• Providing support • services Best Practices • • • medical results will be used in the legal process (MSWD/MHO/MPDC/PNP) There is currently only one MHO/doctor in the municipality of Sta. Cruz. The PNP are often forced to refer VAWC victims to nearby municipalities (Malalag/Malita) for health examination (PNP/MSWD) The MSWD are sometimes challenged with clients who keep on violating the agreements that they have settled for. These cases are referred to the barangay but will eventually be referred back to the MSWD. This results into repetitive interventions. (MSWD) Provision of basic needs (food, support on education of children, etc) to victims of VAWC (MSWD/MPDC) Provision of livelihood interventions to KALIPI (womens’ group). Livelihood interventions are not specific to VAWC victims. (MPDC) Oplan Davao Kalinaw - implementation of medical missions, distribution of school supplies, education campaign on VAWC, Rape, and other laws. (PNP) Flow of Management Case (specific to the service provider) Themes Responses Entry points for • Starts by filing a blotter (pink blotter) in PNP; case is then GBV cases referred to MHO for medical, and referred to MSWD for counselling (PNP) • VAWC incidents that were reported to the barangay are usually referred to the PNP; most of the time no documentation of these incidents is made at the barangay level (MSWD) Available services • GBV victims are given priority in certain need-based interventions (provision of livelihood, etc) • Victims of GBV are regularly visited by social workers from the MSWD. Available services • Financial support provided to women who are victims of GBV often accessed by (MSWD) women • Assistance on transportation (PNP) At which point in • Cases are resolved when couple are already OK or if they the process of have already settled their issues (MSWD) GBV intervention • When case is already filed / when warrant is already issued do women often (PNP) exit the formal helping system of the service provider? 8

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