1. The government has passed Republic Act 9710 (Magna Carta for Women) to affirm the role of women in nation building and to ensure the substantive equality of women.
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2. \( { }^{66} \) Discrimination Against Women" refers to any gender-based distinction, exclusion, or restriction which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, or a basis of equality of men and women of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field.
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3. As defined in Republic Act 7610, child abuse refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual or not, of the child which includes any of the following:
(1) Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment.
(2) Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades, or demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as human being;
(3) Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for survival, such as food and shelter; or
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(4) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and development or in his permanent incapacity or death.
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