2011-2015  KKBM and Barangay Malanday Resolution as base for the passage of a City-level Legislation  Passage of a city resolution mandating all 16 barangays in Marikina to create a women’s desk and to come up with a comprehensive programs for women particularly in providing legal, medical and psychological assistance to women victim-survivors, in compliance with RA 9262.  Appointment of a separate VAWC Officers in all the barangays  Improved city-level referral system  Passage of GAD ordinance  Development of champions and advocates among local women’s organisations in 4 barangays in Marikina From 2016 until the present, the EBJS takes on specific programs and projects to strengthen local women and young women’s organizations in three (3) of the poorest provinces in the country:    Ayta women in Zambales. It comprises of support group for women to break stereotypes, discrimination and even violence among couples. It aims for an increases reporting of cases and lifelong learning. Haiyan survivors in Samar. This involves pushing for a functional VAW Desk, GAD Code, participation in GAD planning, and opportunities during the elections. Young Women in Masbate. This provided playground and park for young people as the lack of it is seen as one of the reasons for violence and harassment experienced by young women. The presentation also touched on specific and creative strategies for capacity building, information sharing, documenting narratives of women. It was underscored that instead of conceptual definition, the women’s experiences are used as basis for identifying and understanding concepts. To wrap up the discussion, the rationale for doing this kind of work was reechoed:  Strengthen women’s voices and women’s movement to counter the patriarchal/ macho/ misogyny culture.  Mainstreaming feminist perspectives in the legal profession/practice  Relevance of participation of paralegals and strengthening of legal advocacy and paralegal work, for instance training of paralegals can do well in the sustainability of such efforts  Contribute in mainstreaming feminist perspectives  Continuing challenge for all of us  Continuing relevance of the work that we do to local women’s organizations to hungry children and unemployed women Some takeaways from the presentation include the recognition of the work in communities and tapping network and community and surfacing issues of women with women themselves. These, together with inputs on GBV framework, feminist research and local experiences are hoped to help develop consciousness for women and gender rights. See Annex 3.5 for the Presentation Slides 28