MODULE 1 GENDER LESSON PLAN 2

LESSON PLAN 2

TITLE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

COURSE: Specialized Course for WCPD Personnel

MODULE: 1 – Gender

LESSON PLAN NUMBER: 2

TARGET AUDIENCE: Forty five (45) WCPD Officers

DATE & VENUE: As scheduled

TIME ALLOTED: 1hour and 35 minutes

LEARNING AIDS REQUIRED: Multi-media projector and laptop,

handouts, white board and marker

PARTICIPANTS’ EQUIPMENT Notebook, ball pen, learning and training

REQUIRED: materials, handouts

TRAINING REFERENCES R.A 9710 (An Act Providing for Magna

USED: Carta of Women), Situation Analysis
(Gender Realities and the Status of
Women in the Global Philippine
Perspective), A Manual for Police First
Responders and NAPOLCOM
Memorandum Circular No. 2003-004

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PRESENTATION SCHEDULE:

Learning Activity Time

Introduction 2 minutes
Learning objectives 1 minutes
Functions and responsibilities of a 20 minutes
police first responder
Qualities of police first responders 20 minutes
Addressing GBV in different settings 40 minutes
Summary 2 minutes
Open Forum 10 minutes
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS 95 minutes (1hr. and 35 mins.)

METHODOLOGY:

Lecture
Open forum
Games

INTRODUCTION:

Violence against women and children takes many forms and affect women
and children in varying degrees. VAWC is gender-based, it perpetuates male
privilege and power, and must be eradicated. GBV means that women and
children are attacked simply because they are women and they are children.

Law enforcers who are assigned to the Women and Children Protection
Desks must have a working knowledge of gender and its concepts to address
gender-based violence in different settings.

LEARNING GOALS:

This lesson will enhance the understanding of the participants of the basic
concepts on gender which will serve as a guide in addressing gender based-
violence issues.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lecture, the participants should be able to:

1. Identify what are Gender Based - Violence Cases.

2. Define and understand the terminologies to be presented during the
course.
3. Understand the functions and responsibilities of police first responders.

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TOPIC OUTLINE:

A. DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following definitions are taken from the IASC Guidelines for Gender
Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Setting, September 2005
draft.
 CHILD OR MINOR- Person under the age of 18, according to the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Minor are
considered unable to evaluate and understand the consequences of
their choices and give informed consent, especially for sexual acts.
 GENDER- refers to the social differences between men and women.
This includes roles, status, expectations, power, privileges, rights and
opportunities as defined by culture, traditions, society or religion and
learned from infancy.
 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE-Any threatened or actual harmful act
targeted at women and girls or men and boys as an expression of
differential power whether it is from males to females, females to males
or between members of the same sex. The acts may be verbal,
physical, sexual, economic, emotional and psychological or a
combination and may also take any other form whether in private or
public and during any stage of life. Because gender based violence
affects women and girls more than boys and men, the term is often
used interchangeably with “violence against women”. But this is not to
deny the fact that boys and men do also face and suffer from gender
based violence.
 HUMANITARIAN - Kind, caring, compassionate, civilized or charitable.
Humanitarian aid is that assistance provided to population in need due
to disruption of their normal lives by natural factors (floods, droughts,
epidemics) or man made factors (war, genocide). The aid is meant to
restore their dignity as human beings and demonstrate a sense of
caring for them as part of the universal human family.
 PERPETRATOR - A person, group or institution that directly inflicts or
otherwise supports violence or other abuse on another against his/her
will.
 SURVIVOR / VICTIM - Person who has experienced gender based
violence. “Victim” is often used in the medical and legal sectors while
“survivor” is preferred in the psychological and social support sectors
because it implies resilience and avoid stigmatising the person.
 VIOLENCE - Use of actual or threatened force or power against an
individual or groups, that either results in or has a high likelihood of
resulting in physical injury, death, psychological (emotional) harm,
social maladjustment, deprivation or other suffering that may occur in
the family, community and society at large.

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 VULNERABILITY - A factor that makes one open to attack,

susceptible or reduces ones capacities to deal with an adverse
situation.

B. GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

a. Gender Based Violence (GBV) is violence involving men and women in

which the women is usually a victim. It is derived from unequal power
relationships between men and women.
b. Violence is directed specifically against a woman because she is a
woman, or affects women disproportionately. It includes but not limited
to , physical, sexual and psychological harm (including intimidation,
suffering, coercion and/or deprivation of liberty within the family, or
within the general community)
c. According to the Technical Working Group of the PNP Committee on
Enhancing Gender-Responsiveness Program, GBV cases are acts or
omissions committed in violation of the following laws (and other laws
that maybe enacted in relation to GBV):
1. Republic Act No. 9262 - Anti Violence Against Women and
Children Act of 2004.
2. Republic Act No. 9208 - Anti- Trafficking In Persons Act of
2003
3. Republic Act No. 8353 - Anti- Rape Law of 1997 in relation to
RA 8505-Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998
4. Republic Act No. 7610 - Special Protection of Children Against
Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act of 1992
5. Republic Act No. 9775 - Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009
6. Republic Act No. 9995 - Crime of Photo and Video Voyeurism
Act 2009
7. Republic Act No. 7877- Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
8. Republic Act No. 9344- Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of
2006
9. Republic Act No. 9851- Philippine Act on Crimes Against
International Humanitarian Law , Genocide and other crimes
Against Humanity of 2009
10. Republic Act No. 9745 - Anti-Torture Act of 2009

d. FORMS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

1. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Actual or threatened harmful acts
perpetrated within a family/domestic environment. Typical
examples are wife battery, child molestation, marital rape,
incest, confinement, torture, verbal insult, bullying etc.

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2. HARASSMENT -Any comment or behaviour that is unwelcome,

offensive, demeaning, humiliating, derogatory, inappropriate or
fails to respect the dignity of an individual. It can be committed
by or against any beneficiary, partner, employee, official or any
other person involved in any way in the humanitarian response.
3. HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES-Cultural or customary
acts that are carried out by communities but which inflict harm
on their targets. Typical examples are female genital mutilation,
wife inheritance, early marriage, child marriages, child labour,
honour killing, scarification, discriminatory dietary practices,
ritual killings etc.
4. RAPE - Rape of women and men is often used as a weapon of
war, as a form of attack on the enemy, typifying the conquest
and degradation of its women or captured male fighters. It may
also be used to punish women for transgressing social or moral
codes, for instance, those prohibiting adultery or drunkenness in
public. Women and men may also be raped when in police
custody or in prison. Rape/Attempted rape may include: rape of
an adult female, rape of a minor (male or female) including
incest, gang rape (if there is more than one assailant), marital
rape (between husband and wife), and male rape (sometimes
known as sodomy)
5. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION - Any abuse of a position of
vulnerability, differential power, or trust for sexual purposes; this
includes profiting monetarily, socially is likely to result in,
physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women,
including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation
of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private
life…….understood to encompass, but not be limited to the
following: Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring
in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female
children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape,
female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful
to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to
exploitation. of politically from the sexual exploitation of another.
6. SEXUAL ABUSE - Actual or threatened physical intrusion of a
sexual nature, including inappropriate touching, by force of
under unequal or coercive conditions
7. SEXUAL HARASSMENT - Any act of a sexual nature that is
unwelcome, uninvited and unrequested and which makes its
target uncomfortable, offended, demeaned, humiliated coerced
and undignified.
8. SEXUAL VIOLENCE - Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a
sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances or acts to
traffic a person or people for sexual purposes by any person
regardless of their relationship in private or in public.

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9. SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE -Physical, sexual

and psychological violence occurring within the general
community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment
and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and
elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution.
Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or
condoned by the state, whether it occurs.
10. VIOLENCE - Use of actual or threatened force or power against
an individual or groups, that either results in or has a high
likelihood of resulting in physical injury, death, psychological
(emotional) harm, social maladjustment, deprivation or other
suffering that may occur in the family, community and society at
large.

C. POLICE FIRST RESPONDERS TO GBV

a. Who is the Police First Responder?

The First Responder is a police officer who is the first to arrive at

the crime scene to provide initial police actions on information or
complaint on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Cases.
The first Responder shall at times carry a pocket notebook for the
recording of vital information containing the 5Ws and 1H gathered in the
crime scene prior to its turnover to the investigating unit concerned.

b. Functions and Responsibilities of Police First Responder

1. Receive the information/complaint from the complainant or

informant of directive from the higher authority.
2. Record the information/complaint or directive.
3. Validate the veracity of the information.
4. Inform the supervisor and/or higher authority regarding the
incident.
5. Coordinate with the concerned officials as required by the
situation.
6. Assess the situation and call for backup if necessary.
7. Plan the approaches to be executed.

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c. Qualities of A Police First Responder

1. Accepting and Non-Judgmental Accepting comes from the
verb or action word accept which is defined as believing in the
goodness or realness of a person, place or situation. It is
synonymous to the words admit, receive, welcome ,favor, affirm
or acknowledge. Accepting infers the ability of being non-
judgmental.
2. Sensitive and sincere - Being sensitive means being
responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of
perceiving with a sense or senses. It is synonymous to being
bias free, respectful and diplomatic. Being sincere means the
First Responder does what he/she says, that the person is true
in word and action. A sincere First Responder is honest,
straightforward, genuine, trustworthy.
3. Patient and Understanding - Being patient is the capability or
willingness to endure, to wait, to be calm, composed, gentle or
forgiving in the middle of tension, crisis or emergency situations.
Patience is a virtue because it makes the First Responder (and
all of us) a better person. Understanding means to value, know,
learn or make sense of situation.
4. Empathetic - To be empathetic is the capability to share and
feel the sorrow, tragedy or crisis of another person. How to be
empathetic is one of the most important communication skills
necessary for a First Responder to acquire because it enables
him/her to keep the situation from turning bad to worse. Being
empathetic demands the right words, body movement and facial
expression are expressed at the right time.
5. Firmly Committed to End Violence - The commitment to end
violence begins with the understanding of gender equality as a
basic human right. The First Responder values equal rights,
responsibilities and opportunities of women and men, and girls
and boys.
6. Observes and Safeguards Confidentiality - Because the First
Responder is trustworthy, he/she guards, secures or protects
the confidentiality of information, situation or evidences. The
First Responder deals only with the proper authorities who are
involved in the situation.
7. Equipped with Self-Awareness and Caring - Self awareness
enables the First Responder to focus attention on himself or
herself. In doing so, the First Responder is able to evaluate and
compare his/her current behavior to his/her internal standard of
values , becoming self conscious as objective evaluator of self.

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d. Guiding Principles for GBV work

• Confidentiality
• Respect-for her dignity, wishes
• Safety- top priority
• No discrimination- everyone gets equal treatment

e. Rights of Survivors
• RIGHT TO DIGNITY
• Right to correct information
• Right to confidentiality
• Right to all possible treatment options
• Right to refuse any part of treatment
• Right to make decisions about their care
• Right to have their decisions respected

f. GBV Prevention
• Prevention work involves a good understanding of the CAUSES
of violence
• Gender inequality is the root cause of GBV- females are
considered to be of less value than males
• Strong response to GBV can be a form of prevention

g. Good Response to GBV…

• … is a form of prevention!
• A strong justice response to GBV works as a prevention
mechanism
• Community values that do not accept GBV are also prevention
mechanisms

Why are Referral Pathways Useful?

 When cases are reported, it is often an emergency

 People sometimes don’t know what to do
 Referral system gives a clear order to what should happen
 Reminds us of important steps not to miss
 Reminds us we are not working alone

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KEY LEARNING POINTS:

1. Functions and responsibilities of a police first responder

2. Qualities of police first responders

3. Develop a gender-sensitive program that can be implemented in responding

during a humanitarian crisis