Assessment 3

ASSESSMENT 3.3.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Not just our country but all over the world is facing a deadly virus. This is
not just a problem but a vast problem for all the people who are infected of this
virus and the people who are affected with this pandemic. This coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. This
new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China,
in December 2019. On 30 January 2020, the Philippine Department of Health
reported the first case of COVID-19 in our country with a 38-year-old female
Chinese national. On 7 March, the first local transmission of COVID-19 was
confirmed.
This COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe economic and social

impacts around the world. We young people are particularly vulnerable to the
disruptions the pandemic has caused, and many are now at risk of being left behind
in education, economic opportunities, and health and wellbeing during crucial
stage of their life development. This COVID-19 outbreak is a sharp reminder that
pandemics, like other rarely occurring catastrophes, have happened in the past and
will continue to happen in the future. Even if we cannot prevent dangerous viruses
from emerging, we should prepare to dampen their effects on society.
Therefore, this virus is very dangerous in order for us people to avoid this
virus we must use healthy practices to protect ourselves. The best way to stay
healthy is to follow these steps: wash hands often with soap and water if not
available use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol, avoid touching eyes, nose
and mouth with unwashed hands. Avoid close contact with people and practice
social distancing. And always wear facemask and face shield. Note that
“prevention is better than cure”.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Violence against women is a worldwide yet still hidden problem. Freedom

from the threat of harassment, battering, and sexual assault is a concept that most
of us have a hard time imagining because violence is such a deep part of our
cultures and our lives. Violence against women is woven into the fabric of society
to such an extent that many of us who are victimized feel that we are at fault. Many
of those who perpetrate violence feel justified by strong societal messages that say
that rape, battering, sexual harassment, child abuse, and other forms of violence are
acceptable. Every day we see images of male violence against women in the news,
on TV shows, in the movies, in advertising, and in our homes and workplaces. It is
a fact of life for women of all ages, races, and classes. Violence against women
ranges from sterilization abuse to prescription-drug abuse, pornography, stalking,
battering, and rape It includes the sexual and physical abuse of young girls and the
abuse of elders.
Every form of violence threatens all women and limits their ability to make choices
about our lives. Sexual violence is particularly insidious because sexual acts are
ordinarily and rightly a source of pleasure and communication. It is often unclear
to a woman who has been victimized and to society as a whole whether a sexual
violation was done out of sexual desire or violent intent or whether these
motivations are even distinguishable, because violence itself has come to be seen
as sexual or erotic.
Thirty years ago, most forms of violence against women were hidden under a cloak
of silence or acceptance. As more and more women talked with each other in the
recent wave of the women's movement, it became apparent that violence against
women occurs on a massive scale; that no woman is immune; and that family,
friends, and public institutions have been cruelly insensitive about it. Do you know
what the solution is? That’s respect, respect is just a simple word but has a big
impact to this problem. Why respect? Because if we have respect to ourselves and
to our fellow individuals there will no problem between man and women. “Be
humane not just human”.
POVERTY
Poverty doesn't just make it difficult for families to survive, it can also have much wider economic
impact. In the Philippines, where more than a quarter of the country's population of 92.3 million lives below
the poverty line, economic and social inequality is a major problem. Our country has one of the highest rates
of income inequality in the world, and unless action is taken, the gap will continue to widen.
Economically, poverty happened when people does not meet all of their basic needs,
they don’t meet the basic requirements to live better. It is the state that a person has a
little or no money at all or few or no material possessions.
People living in the Philippines are not enjoying the equal distribution of wealth,
once they become poor, they will become so very poor, once they become rich, they
will become so very rich. Even though Philippines has an improved economy today,
majority of the people living there is still struggling in poverty. These people
encountered struggles in life and probably cannot eat every day or every meal, can’t
afford to buy clothes as protection to their body. They have no shelter to live. Poverty
is visible on how do the people live and how much the money they have. Not all
people do not understand the true meaning of poverty, some people are not aware of
the condition. Of course, there are factors that can contribute to poverty are as follows:
unemployment, lack of education, disasters and corruption. If the person is
unemployed or no job, he cannot buy anything that they want because they have no
money to use to meet the basic needs, therefore they will feel so poor and can cause
depressions which can also cause complicated diseases. One of the reason why people
become poor is the uneducated, these people tends to become a construction worker or
will belong to the lowest paid individual in the society, thus their salary cannot
support the needs of their families. Other problem that can cause poverty are the
disasters. Many people lose their source of living and income. They are then left
without anything. Corruption is also another reason of poverty.
How can we prevent poverty? Philippine can prevent poverty by looking a job or
by engaging themselves in entrepreneurship. People should strive to go to school
because if the people in the Philippines are educated they can compete to other
nations, there are lots of opportunities knocking elsewhere that can contribute to
income generation. If the people in the Philippines are earning, economic would also
be able to stand better. Corrupt should be punish and people should take good care the
environment. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change
the word”.

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ASSESSMENT 3.3.

This COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe economic and social

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Violence against women is a worldwide yet still hidden problem. Freedom

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