Few rape cases filed, prosper
NORMA Escobido, family health officer of the Department of Health, has been with the agency for 35 years but has only been working with its Women and Children Protection Unit (WCPU) for two years. She goes around the country, visiting WCPUs in DOH-administered hospitals, talks to rape victims and tells them about their option to pursue their attackers in court. “Only roughly 10 percent of them file cases,” she said. These few women find that government agencies are unable to use the evidence they have collected.