I. INTRODUCTION With the upsurge of the COVID-19 affecting the whole country and the world, the Regional Office have shifted its focus mainly on monitoring Local Government Units (LGUs) in their response vis-à-vis the pandemic. In the early part of the year, workplans were already finalized in preparation of the upcoming gender-related project, plans and activities (PPAs). At the onset, the whole country was stricken with the pandemic affecting the implementation of mostly planned activities in the region. To date, the office has submitted the Regional GAD Plan with a goal to cater the clients as well as the organization-focused through the development of PPAs based on the identified issues coming from the data collected at the ground level. This report shall consist of program implementation and/or activities for the month of January-May 2020. Hence, this report. II. REGULAR PROMOTION PROGRAM 1. GENDER-RELATED PPAs In line with the strategic role of the CHR as Gender Ombud and more importantly institutionalizing Gender and Development in the conduct of Promotion and Protection Program and Policy Related Program, was able to implement remotely the PPAs. Under the Promotion and Policy Services the region has provided the following activities but not limited to the following, to wit; Awareness Raising Activities, InterAgency Collaborations and Gender-Related Trainings. Here are the some of the activities that we conducted in partnership with Local Government Units and /or Agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from in and outside the Region, to wit; A. Promotion Services The region had already sent out communications to partner agencies and networks with respect to planned activities for the first quarter, such as the Regional Stakeholders Meeting (RSM) which is a quarterly meeting with partner agencies and Civil Society Organizations. The first quarter meeting will focus mainly on the Women‘s Month Celebration and capacity building activities already identified during the last quarter meetings. Legal Clinic Caravans (two schedules) were

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