Opol, Misamis Oriental Focus Group Discussio on Gender Based Violence Referral Mechanism October 28, 2020 The information, insights and recommendations gathered in this focus group discussions aims to contribute in: • Establishing a baseline pertaining to the roles and participation of women in small scale fishing, and of the issues of women fisherfolks including trafficking and GBV, the implementation of MCW provisions on women fisherfolks, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; • Gathering of regional data on women fisherfolks and GBV during the COVID-19 Pandemic, create partnerships with communities and CSOs and strengthening CHR regional office’s situation monitoring on women in the marginalized sectors as Gender Ombud in their respective regions; This FGD also includes specific objectives: 1. To render visible and document the roles and tasks undertaken by women fisherfolks in the household and in the community; 2. To monitor the implementation of MCW provisions on women fisherfolks by looking at: women’s roles, economic participation and recognition, access to information, resources, and food production; Experiences of marginalization, discrimination; Gender Based Violence; 3. To document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women fisherfolks 4. To document awareness of and availment by women fisherfolks of government programs in response to COVID-19; 5. To gather recommendations from the ground II. SUMMARY OF RESPONSES A. Focus Group Discussion with the GBV Inter Agency Service Providers of El Salvador City LGU The discussion with the representatives of the government agencies in the City of El Salvador focused on three important aspects of their work as identified service Page 6 of 13