and is committed to the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with diverse SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION (SOGIE). CHR shall promote and protect the human rights of intersex persons and persons with diverse SOGIE and it shall likewise investigate all forms of human rights violations and acts of discrimination committed against them. She continued by the question and answer portion about gender identity. She explained that this is about a person's perception of having a particular gender, which may or may not correspond with their birth sex. These came along with the so called STIGMA (a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person) and discrimination. Child Protection Policy was also discussed. When it comes to CHR, they always promote positive discipline and explain why they must discipline. All rights have their own obligation. The moment manifestation is present, they will ensure if there are laws that have violated. CHR Observatory Project, according to the speaker, harness the capacities of the Commission’s Regional Offices in monitoring functionality of referral mechanisms, providing recommendations and influencing enhance functionality and responsiveness of local inter-agency mechanisms to respond to VAW; it aims to strengthen Commission’s mandate as Gender Ombud. 10:35 a.m. was the start of focus group discussion. Participants were divided into two groups and were given questionnaires (please see attached). Keywords are to be used to answer the questions. This activity aims to know the importance of GAD code in a community. GAD Code, as explained is a local legislation that consolidates local ordinances related to women and gender equality and which guides LGUs in identifying local policies, plans and programs to address gender issues. The GAD Code integrates or is aligned to gender- related national laws and international conventions. The participants were given one hour to discuss the