WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE IS RAPED? WHERE TO GET HELP?
Advice the victim to seek the help Philippine Na�onal Police (PNP)
1. of a counselor or a therapist who is Women and Children Protec�on Center (WCPC)
Camp Crame, Quezon City
an expert in handling cases of sexual
Tel. No.: 410-3213 / 532-6690 / 723-0401 loc. 5260, 5360, 5361
abuse. Aleng Pulis Text Hotline: 0919-7777377
Women and Children Protec�on Desk of nearest Police Precinct
Assist her in securing a safe and temporary
2. shelter if she needs to move to another place
for security reasons. She can be referred to a crisis Na�onal Bureau of Inves�ga�on (NBI)
center or any government agency that offers An�-Violence Against Women and their Children Desk (VAWCD)
temporary shelter. Ta� Avenue, Manila
Tel. Nos.: 523-8231 to 38 / 525-6028
Make sure that the evidence is safe and intact.
3. This would help should the victim decides to DOJ - Public A�orney’s Office (DOJ-PAO)
Tel. Nos.: 929-9010 / 526-2747 / 929-9436 to 37 loc. 106 / 107
file a case.
Secure a Medico-legal certificate from a UP-PGH Women’s Desk
4. Medico-legal officer. Absence of bodily injuries
does not mean that rape did not occur or that
Tel. Nos.: 524-2990 / 554-8400 loc. 2536
the case may not be pursued anymore. DOH Hospital’s Women and Children Protec�on Unit
Tel. No. 651-7800 locs. 1726 to 1730
5. Support the victim along the way when she
decides to file a case. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Community-Based Services Sec�on (CBSS) Legarda, Manila
Ensure that she is prepared in all aspects. Make Tel. Nos.: 733-0010 to 18 local 116 / 488-2861
6. her understand the overall picture of the case.
Inform her that it is possible that doctors, police, Women’s Crisis Center (WCC)
lawyers and judges would not be sensitive to her Women and Children Crisis Care and Protec�on Unit
situation and experience. Vito Cruz, Manila
Contact Nos.: 514-4104/ 0917-8250320 / 0999-5779631 / 0928-4200859
7. Help the victim choose the lawyer who understands
her most.
References:
1. The An�-Rape Law of 1997 and Rape Vic�m Assistance and Protec�on
Act of 1998, NCRFW
8. Coordinate with people who can assist or support
her all throughout.
2. Ang Batas Laban sa Panggagahasa, Isang Praymer, WLB in coopera�on
with NCRFW and UNFPA, 1998
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Republic Act 8353: An Act Expanding the
Definition of the Crime of Rape and
Reclassifying the same as Crime Against WHO CAN COMMIT RAPE?
WHAT CONSTITUTES RAPE?
Persons.
Rape is committed: Any man or woman may be held liable
for rape.
The Anti-Rape Law of 1997 redefines rape as: By a man who shall have sexual It is possible that a man may rape
intercourse with a woman under any his own wife, an act deemed as
1. A CRIME AGAINST PERSONS of the following circumstances: “marital rape.” The penalty for rape
Rape violates a person’s well being and not just in general may apply on the offender
ones virginity or purity. A. Through force, threat, or in�mida�on; who commits marital rape.
The law considers that any person, whether a prostituted B. When the vic�m is deprived of reason or is
person, non-virgin or one who has an active sexual life may
be victimized by rape. unconscious;
C. Through fraudulent machina�on or grave abuse HOW IS THE CRIME PUNISHED?
2. A PUBLIC OFFENSE of authority; and
The penalty varies depending on the act itself
By declaring that rape is a crime against persons, D. When the vic�m is under twelve (12) years of age or is and the circumstances surrounding it.
the law no longer considers it as a private crime. demented, even if none of the above circumstances
are present.
Anyone who has knowledge of the crime may file a case
on the victim’s behalf. Reclusion Perpetua
(Imprisonment from 20 to 40 years) is imposed on
The prosecution continues even if the victim drops the case By any person who, under any of the the offender if rape is commi�ed through sexual
or pardons the offender. intercourse.
above circumstances, commits an act of
sexual assault by inserting his penis into
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genital or oral orifice of another person. the offender if rape was commi�ed through oral
or anal sex or through the use of any object or
instrument that was inserted into the mouth
or anal orifice of the woman or a man.
WHO CAN BE RAPED?
This may also be elevated to Reclusion Temporal
Anyone can be a rape victim, but the (Imprisonment from 12 to 20 years) or Reclusion
incidence of rape is more rampant Perpetua depending on the circumstances
in women and girls. surrounding the crime.
