The FGD came from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from women’s rights focus to sexual minority, children, grassroots and community support organizations as well as aid, sustainable development and social services. More details on the participants and their background are provided in the attendance attached in Annex 2. Discussion Women NGO’s and CSOs Barangay Malpitic, City of San Fernando 1. Gender equality situationer in the city/municipality ● Are you aware of any local gender equality or GBV policies in your city/municipality? Do you know if you have a GAD Code or an Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Cat-calling ordinances or of their barangay counterpart? Majority of the participants has insufficient knowledge about the policies related to Gender-Based Violence in their city/municipalities. ● During the ECQ/GCQ period, have you heard of any program or policy pertaining to gender or GBV adopted by the LGU (barangay to City level)? Participants agreed that they haven’t heard any program or policy pertaining to gender adopted by the LGU. ● Prior to the pandemic, are the VAWC Desks in your barangay functional? (Established, trained officials, able to record WAVC cases, able to respond and issue BPO) Is the answer the same during the ECQ period? All participants claimed that their WAVC Desk is functional prior to the pandemic and even during the ECQ period. Most cases reported were documented and reported to police station and City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) of San Fernando. According to the participants, barangay officials accompanied the abused victims from their barangay all the way to the hospital for the conduct of medical examination until the reporting of the incident to the police station. 2. Gender-based violence (GBV) in the city/municipality (in relation to genderbased violence) ● Prior to the pandemic, what are the common forms of GBV in your municipality/city? Page 5 of 19