The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the chair of the Inter-Agency Council on Violence Against Women and their Children (IACVAWC), supports the initiatives of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in protecting the victim-survivors of violence committed against women and children and human trafficking.

During the National Launching of the DILG Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Anti-Violence against Women and their Children (VAWC) Resource Materials on Tuesday (August 15), Secretary Rex Gatchalian, who was represented by DSWD Assistant Secretary Elaine F. Fallarcuna, lauded the DILG for developing the resource materials that would prevent the emergence of human trafficking and VAWC.

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