By Vivian Yap | Projects Executive
In April 2014, WAO presented its Annual Report and Annual Statistics for the year 2013 at the 30th Annual General Meeting. It was attended by staff, executive committee and members.
We would like to share with you some important numbers that will help you understand how significant your support is in changing the lives of these women and children whom we are helping.
Refuge
In 2013, 153 women sought shelter with WAO. 93 of the 153 women were domestic violence survivors. This is followed by cases of trafficking, single and pregnant women, rape and migrant domestic workers abuse. Majority of the residents who sought shelter were Malaysians and Myanmarese. The rest were from Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, India, China, Vietnam, Mali, Brazil and Nigeria.
Women who sought shelter with WAO also come with children. Out of the 153 residents, 107 of them have children. Of 107 mothers, 55 mothers stayed in the shelter with their children. There were altogether 109 children at the Refuge in 2013.
It is also crucial to highlight that psychological abuse rates the highest at 98.9%, physical abuse (95.6%), financial abuse (51.6%), social abuse (48.4%) and sexual abuse (35.2%). This shows that in any violent situation, the woman is subjected to multiple forms of abuse.
As for counselling, WAO social workers conducted 125 face to face counselling sessions, 1,965 telephone counselling and attended to 238 email enquiries.
Child Care Centre
32 children from 17 mothers stayed at the Child Care Centre (CCC) in 2013. 78% of the 32 children were 9 years old and below. The remaining are below 15 years old. Most of them stayed for 5 months and more.
During their stay at the CCC, 17 children attended schools while 15 did not. Out of these 15 children, 5 received proper home schooling at the CCC. The remaining 10 children did not attend school because their stay was short and some were due to protection issues.
As of December 2013, a total of 28 children left the CCC while 4 others remain at the centre.
For more detailed information, you can view our reports from www.wao.org.my here:
WAO Annual Report 2013: http://bit.ly/1pfPulS
WAO Statistic 2013: http://bit.ly/1sDK1X9
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