Overview
Passed in 2009, the Magna Carta of Women has since designated the Commission on
Human Rights as the Gender and Development Ombud. The law sets out its specific mandates
for the Commission which the Commission must faithfully and fully implement: among them,
promoting and protecting women‟s rights through creative approaches in education while honing
investigation of rights violations committed by persons not only from the public but equally from
the private sectors. As the Commission capacitates itself in the investigation of such violations, its
recommendations of appropriate remedial measures to other agencies of government must be
closely monitored to ensure effective implementation.
The Commission introduced the Gender Based Violence Project in the community women with
the objectives stated hereunder to wit;
Harness the capacities of the Commission‟s 16 Regional Offices in
monitoring functionality of
referral
mechanisms,
providing
recommendations and influencing enhanced functionality and
responsiveness of local inter-agency mechanisms to respond to VAW; It
aims to strengthen Commission‟s mandate as Gender Ombud;
Gather regional data on GBV, particularly highlighting issues faced by the
most marginalized and „excluded‟, a focus on intersectionality, and an
analysis that looks into women‟s lived experience of GBV.
After the objectives has been laid down, the facilitator Atty. Aurora Cembrano seek the
consent of the women participants, explained the data privacy compliance notice of the
Commission and introduced the consent and profile forms that the participants are requested to fill
up.