EVAW (End Violence Against Women) advocacy campaign 2025
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide, globally affecting around one in three women in her lifetime. It occurs at home, in communities, public spaces, at the workplace and online. Cutting across all distinctions of geography, class or ethnicity, it is firmly grounded in unequal power relations between women and men and reinforced by discriminatory and gender-biased attitudes, norms and practices that both contribute to such violations and allow them to continue unchallenged.
Pakistan ranks 130/139 on the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2021. Although Pakistan has a comprehensive VAW-related legal framework, substantial efforts are required to ensure effective implementation. Patriarchal norms and gender bias result in women experiencing different forms of VAW. It is reported that 34 per cent of married women have experienced domestic violence by their husband; and 56 per cent of women who experienced physical/ sexual violence did not seek any help. More than 80 per cent of women reported facing harassment in public places, yet 90.3 per cent do not consider sexual harassment to be a crime.
In the Philippines, while progress has been made in advancing gender equality, violence against women remains a serious and ongoing concern. According to the 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), 17.5% of ever-married women aged 15 to 49—have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence from a partner. This equates to about 4.8 million Filipinas—each representing a voice that must not be silenced. These troubling statistics continue to emerge even as the Philippines is recognized as the most gender-equal country in Asia by the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. The 18-Day Campaign to End VAW supports the Philippine government’s goal of protecting the human rights of women and girls by upholding its commitment to address all forms of gender-based violence as enshrined in the 1987 Constitution. By virtue of Republic Act 10398 or the Act declaring November 25 of every year as the National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of VAWC, government agencies are mandated to raise awareness on the problem of violence and the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls.
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