120 Monitoring Templates Template 11 Inter-agency ____________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Dear Sir/Madam, The Commission on Human Rights is designated as the Gender and Development Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710), as such, the Commission together with its Regional Offices investigates violations of the law and monitors jointly with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) its implementation. As part of the Regional Office’s function as Gender Ombud within our area of responsibility, we are undertaking regional monitoring of compliance with the Magna Carta of Women. The results of the monitoring will form part of the Regional Women’s Human Rights Profile which the Region will be compiling by the end of the year. In relation to this and specific to the compliance with section 12 (Protection from Violence) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Magna Carta of Women, the Office requests information regarding the following: 1. Guidelines, Policies, and mechanisms adopted by the Inter-agency on Trafficking and on Violence Against Women to address violation of women’s human rights and provision of remedies; 2. Collated reports and statistics, including issues, challenges identified by the inter-agency for the year 2015 in relation to trafficking and violence against women; 3. Other relevant information which the inter-agency believes to be relevant in the reporting of women’s human rights situation in the Region. As the Commission aims to compile a regional women’s human rights profile by the end of the year we expect to receive your agency’s reply fifteen (15) days from receipt of this letter. We also welcome any information/data which your office finds relevant for the monitoring of women’s/Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) human rights situation in the region. Thank you and may we continue to work together to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality. __________________ Regional Director CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines