3. To document the State’s compliance with the 2016 UN CEDAW Concluding Observations and the continuing gaps in the fulfillment of the obligation to address trafficking; 4. To develop recommendations grounded from the experiences of CSOs and government officers workingng on the issue of trafficking and from trafficking survivors; Pursuant to this project, the Commission was able to work with three dedicated CSO partners working in the field of preventing trafficking in women and girls. From May of 2021 until the end of the year, the Commission partnered with three CSOs. The first CSO partner is The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women - Asia and the Pacific. CATW-AP is a non-profit organization that promotes women’s human rights, fighting sexual exploitation. The second CSO partner is Talikala Inc. Talikala is a non-governmental organization run by women for women, which offer support, advice, training and counselling to women and girls who have been forced into sex trade in Davao City, Philippines. The last CSO partner is from Cebu City, Children’s Legal Bureau. Children’s Legal Bureau is a non-stock, no-profit organization based in Cebu City that envisions a just world for children. CLB works towards its vision through three main programs and a support services program. Laban Bata is focused on rendering development assistance to children in the province of Cebu, Child Rights Protection Unit (CRPU) organizes the five pillars of justice to collaborate in protecting children at municipal and city levels, Juvenile Justice Program advocates for implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, restorative justice and diversion for children in conflict with the law. The three CSO partners for the situationers were also the Commission’s partners in holding a a Consultation on Support Services for women and girls survivors of trafficking last July 30 of 2021, in time for international day against trafficking. The consultation surfaced continuing gaps in the delivery of support services for survivors of trafficking, the need for increased financial and psychosocial assistance, and the urgent call for the participation of survivors in the planning and evaluation of programs crafted for them. The consultation was attended by representatives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, thru its focal person for recovery and reintegration porgram for trafficked persons. Likewise present were the women survivors of trafficking who also participated in the research conducted by the CSO partners. Continuing the partnership and providing a platform to validate the findings of the research/situationers, the Commission with the CSO partners also held a Survivor’s Summit as a kick off of the 18 Day campaign to end violence against women. In this compilation of three situationers, the Commission is pleased to present the work of our three CSO partners in providing a briefer on the issues of trafficking in women and girls in their different areas. These situationers tell the stories and the lived experiences of women and girls survivors of trafficking and the organizations that respond and support them. They also reveal the gaps in the State’s fulfillment of its obligation to prevent and address trafficking in persons and to provide support for survivors of trafficking. We hope that these situationers, with their case studies and recommendations from survivors and CSO partners, will guide government agencies, including the Commission, in fulfilling our respective mandates to address and prevent trafficking in women and girls. 6