Fact Sheet: Domestic & Sexual Violence in Filipino Communities

Abstract

Domestic and gender violence manifest differently across communities: prevalence and incidence rates, attitudes to domestic violence and help-seeking, culturally rooted types of abuses, and traditional norms for women and men, vary. This factsheet on violence and help seeking in Filipino communities includes: Census data on demographics and English proficiency; Statistics on domestic violence and other forms of abuse; Resources such as links to translated materials and national/international service directories; and Lifetime Spiral of Gender Violence, in English and Tagalog. (Author Text)