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ROXAS City – Male victims of domestic violence may also seek assistance from the police’s Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD).
In most cases, men are ashamed to open up and ask for help when they are the victims of domestic abuse, according to Senior Police Officer 1 Rose Olaveja, WCPD officer of the Roxas City police station.
But “[males] abused by their wives or partners may report to WCPD,” Olaveja stressed during “Breaking Silence,” a conference on rape and women and children’s rights that Cameleon Association recently held here.
Olaveja disclosed that cases of males abused by their female partners are not new to the WCPD. She did not elaborate.
Men are not always the antagonists in cases of domestic violence and abuse, the police officer stressed as she presented a situationer on sexual abuse cases among women and children in Capiz.
Across the province, 43 trained WCPD officers were assigned at police stations here and in the 16 municipalities, said Olaveja.
WCPD was institutionalized in 1998 under Republic Act 8551.
Olaveja said the WCPDs help protect the victims, and arrest the suspects and investigate and file appropriate charges against them. (PIA/PN)
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