YOUTH CONGRESS
Baguio City

Introduced By VIVIEN SHAYNE A. ANG

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Self-defense isn’t about empowerment, personal gain, revenge or teaching those who have hurt you a lesson. Those are the motivations of an attacker. Self-defense is about effectively ending an attack quickly and with minimum damage to yourself. If you have those other motivations, then you aren’t defending yourself, you’re fighting. And if you are fighting, you are just as guilty of misconduct from the same selfish motives.
Unfortunately, these days we can no longer say if we were really safe with our surroundings. Life would sure be a lot easier and safer if we had accurate information of the people around us.
The Philippines, unfortunately, has not been spared from this kind of disturbances that has been giving disorderliness in our society. One of the fastest growing violent crime is rape. Rape is the most under-reported crime with 84% of the victims never reporting the crime. Women ages 16-24b are at highest risk of being sexually assaulted.
At the height of these circumstances, victims of sexual abuse sustained an increased amount of physical injury if they pleaded, cried or tried reasoning. Approximately 50% of women escape attempted sexual assaults if they yell. Approximately 85% of women escape attempted sexual assaults if they vigorously and quickly resist physically.
This piece of legislation aims to broaden the knowledge and scope of self-defense for Filipino women so that they can easily defend themselves from any form of violence or discrimination.

VIVIEN SHAYNE A. ANG

YOUTH CONGRESS
Baguio City

Introduced By VIVIEN SHAYNE A. ANG

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL FILIPINO WOMEN TO LEARN AND PRACTICE SELF-DEFENSE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Declaration of Policy- Every Filipino women shall be obligated to study self-
defense and this act shall be known as Women Empowerment Program.
Section 2. Coverage-This act covers the entire Filipino women to take a self-defense
lessons starting from primary to tertiary level of their education. For college
level, they could take at least 3 units of this program.
Section 3. Definition of Self-defense-Refers to actions taken by a person to prevent
another person from causing harm to one’s self, one’s property or one’s home.
Section 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations- The Department of Education and the
Philippine Sports Commission shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations to carry out the provisions of this act.
Section 5. Separability Clause- If any portion or provision of this act is declared void and
unconstitutional, the remaining portions or provisions hereof shall not be
affected by such declaration.
Section 6. Repealing Clause- Any provision of law, decree, executive order, rule and
regulation in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions and/or purpose of this
Act is hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 7. Effectivity- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete
publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.
Approved,

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