QC launches database for cases of violence against women and children

Undated photo release shows the exterior of the Quezon City Hall.

QC Government / Released

MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government opened Tuesday the country's first unified database to track cases of violence against women and children in the city. 

In a statement sent to media, the city government said that the QC Gender and Development Integrated Management Information System will be used by VAWC desk officers in the city’s 142 barangays, in police stations, and by the city's Gender and Development Council to track and hasten the processing of gender-based violence cases in the city.

This comes as the Quezon City Police District noted the rising cases of reported VAWC in the city. According to Police Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, VAWC cases increased 66.67% while local police also noted a 21.54% increase in rape cases in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period last year.

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