MAKING DATA WORK FOR WOMEN: MAPPING OF
LEGAL REFERRAL MECHANISM ON
GENDER - BASED VIOLENCE
October 24, 2019
Pangasinan State University
Gender and Development Resource Center
Lingayen, Pangasinan
RLA PARTICIPANTS
1. Pamela May Santos
2. Atty. Raymund V. Tugade
2. Atty. Dominique C. Evangelista
3. Bayani R. Paragas
4. Dr. Merlita Q. Santos
MSWDO Lingayen
PAO Lingayen
LGU Lingayen, Office of the Mayor
Provincial Legal Office, Pangasinan
Pangasinan State University
PRELIMINARIES
The Focus Group Discussion (FGD) spearheaded by the Commission on Human Rights
(CHR) started at 9:30 in the morning with an Invocation and the singing of the National Anthem
through an audio visual presentation.
Mr. Danilo Balino called Ms. Celia Quedado, the Information Officer II of the CHR Regional
Office I, who also served as the emcee of the activity, to acknowledge the participants, this was
followed by the welcome message of Dr. Manolito C. Manuel, the Vice President for Academic
Affairs of Pangasinan State University who represented Dr. Dexter R. Buted, the President of
Pangasinan State University.
Dr. Manolito C. Manuel started his message by sharing lines he has read in the Facebook
about thinking of oneself as a blessing so that one will not be stressed. He also said that the
university is very supportive of GAD and all the activities related to GAD and the President of
Pangasinan State University hopes for the continuous relationship to all the agencies who are also
GAD advocates.
After Dr. Manuel’s speech, a video presentation on the background of the activity was
shown. It emphasized on the different issues on human rights and on gender-based violence cases.
Soon after the video, Ms. Quedado called on Mr. Danilo Balino, Information Officer III of the
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region 1 to discuss the objectives of the activity and provided
an overview of the Focus Group Discussion (FGD). He thanked Dr. Manuel for his presence and
hoped that the objectives of the FGD should be met.
Mr. Balino also explained to the participant the objectives for the conduct of the FGD, which
are the following:
a. 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-