11. The Committee may also wish to recommend that the State Party publicly report on how it responds to resolutions and advisories of the CHRP as gender ombud, including specific actions taken on: a) the dismissal of women faculty due to pregnancy pending before the Office of the Ombudsman; b) the case of flight attendants who are victims of discrimination based on age and sex;21 and c) the case of a minor discriminated due to her sexual orientation but whose case was dismissed by the lower court. On support for women victims of discrimination and violence in gaining access to justice 12. The Commission is concerned that its regional consultations reported issues on access and barriers to remedies. Participants reported lack of or insufficient awareness by the community and by community state actors on laws protecting women.22 13. Women of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (“SOGIE”) expressed difficulty in accessing remedies due to stigma based on SOGIE and the absence of protocols in handling their complaints. In Cagayan de Oro, a lower court dismissed the case of child abuse committed by a School Principal against a young girl who refused to wear skirts and was made to parade in school grounds wearing a curtain. In the case of Jennifer Laude, a transwoman murdered by an American serviceman, the ‘transphobia’ of the perpetrator was considered mitigating circumstance in his favor by the trial court. More recently, another transwoman was brutally murdered and stuffed inside a suitcase.23 14. Despite the reported training of sign language interpreters,24 police precincts, health centers/hospitals and court processes remain inaccessible for persons with disability (“PWDs”). This has been reiterated by the submission of Philippine Deaf Resources Center (“PDRC”) and the Philippine Alliance of Persons with Chronic Illness to the CHRP’s National Inquiry on Reproductive Health. The PDRC reports that deaf survivors of rape continue to seek their assistance in the filing of cases due to lack of interpreters in various levels of the criminal justice system. 25 21 On 6 April 2016, the Supreme Court granted the motion of the CHRP to intervene in support of the Flight Attendants and Stewards Association of the Philippines against Philippine Airlines. 22 Regional Consultation result show that more than 50% of the FGDs conducted had participants who claim that they are not aware of the laws on women and children, and that those who were aware, still felt the need for more information on the laws and legal and gender sensitivity training for government service providers; 23 See Rida Reyes, “Chinese nabbed for killing transgender Pinay found stuffed in luggage”, GMA NEWS ONLINE, June 5, 2016, available at http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/568835/news/regions/chinese-nabbed-forkilling-transgender-pinay-found-stuffed-in-luggage. See also “Police arrest suspect in murder of transgender woman found in luggage”, THE PHIL. ST AR, June 5, 2016, available at http://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/06/05/1590331/police-arrest-suspect-in-murder-of-transgender-wo manfound-in-luggage. 24 CEDAW/C/PHL/Q/7-8Add.1, para. 7.9. 25 From the submission of the Philippine Deaf Resources Center (PDRC) as represented by Dr. Liza Martinez to the CHRP’s National Inquiry on RH Page 4 of 11