Level of Awareness of Badjao Community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City towards the

Violation of Human RightsAuthors:

Danie G. AdorableAnmarechrist B. Albino

Elissa C. BanlasanShiela A. Guno

Presentor:

Danie G. Adorable - 09109797250

INTRODUCTION The increasing number of violations against Human Rights especially to the minority tribe of Badjao, urge the researchers to make a study regarding the level of awareness of Badjao Community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City towards the violation of human rights. The research study aimed and measured the level of awareness of the respondents about the Human Rights with regards to Human Rights Per Se, Rights to Education, Rights to livelihood and their Rights to Security Protection.

The researcher’s observation is that even when there is an existing law that the states provide, Badjao receives unequal opportunities of the rights mentioned above from those outside of their tribe.

METHODS

The researchers employed descriptive survey method and a survey questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument. The said instrument undergone validity and reliability test process. Frequency and Percentage, Average Weighed Score, was used to analyze the research result and ANOVA and T-test was used to analyze the hypothesis.

RESULT AND DISCUSSIONTable 1 Frequency and Percentage Distribution of the Respondents Profile

Profile Category Frequency Percent

Age

Total

15-18 years old

19-21 years old

22-25 years old

26-30 years old

31-40 years old40 years old and above

1064555

35

28.617.111.414.314.314.3

100.0

This means that majority of the Badjao community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City are young and they are already at the age level wherein they are able to understand in terms of the human rights and they are educated, because they able go to school and learn about it. It is also easy for them to communicate, because they know and understand bisaya more than the old ones.

Findings implied that female Badjaos are more aware of their human rights than the Badjao males. The ratio between male and female Badjaos is supported by Abrahamsson (2011) that Badjao community in Matina Aplaya has less than 5 % of the children going to school, most of them are girls, and they are in general several years older than their classmates.

Sex

Total

MaleFemale

82735

22.977.1

100.0

Findings implied that in the Badjao Community disregard of their right to education that result to the increasing number most of them have no formal education because of financial problem and discrimination.

Educational Attainment

Total

Non Formal Education

Elementary Level

High School Level

High School Graduate

171521

35

48.642.95.72.9

100.0

Table 2 Level of awareness of Badjao Community in Matina

Aplaya, Davao City towards the Violation of Human Rights

Areas of Problemc

Std. Deviation

Mean Descriptive Interpretation

Human Rights Per Se

.58 2.20 Aware

Based on the data findings above , the Badjao community is aware that Human Rights in our country is still existing and these findings supported by Fernandez (2014) this right still existing in our country which is this statement provided that everyone has the rights, especially the right to born and right to live. Through this anyone of us is protected by the government based on the law created by those law makers.

In terms of rights to education, findings revealed that the residents of Badjao Community are aware of the said law. Their high level of awareness is shown in their knowledge that elementary education shall be compulsory with the highest mean score and scholarship up to college which has the lowest mean score.

Rights to Education

.51 2.36 Aware

Among the the items under the indicator rights to livelihood, statement no.4 which stated that begging is not legal means of livelihood got the highest mean score with which implies that most of Badjaos are begging despite of its illegality as source of living. Badjao finds begging more convenient and easy way to earn money for living. They also allowed children to beg in the streets. The lowest mean score was statement no.5 which stated that everyone has the right to leisure , including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays and pay.

Rights to Livelihood

.44 2.40 Aware

In terms of security protection, findings revealed that residents of Badjao Community Their level of awareness is shown in their knowledge that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment while their knowledge about the right to be protected against armed conflicts has the lowest mean .

Rights to Security Protection

.51 2.38 Aware

Overall mean .51 2.34 Aware

Table 3 Is the ignificant difference in the level of awareness of Badjao Community in Matina Aplaya, Davao City towards the Violation of

Human Rights when grouped by Profile.

ProfileAwareness on Violation

of Human Rights

f-value

p-valu

e

Decision on Ho

Age .253 .935 Accept

Gender 2.243 .144 Accept

Educational

Attainment

.214 .886 Accept

Overall .236 .655 Accept

In terms of Age, Gender, Educational Attainment the level of significance leads to the acceptance of null hypothesis which indicates that there is no significant difference on the level awareness of Badjao Community in the violation of Human Rights. The overall, f-value is .236 while p-value is .655, which failed to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, there is no significant difference in the level awareness of Badjao Community in the violation of Human Rights when analyzed by demographic profile.

CONCLUSION

Most women residents of Badjao Community between 15-18 years old, has attained elementary education and is aware that there is a violation of human rights. Badjao residents of Matina Aplaya are aware on the Human Rights being violated particularly in their understanding in the rights of livelihood.Age, sex and educational attainment are non-factors in the level of awareness of the respondents about Human Rights Violation in the areas of Human Rights Per Se, Education, Livelihood and Security Protection in providing significant differences.

Recommendations

There should be a continuous information dissemination of concerned government agencies to the rights of the Badjao to the other people because mostly the violations came not from the Badjao but from the outside of the community. The Badjao knows about their rights but because of other people they reject their right to be educated, that is why only few Badjao has reach elementary education, the male Badjao should also be on the school because there is a tendency that male Badjaos will become delinquent. And the importance of education must be well emphasized because some of the residents aged 15-18 years old opt to sell ukay-ukay or beg rather than being educated.

There should be equal opportunity for the older Badjao to have decent work especially the parents so that they will not be forced to send their children to beg in the streets in danger. They must be secured in terms of residence because the reason for them to be in the streets is because they do not have the permanent area to stay with. The good traits of Badjao and their culture must be provided through the use of media channels or printing materials, so that other people might not discriminate them and that they may have equal opportunity to prevent the occurrence of crime. And to lessen the violations of human rights towards the Badjao.

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