Reproductive Health of Women with Disabilities. 10 The inquiry highlighted physical, communication, and attitudinal barriers faced by women with disabilities in reporting and seeking justice in cases of GBV. Situation of vulnerable groups prior to the pandemic Prior to the pandemic, the Commission has conducted focus group discussions with marginalized groups highlighting urgent human rights issues of their sector. In February of 2019, FGDs with urban poor women already highlighted the absence of social protection, their vulnerability to state and community violence, and issues pertaining to housing – including insecurity of their tenure, the cramped spaces, and the limited access to much needed utilities. Sometime in March 2019, dialogues with older women, including those deprived of liberty, highlighted their issues including access to needed medication, access to social pension and other forms of social protection, and the limited services for vulnerable ageing population. In August of 2019, a forum on Women, Peace, and Security11 highlighted the plight of women human rights defenders, including those in rural areas with complaints of red-tagging and of shrinking civil society spaces. Monitoring of the situation of women in situations of armed conflict in Lianga and women IDPs in Marawi have also revealed continuing challenges. Filing of trumped up cases against residents and of continuing displacement due to protracted armed conflict where reported in Lianga. While in Marawi, IDPs continue to seek their right to return and of access to needed services and employment in their areas of resettlement. Additionally, IDP women and girls continue to be subjected to threat of GBV due to the poor living conditions in IDP sites especially those who are in evacuation centers and transitory sites. For instance in Zamboanga City, IDPs affected by the siege in 2013, who are still staying in transitory sites continue to face issues on WASH facilities. Latrines in the areas are not working because the septic tanks are full. As a result, some of the displaced families had to construct makeshift latrines in the nearby forest areas, which render IDPs especially women and girls more vulnerable to GBV.12 On women in detention, the Commission’s documentation on the situation of women in detention titled “Inside Stories” documented the challenges faced by women deprived of liberty. Even prior to the COVID crisis, the Commission’s FGDs in female dormitories and correctional facilities for women deprived of liberty has already documented the cramped spaces of detention facilities, the very limited access to needed medicines and medical procedures, the slow progress of cases, and the additional vulnerability of older women, and lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders. 13 For women in export processing zones, there were already complaints of rampant contractualization, attempts of union busting and attacks against union members, and absence of security and social protection. Key informant interviews with LGBQI++ children on the other hand revealed unsafe situations in educational setting and even within the family and their impact on the mental health and well-being of children. 10 The 2019 National Inquiry on the Reproductive Health of Women with Disabilities was conducted from April 109 to October 2019. It covered five areas: Region X, CAR, Cebu, CARAGA, NCR. Each area included 3 focus group discussions with women with disabilities (Women with Mobility Impairment, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women, and Women Visual Impairment) and a public hearing. Validation of the initial result was conduced November of 2019. 11 Forum Documentation: Forum on Women, Peace, and Security 12 CHR 2019 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Philippines 13 Inside Stories: Situation of Women Deprived of Liberty, CHR 3