The1st Set of Panelist starts at 10:27 AM Summary of the Panelist Discussions ❖ Teresa B. Aya, President, Brgy. Buhangin Women’s Organization shared her experienced with a VAW victim who have a problem, Ma‟am Teresa tried to help the victim many times to get her out from the situation she is in, even if the service provider is willing and eager to help and knowing that the victim is a minor, the inhumane experience she has gone through, the illegal doings, how disrespectful it is and though the victim is being provided by material things she is still being abused by two perpetrators and Ms. Aya cannot do anything if the victim is okay with her situation and does not even want to get out. ❖ Judith Conales, representative of Gabriela National Women’s Alliance Caraga shared the goal, practices and duties performed of their office, then she added that it‟s time to stand and end the violence, torture and abuse against women. Gabriella already encountered a lot of cases that includes financial problem and being just a self-reliant organization there are lot of limitations in their services. She also said that there are still women who can‟t stand for their selves even if there is already a law that penalizes any Violence against women and their children that can already be seen in television programs, can be read in the articles and heard in radio drama‟s they can‟t stand for their selves yet for they lacked determination that even if they do make a file every time they were abused but they are not determined enough to continue. The Gabriella Organization passes their assisted VAW victims to PAO, some made a file but then they would not continue in the end. There are cases with similar problems such as those wives that were abused by their husbands and were advised to think over about the case that is about to be file and get back later but little did the person know who assisted the victim, the client already decided to return and live again with the husband. She continued that one of the reasons why the wives were abused and can‟t continue to make a file is because of financial problem. She repeated that the summit was a great help to achieve the real meaning of women being free from violence, discrimination, torture and abuse. ❖ Maria Theresa Neri, Chief Investigator, CHR Caraga agreed that all things that Mrs. Judith Conales said were true and really did happen and continued that the CHR held a lot of different cases with different conditions of the VAW victims. She cited three cases received by the CHR. She started with intersectionality, a case without a complainant, a minor with speaking disability that was raped and killed, followed by a story wherein justice was not served and then she ended with a successful one. Interactions between the Panelist and Participants starts at 11:27 AM Summary of the Interactions between the panelist and participants ❖ A Police Officer, one of the participants reacted to the experience/story of the 1st panelist, she advised that Ma‟am Teresa must make a report to the police so that the two perpetrators be put in jail. They should not consider the case okay even if the victim is okay and already accepted the situation she is in because the victim is still a minor and still do not know yet what is really happening. The police officer added that the victim needs counselling and still must be guided. ❖ An Attorney also reacted to the experience/story of the 1 st panelist, according to him to all the stories that shared hers is the most disturbing one because the victim is being held as sex slave and that there are already violations that had happened and the perpetrators providing material things is a psychological manipulation to the victim. He said that they should not stop and be vigilant about the case, as a society, they should be protecting the