The Effectiveness of Magna Carta Law for Women (R.A 9710) in Brgy. Sta Monica, Novaliches Quezon City

Abstract

Republic Act No. 9710 has made direct responsibility of the government to protect women of all kinds of discrimination and defend their rights. Every woman has the right to be safe in all forms of state abuse and violence. Some examples of violence against women are the threat of beatings, prostitution, and human trafficking. The Magna Carta of women is a comprehensive women's human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination against women by recognizing, protecting, fulfilling and promoting the rights of Filipino women, especially those in the marginalized sector. Protection and security in times of disaster calamities and other crises, especially in all phases of relief, recovery, rehabilitation and construction effects, include the protection from sexual exploitation and other sexual and gender-based violence. This study utilized a descriptive method of research to show the appraisal of the respondent on the effectiveness of the Magna Carta law for the women in Brgy. Sta Monica Novaliches Quezon City. The research collected data to acquire answers to the questions concerning equality. It involves descriptive recording analysis and interpretation of the condition that exists. A descriptive method is a broad class of non-experimental studies and the most appropriate method for this study since the method observes, describes, and documents the demographic profile of the respondent and determine the effectiveness of the Magna Carta law for women (R.A 9710). The respondents are described according to different demographic profiles. The majority of the respondents both were from the age brackets of 26-30 years old and 41 years old above; 60% were female, 40% were married, and 70% were high school graduates. There were different effective provisions under the Magna Carta law for women (R.A 9710) in Barangay St. Monica Novaliches Quezon City. Most of them said that there were also problems encountered by the respondents in terms of the aforementioned variables. There were measures that may be proposed to address the problems encountered in the implementation of the Magna Carta Law of women. The Easy access complaint desk in nearby places around Barangay Santa Monica, Novaliches, Quezon City is one improvement to this program. The results of this study can be used for the improvement of the relationship between respondents, barangay officials, DSWD officials, and Police officers raising the effectiveness of the Magna Carta law for women (R.A 9710) in Barangay St. Monica Novaliches Quezon City.