Crisis Intervention Units

Country	Philippines
Year	2008
Type of Measure	Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery, Social services > Psycho-social counselling
Form of Violence	Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description

Quick Response Team (QRT) through the Crisis Intervention Unit: composed of multi-disciplinary team that provides emergency services to victims on a 24-hour basis such as: temporary shelter, counseling, psychotherapy for those severely traumatized, protective custody, immediate medical assistance, legal assistance and other support services.

Source of Information

Response of the Government of the Philippines to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2008