Claveria Fisheries Office: VAWC? CHR: Does spreading rumors that destroy the reputation of a woman No. VAWC occurs only when the perpetrator has intimate relationship with the victim woman. So when they are just neighbors and have no intimate relationship, spreading rumors against that woman is not VAWC but oral defamation. 2. Policies and Programs ● Registration of fisherfolks (FishR or Fish Registration System) and BoatR or Boat Registration system ❖ Registered boat owners are mostly women fisherfolks. ● Skills and Livelihood Training for women fisherfolks ● There are fisherfolks cooperatives such as Claveria Fisherfolks Cooperative and the dispersal of tilapia fingerlings to fisherfolks for additional livelihood. BFAR FLDT: Before the ECQ, BFAR distributed free tilapia fingerlings or ulang for fisherfolks to grow and sell. Techno-demos were also conducted for qualified fishpond owners wherein they are given free ulang, fertilizers, and feeds. The harvest from these fishponds was for the fisherfolks to sell while BFAR just needed to be furnished with data. Income or sales from these were used by the fisherfolks as rolling capital to sustain the program. ● There are specific programs for women fisherfolks in accordance with the Magna Carta for Women ❖ Empowerment of women fisherfolks through the election of a woman as Deputy Fish Warden whose duty is law enforcement. ❖ Cash incentive and annual insurance are the benefits enjoyed by women fisherfolks. ❖ Stalls on the fish landing facilities are open for lease to women fisherfolks/ fish vendors. MAOVirginia: Thirty (30) members of fish vendors association will be given 10,000PhP capital payable in one year. But we plan to amend the project so we can cater to more fisherfolks as a response to the COVID19 pandemic. We conducted meetings with the Claveria Fisherfolks Cooperatives which is managed by a woman fisherfolk, to amend some provisions of the cooperatives for BFAR approval. The starting fund of the CFC was 250,000PhP but we plan to add 750,000 PhP. ● Women fisherfolks benefit from LGU’s GAD budget. LGU GAD Focal Person: Yes. The office has banner programs for women fisherfolks. Rural Improvement Programs are given 100,000 PhP budget allocation for skills training and livelihood programs for women fisherfolks. To illustrate, 5 | Page