The Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center joins the nation in the observance of the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women.
The 2022 campaign highlights the strides made in anti-VAW efforts in line with the Philippines’ 20th year of participation in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. In 2002, the Philippine government joined this global campaign with the call to action to immediately pass the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act. Republic Act 9208 was enacted in 2003. The succeeding years of the campaign became instrumental in advocating for the passage of other anti-VAW laws and promoting or popularizing the same. This includes the enactment of the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act or RA 9262 in the year 2004, the adoption of RA 9208 and RA 9262 Implementing Rules and Regulations, and the creation of Inter-Agency Councils and Committees and the national, regional, and local levels to oversee the popularization and implementation of the laws.