bahay na walang warrant of arrest. Pag lumalabas ang anak ko, di kampante ang loob ko. Tingnan mo yung Kian case.11 (Region I) Ngayon mahirap maging panatag dahil sa mga nangyayari sa ngayon tulad na lang ng nangyari sa aking kapatid na pinatay ng walang kalaban-laban (Region IV) [The interviewees] no longer feel safe in their community. They said that human life is too cheap for some people nowadays (Region V) This fear also extended to their neighbors and relatives in that even open expression of sympathy to families victimized by EJK was thought to be dangerous: Most women interviewees said that in this present times [September 2018] even sympathy from friends and relatives are not openly shown for fear that those friends and relatives might be seen or identified also in engaging in illegal drugs. (Region XIII) Increased fear that they or their loved ones will be victimized by violence outside their homes is also another effect of the EJK, and indicative of the uneasiness of women in their community. Okay ang pakiramdam dito sa barangay namin. Pero doon sa amin [their neighborhood], hindi na ligtas, hindi kami malapit sa mga kapit-bahay kaya ang nasa isip ay “Kanino ka magpapatulong?” (CAR) Ngayon, takot na takot. Pag gabi na, sinasabihan ko yung anak ko na makitulog na sa kaibigan niya at huwag ng umuwi. Tingnan mo kako yung nangyari sa bata sa Nueva Ecija.12 Takot na akong lumabas. Dahil sa takot lumabas, di na ako nakakamalengke pag madaling-araw kaya konti na lang nabibili ko. Kaya, wala na din masyadong bumibili sa tinda ko. (Region I) I feel safer when my family is nearby.I worry about my family’s safety. We avoid being out at night.We don’t stay out late. We sleep earlier than usual. Nobody lives at [the house where the killing took place] now. (Region X) I'm always scared just knowing that there are policemen near me and my children. I am scared [the police] will return to [kill us]. It was horrible.(Region XII) The women were also asked about their experences of being discriminated in the community, if any. There were 10 interviewees (21.7%) who said they experienced such. 11 Kian delos Santos was a 17-year old boy killed in the Drug War in August 2017. The police claimed that he was killed in a police shootout, however a CCTV captured delos Santos being dragged by two police officers to a dark alley where he was later found dead. The body was also found to have sachets of illegal drugs, and a gun. The case of delos Santos triggered a public outcry against the War on Drugs. On 29 November 2018, three police officers were sentenced to reclusion perpetua for the murder of delos Santos, but not for planting evidence and drugs. (Gavilan, J., 2018. Available in https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/217663-timeline-justice-trial-kian-delos-santos) 12 This is a reference to the case of Reynaldo de Guzman, 14 years old, who is believed to be a victim of EJK. His body was found floating in a creek in Nueva Ecija, and wrapped in cloth and packaging tape; it has least 30 stab wounds He was last seen with Carl Angelo Arnaiz who was killed in a police shootout in Caloocan City. Arnaiz allegedly held up a taxi. The police also claimed he had marijuana sachets when they recovered his body. (Philippine Star, 2017. Available in https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/07/1736398/what-we-know-so-far-killing-reynaldo-de-guzman-14) Panaghoy: The Philippine War on Drugs from the Perspective of Women March 2019 36