00:00This Women's Month, how will women be saved if violence happens inside the house?
00:18This happened in Ipil, Zamboanga, Cebugay.
00:24A woman was abducted by the police.
00:30But what happened?
00:32But what happened?
00:37Her heart was broken.
00:40She was lying on her bed.
00:44But she was not just abducted.
00:47The woman was abducted after she did not ask for forgiveness from her partner.
00:54Are you surprised?
00:56Yes, I am surprised.
00:58This Women's Month, we will talk about how to abuse women and how to fight for our rights.
01:08She was abducted by the police.
01:14The story of Ederita, who was abducted outside her store.
01:19The woman whose name is Marie, who was hiding with her partner, whose name is Greg.
01:28The man said, let's go home.
01:30The woman said, I will not go home.
01:32The woman did not go home. She slept there.
01:34Later, Greg followed Marie again.
01:38I don't want to go home.
01:41He picked her up and put her on the bench of the tricycle.
01:44But Marie ran away.
01:47They chased her until here.
01:50She fell on the ground.
01:52She lay down here.
01:54She was pushed.
01:56She just heard that Marie was pregnant.
02:02But where?
02:05But where?
02:06Marie was playing while she was on the ground.
02:10Are you pregnant?
02:12Yes, I am pregnant.
02:14While she was being pushed.
02:17She lost her life.
02:19She was just a child.
02:21Because it was raining.
02:23Her body was swollen.
02:25Premature labor.
02:27When the placenta ruptured, for example, it was torn.
02:29She will get a bottle because her source of oxygen was lost.
02:32Our team found Marie at the Barangay Veterans Village.
02:37She pushed me.
02:39It hurts.
02:41It hurts.
02:44I woke up.
02:46I was crying.
02:48It hurts.
02:50I don't want to.
02:54Her mother, Alicia, is taking care of her.
02:57She has a different way of thinking.
02:58She has a different way of thinking.
03:00She has a different way of thinking.
03:02I was not a parent at first.
03:05I was just a kid.
03:07I was just a kid at first.
03:10Marie met Greg when he became a service volunteer at a hospital where he was being treated.
03:17They got along well until they got together in one roof.
03:23But then, the truth came out.
03:26The truth came out.
03:28What did you hear when you were with your husband?
03:31It was really hot.
03:33And it was easy to get burned.
03:35What happened?
03:37It was just a story that he told me.
03:40He didn't drink.
03:43It really hurts.
03:45He suddenly fell.
03:47He fell asleep that night.
03:49He fell asleep that night.
03:51He fell asleep that night.
03:53He was hit by a bamboo stick.
03:56He was hit by a bamboo stick.
03:58He was hit by a bamboo stick.
04:00He was hit by a bamboo stick.
04:02Alicia was only informed that her son was born prematurely.
04:09We filed two cases against the suspect.
04:12RA 9262, the Anti-Violence Against Women and Children, Section 5, the Psychological Abuse.
04:18And the number 2, ma'am, is an Intentional Abortion.
04:21Those who are guilty may be sentenced to 1 month to 20 years in prison.
04:28There is also a fine that is not less than P300,000.
04:32Greg ran away and hid.
04:35There is a warrant of arrest for the suspect.
04:38We are still looking for him.
04:40To help Marie process her bitter experience,
04:45our team brought her to a psychologist.
04:48She is presenting symptoms.
04:50With depression, anxiety, emotional distress,
04:55due to the impact of her partner's violence.
04:59She has still to undergo proper assessment.
05:02She can go to counseling or psychotherapy.
05:05If she needs medication, we can refer to the psychiatrist.
05:08The handling social worker will monitor her situation
05:12in coordination with the handling medical doctor.
05:15It's a series of interventions that we need to give until she recovers.
05:21I hope to be jailed.
05:23I want to fight for justice for my child.
05:27The case of abuse against Marie
05:30is one of the thousands of cases of violence against women and children
05:35that are reported to the authorities every month.
05:37Just last year,
05:39the PNP filed 11,636 cases of violence against women and children.
05:47According to the PSA,
05:50one in five Filipinas
05:52experience emotional, physical, and sexual abuse
05:57in the hands of their partner.
05:59Many choose not to report.
06:01They think it's just a fight between husband and wife.
06:03Second, there is victim blaming.
06:04People blame the victim for the violence.
06:08Because of that, they discourage the victim to report.
06:12There will be stigma in the community.
06:14Their family is not complete.
06:16Economic dependence on their partner is a factor.
06:21It's a quiet night in this barangay in Girona, Tarlac.
06:26It's a chaos.
06:28When suddenly, there was a scream.
06:30A scream of a woman who fought for her life.
06:39While she was sleeping.
06:42I saw my child getting burned.
06:44The victim is Rose.
06:46And what she did was nothing else.
06:49She was with Jose.
06:51His name is not his real name.
06:53There was a man who was peeping there.
06:55He really is the PNP.
06:56And the man who pushed Jose's chicken to burn Rose.
07:01Jealous?
07:05They used to have a good relationship.
07:09They were even blessed with two children.
07:13But just like other relationships,
07:16they have misunderstandings.
07:19What are you doing here?
07:21And they often blame Jose's drinking.
07:26Why are you beating me?
07:28He doesn't have a job.
07:30My child is starving.
07:32Rose is the breadwinner for their family.
07:35Her husband is a drunkard.
07:37He is a drunkard.
07:39They are really close.
07:41That's why they were surprised when they heard that Rose wanted to separate.
07:46My child doesn't want it anymore.
07:48They are not okay anymore.
07:50Because it hurts their hopes.
07:52They are still living.
07:54My child is hurting.
07:56A few months later, Rose returned to Erlinda's power.
07:59But this February 4,
08:01Where are the children?
08:03When Rose was supposed to take her children from Jose.
08:06Why are you looking for the children?
08:08Have you been lying here for a long time?
08:10She was surprised when she didn't move.
08:12She was hit by a hand again.
08:15I closed the door and then Rose was hurt.
08:17I hit her like that.
08:19And then she was hurt like that.
08:21What did she do?
08:23I told my child, why did you do that?
08:24I told my child, don't get hurt.
08:27That incident was blotted by Rose in the barangay.
08:30The next day, I went to the place of the man
08:34to file a formal complaint.
08:36They didn't come.
08:38But the word got out
08:40when Rose arrived at her husband's house
08:44where there was another man next to her.
08:46He is her co-worker.
08:48All I know is that he is just accompanying her home.
08:51This is where Rose fought for her life.
08:57Even the man next to her.
09:00I saw that he was about to get burned.
09:03That's what I saw.
09:05That's what I saw.
09:09Rose got third-degree burns
09:13on almost her entire body.
09:15There were others who got burned to the point of bones.
09:17She was burned in a severe burn.
09:20Here's the water.
09:22You can drink it.
09:29Milk.
09:31The doctor told me that
09:33such burns are not curable.
09:36But this happened, I can't accept it.
09:40It's painful.
09:42It's painful what happened to you.
09:47It's painful what happened to you.
09:49It's painful what happened to you.
09:51We were not allowed to cook here
09:53because we were afraid of getting burned.
09:55You get splashed with oil.
09:57Now, it's the fire that burns you.
09:59Early in the morning,
10:01Jose surrendered to the authorities.
10:03Jealousy pushed him
10:05to fight for his ex-co-worker.
10:08Even if I made a mistake,
10:10he shouldn't have done that.
10:12I just cried.
10:14What he did was wrong.
10:15Rose's ex-co-worker was saved.
10:19While Rose was in the hospital
10:21after two weeks of fighting,
10:28her life was completely restored.
10:31She had a multi-organ failure.
10:3390% of her entire body was burned.
10:35Every organ in her body shut down.
10:38She had a strong will to fight
10:40but her body couldn't take it anymore.
10:42She told me,
10:43I don't want to go home.
10:45Why?
10:47We will be killed.
10:49One of our victims died
10:51from frustrated murder.
10:53Her murder rate is increasing
10:55but the problem is
10:57she already filed for bail
10:59before the case was amended.
11:01She can still get a warrant
11:03because her murder was not bailed.
11:05We didn't expect her to be released
11:07because she already committed a murder.
11:09My daughter will be given justice
11:11and she will be in prison for the rest of her life.
11:13But she refused to be interviewed.
11:16We asked for forgiveness for what happened.
11:19She said she's sorry.
11:21She said she can't sleep
11:23but I told her,
11:25you did it, we can't do anything.
11:27It's more painful to lose a child
11:29than to lose a wife.
11:31She should be forgiven for what she did
11:33even if she will be punished 10 times.
11:35We won't stop until we get justice.
11:41Abuse is continuous.
11:43The self-worth of a woman
11:45will be diminished.
11:47If we feel that we are traumatized
11:49in a relationship
11:51or if we lose our self-identity,
11:53self-esteem,
11:55or if our decisions and behaviors
11:57are too controlled,
11:59it's really time to leave the relationship behind
12:01and move on.
12:03She should know that she has someone to turn to.
12:05So we should be ready
12:07to welcome the victims.
12:09We should break the culture of silence.
12:11A woman victim
12:13in a relationship
12:15adds to the number of women
12:17who are free
12:19to fight for their rights.
12:21We always ask for the cooperation
12:23of our countrymen
12:25whether you are a victim
12:27or you are a witness
12:29so that there won't be more incidents like this.
12:31We should always remember
12:33that love,
12:35freedom,
12:37and not hurting
12:39should be reported to the authorities
12:40for abuse.
12:42People should be ashamed.
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