The act classifies violence against women and children as
public crime. Most of the despondence is aware of this republic act 9262, but some have only limited knowledge about it. Our survey shows that most of them are knowledgeable about this republic act 9262 and they understand it. Some are fully aware of the provisions written in the law and some of them only know that it is against the law to hurt women and their children. R.A 9262 has many provisions but only some are known by the public. It would be best; if there will be more effort from the government in informing the public about all its provisions.