, integrated and sustained programs and services for the protection of the rights and welfare of VAWC victim-survivors,
Ensure the effective implementation of the Law through the establishment of efficient systems and mechanisms in government and capacitating service providers,
Assist in the rehabilitation of perpetrators and prevention of future VAWC acts, and