SWK 106: g7

• Violence against Women (VAW)


  An act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm to women including threats, reprisals, exploitation, harassment, and other forms of control
• VAW includes but not limited to

  • Physical violence or the act that includes bodily harm
  • Sexual violence or the act that is sexual in nature, committed against a woman or her child
  • Psychological violence or the act or omission that causes or is likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the victim
  • Economic abuse or the act that makes or attempts to make a woman financially dependent
• Impact of Violence Against Women (VAW)

  • Anxiety disorders
  • Depression
  • Self-harm
  • HIV
  • Unintended Pregnancy
  • Abortion
  • Suicide
• Primary modes of management for VAW


  • Social Casework
  • Social Group Work
  • Community Organization
• Secondary modes of management for VAW


  • Social Work Research
  • Social Welfare Administration
  • Social Action
• RA 6725 prohibits discrimination with respect to terms and conditions of employment solely on the basis of sex
• RA 9262 - Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004
• RA 7877 - Anti Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
• Two ways of committing rape under RA 8353


  • Rape by sexual intercourse
  • Rape by sexual assault
• Stages of execution for the crime of rape


  • Attempted
  • Frustrated
  • Consummated
• RA 8505 - Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998
• Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act No. 9710)
• Roles of social workers in handling violence against women


  • Advocate
  • Enabler
  • Counselor
  • Researcher
  • Case manager
  • Educator
• Gender Responsive Case Management (GRCM)


  1. Intervention planning

  2. Partnership and implementation

  3. Monitoring and evaluation

  4. Closure and follow-up
• SOCIAL CASEWORK refers to an individual-centered problem-solving method to ensure the woman's safety.
• SOCIAL GROUP WORK They can help by organizing support groups for survivors of domestic violence.
• COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION They provide support, resources, and advocacy for women who have experienced various forms of violence.
• Social Work Research is the application of research methods to the production of knowledge that social workers need to solve problems they confront in the practice of social work.
• Social Welfare Administration John C. Kidneigh (1950) defines social welfare administration as the "process of transforming social policy into social services. A two-way process: 1) transforming policy into concrete social services, and 2) the use of experience in recommending modification of policy
• Social Action Mary E. Richmond who made use of this term in social work for the first time, in 1922, defined it as "mass betterment through propaganda and social legislation."