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    Philippines: steep rise in gender-based violence

    IRIN, 2012
    This article concerns the dramatic increase in reported cases of violence against women in the Philippines over the last five years. Between 2006 and 2011, the number of reported cases increased by more than 150 percent (from 4,954 up to 12,948).
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    Till death do us part

    Al Jazeera, 2011
    Aside from the Vatican City, The Philippines is the only country where Catholic couples cannot be granted a divorce. This episode of Al-Jazeera's 101 Look East series concerns recent efforts by the Gabriela Women's Party to reintroduce a long-dormant bill enabling married Catholics to divorce in the Philippines.
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    Breaking the silence, seeking justice in intimate partner violence in the Philippines

    Amnesty International, 2009
    The Republic Act (RA) 9262 is a Philippine law criminalising violence against women by intimate partners. This is a Women Working Together to Stop Violence (WWTSVAW) review of the implementation of RA 9262, also known as the Anti-Violence against Women and their Children (Anti-VAWC) Act of 2004.