A Hotline for Abused Women

I have read an article saying that there are lots of kinds of abuses - physical, emotional and financial. The most usual form is intimate-partner violence or abuse among married or unmarried couples. Among the cases, the most common is battery or pambubugbog. These abuses can result to low self-esteem.

But even well-educated women are not exempted from violence. Most women are experiencing belittling from their husbands, putting them down to condition these women that they are not good, that they will be miserable without their husbands. Psychologists warned that oftentimes, violence enters psychologically before it manifests in the physical through coercion or verbal abuse.

To prevent such abusive situations, it is important for woman to value themselves first and to affirm their rights as individual. How should a woman look at herself? Women have to be keen with what's going on in the relationship. If you've observed that you are being controlled, you have to be very open to discuss it with the person. You don't have to separate immediately. There should be care and respect for each other. When you feel these things are not present anymore, deal with it. Don't put it aside.

If you need help and guidance, you may go to Women's Crisis Center 3/F, ER-Trauma extension Annex building of East Avenue Medical Center, Diliman, Quezon City. Hotline numbers: 922-5235 / 926-7744.

source: PDI by Allison Lopez