PANAGHOY
The War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women and Children
Table of Contents
Overview
Part I: Review of Related Literature on Gender and the War on Drugs
1. The Philippines War on Drugs: Operation Double Barrel
2. The Effects of the Drug War and Extra-Judicial Killings on Women and Children
Part II: Data Gathering for the Report
1. Method and Process
2. Scope and Limitations
3. Data Processing and Analysis
Part III. Interviews with Women
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Profile of the Woman Interviewee
Current Household Profile
The EJK victim
Impact of the EJK
Access to Government Support
Taking Legal Action
Perceptions of EJK and the War on Drugs
Part IV: Focus Group Discussions
1. FGD with community members (Luzon)
2. FGD with mothers and spouses of EJK victims (NCR)
Part VII. Discussion of Findings
Part VIII. Ways Forward
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Overview
The report presents the results of the field data gathering on women’s perception on the
War on Drugs by the current Philippine government. It is built on 53 interviews with
women who are closely connected with EJK victims. Majority of them are family members
of the victims or have known and lived with them for a significant number of years. The
regional offices of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), as led by its GAD focal persons,