The FGD among state actors was done online via ZOOM. Key Interviews The expert interviewee for the state’s expert witness on psychoneurology was identified by the state actors during the FGD as the most frequent expert tapped by the family court as witness at VAW case hearings in court. The VAW Focal Persons of the 5 barangays were interviewed at the start as well as at the close of the research period. Identifying the interviewees among the victim-survivors were the Focal Persons of the GAD/VAW Team of the Barangay Local Government Units. The interviewees were identified based on records in the Barangay Local Government Unit’s Gender and Development (GAD) Office, particularly at the VAW Team’s section. System Data Research on existing data were done in offices of the ZCPO and BLGUs. Existing data at the ZCPO were taken from the CIRAS, or Crime Information Reporting Analysis System, while data provided by BLGUs concerned were from the BLGU-GAD/VAW Files as released with permission, both on the condition of privacy and confidentiality. The BLGU Filing System follows the template prescribed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the Barangay VAW Handbook, or the Guidelines in the Establishment and Management of a Referral System on Violence Against Women at the Local Government Level (PCW & IACVAWC, 2017). Data Collection Processs Field assistants were involved in data collection as the constraints involved time restraints and COVID-19 restrictions, including lockdowns in certain sections of four (4) out of the five (5) barangays with the highest number of cases. Participants for key interviews in the communities and surveys were recruited through communications informing them of the study, and if they were willing, they were assured that what they have to share were confidential. 12