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6. Conclusion and Recommendations
husband until she got sick.
What was the turning point of her life? She did not leave her husband but what transformed her was a counselling from a friend and her faith in God. From then on, she was able to developed self-confidence and she realized that, her being dependent on her husband economically and in decision making, should end.
She said that being in an abusive relation is a choice, and it should be decided by the individual. As of today, she is already an empowered woman, and she is a member too of Tacloban City Council of Women. According to her, one need not separate from one’s husband. What is important is the woman should be determined to be free, to be confident and think what is best for herself and her children.
Practically all of the VAW survivors are empowered women due to the fact that they have chosen to fight and confront their abusive partners in courts. Thus, those that were economically abused were able to gain monetary support, one was able to get a share in their conjugal properties. On the other hand, those that were physically abused gained temporary protection order. They have a common voice that violence will end because they have all the rights and might to do so. The following is quote from Eleanor Roosevelt which aptly fittingly describe an empowered woman is:
“A woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”
state, then women empowerment will be achieved.
This study recommends too that gender sensitivity trainings, education, advocacies related to gender issues, VAWC in schools, in communities and in families should be sustained. All barangays must be covered so that the awareness and understanding of VAWC is widespread. The presence as well of support services must be widely disseminated so that VAWC victims have informed choice in making decisions. Women empowerment makes a lot of difference to the lives of abused women. Women are productive members of the society and they should be given a chance to participate fully in all spheres of economic life. They have to be free from the shackles of insubordination, fear and hopelessness.
To quote Emma Watson, she thinks that “women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes. There’s nothing wrong with being afraid. It’s not the absence of fear, it’s overcoming it and sometimes you just have to blast through and have faith.”
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