The degree of violence and abuse among victims remained constant and continuing. No noticeable decrease of GBV cases is observed. Most common perpetrator is the intimate partner/husband. And usually the victim is the wife who has lost her employment due to retrenchment and whose children stopped schooling due to the pandemic. • During the ECQ and GCQ period, what are the challenges/ barriers women experienced in: • Lack/insufficient knowledge: o Of their rights under the law o The processes involved in the reporting and prosecution of cases o Of remedies under the law for their protection (fear of retaliation) • Financial incapacity to go through the whole process of filing a case. There is not enough funds for logistics (transporation, etc.) • Lack of a strong family support system to pursue the case • Delayed response from service providers. A parent of a minor victim of attempted rape got paid by the perpetrators (this is a result of the delayed actions from concerned offices. The victim believes the delay is because offices are prioritizing COVID related concerns over GBV cases like rape) A sharing of one of the participants on the level of awareness on common violence, said: “A condition of abuse at home is just normal. We don’t know about reporting, we don’t have that in mind, we are just living normally with the condition of being disrespected sometimes by our partner”. • From your experience, which group of women are most affected by the GBV forms identified (e.g. urban poor women, women farmers, women with disabilities, on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity)? What group had challenges in accessing justice? The group of women most affected by the GBV forms identified are the following: a. b. c. d. Urban poor women Women with disabilities IP Women Lesbians