Statement of the Commission on Human Rights denouncing the recent cases of sexual abuse and violence against women and young girls
Trigger warning: Sexual assault, rape, murder, death The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) strongly deplores the recent separate cases of rape and violence committed against young girls and women. In Atimonan, Quezon, a 7-year-old was found dead inside a sack wearing no underwear in the afternoon of 2 March 2024. Based on CCTV footage, the […]
Statement of CHR Spokesperson, Atty, Jacqueline Ann de Guia, in support of a gender-responsive legislation protecting women and girls during pandemics and disasters
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) lauds the filling of Senate Bill No. 2372, also known as the proposed Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Pandemic and Disaster Management Act. Senate Bill No. 2732 recognises the gendered impacts of pandemics and other health concerns, emergencies, and disasters to women and girl-children, and seeks better protection for them through […]