preparation for the field interviewees took several weeks, particularly for teams who did the interviews in situ, sometimes in remote areas. There were also interviews conducted in CHR offices as agreed with the women who felt it was safer to have the interviews there instead of in their communities. The CHR-RO reciprocated the participation of women and children by way of giving them groceries and school supplies after the interviews. The groceries were very much appreciated by the women, especially since many of them faced financial difficulties even before their family member was killed, and more so after. Focus Group Discussions The focus group discussion was initially designed to gain insight on the community impact of the War on Drugs and EJK, focusing on the women’s experience, in representative areas from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region. Target participants included barangay officials, representatives from community-based organizations, and residents. But because of logistical and security concerns, the FGD was only conducted in the Luzon area within the data gathering period (September 2017). There were also efforts in the first half of 2018 to organize an FGD in the Visayas, but this had not progressed for the same reasons previously mentioned. A second FGD, this time specific to mothers and spouses of EJK victims was conducted simultaneously with the children’s workshop organized by the CHR Children’s Rights Center in November 2018. This was in anticipation that there will be women (or female adults) accompanying the children to the CHR activity, and it was an opportunity to supplement the data from the Luzon FGD. The participants to the workshop came from a barangay in NCR, which has a high number of EJK cases. The parish church was the main community contact. Initial groundwork for recruitment of FGD participants was also done by the parish priest, then prior to the FGD, the mothers were asked again if they wanted to participate. No token or compensation was given to the mothers (or for their children) apart from those given to everyone who was in the CRC workshop. After the FGD, the participants were introduced to Atty. Jill Regalado of CHR for a brief orientation on the CHR, its mandate and services offered. It was noted that none of the women had accessed legal assistance on their EJK case. Documentation of the two FGDs with adult stakeholders were audio recorded and transcribed. There are also photos of the FGD outputs from the second FGD (women’s drawings and letters). The participants gave their expressed consent to these forms of documentation after the facilitators explained to them the objectives and process of the activity and the purpose of its documentation. Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women March 2019 15