MANILA, Philippines —With more than one-fourth of the population expressing concern about the reported domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) has stressed the importance of ensuring women’s safety.
In its report after the celebration of International Women’s Day last March 8, PopCom cited a previous Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which found that 25 percent of Filipinos pointed to harmful acts as the most urgent problems facing women amid the health crisis.
The SWS survey, released last February 2021, showed that 11 percent of the 1,500 adults interviewed said that physical violence is the top problem of women, …
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