climate crisis that we are in now, as well as the corporate activities within their ancestral domain have exacerbated the impacts of the lockdown. The lack of nutritious food, and poor health service of the government, as well as the threat of COVID-19 are increasing the vulnerabilities of the indigenous families. The lack of educational support, as well as inferior internet and communications infrastructure, have made schooling more challenging than it ever was, for the indigenous children. All these are shouldered primarily by the women - as mothers, older sisters, and grandmothers. Their worries, anxieties and actual care work increased, compromising their own health - both physical and mental. It is the obligation of the government to provide timely and appropriate support, that indigenous women can avail through non-discriminatory and empowering processes, and in a non-hostile environment. However, the government has failed to do so as seen in the experiences of the women from the indigenous communities in the participating provinces. This documentation has proven that the stories and anecdotes we have been hearing from indigenous women - of hunger, of difficulties, particularly experienced by women and their families; and the lack of support from the government in this time of pandemic, are not isolated cases. There is a pattern of state neglect - a clear reneging of the state obligations to its constituency, especially to those who lie in the margins of our society. The Magna Carta of Women or Rep. Act 9710 has identified indigenous women and girls as part of the marginalized sectors or groups of women whose rights need to be protected, fulfilled, and promoted in order to eliminate discrimination against them. However, the situation of the indigenous women and girls, especially in the time of pandemic, has shown that despite the law that directs more focused attention on them, the government has failed to do so. This research jointly done by the Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights of the Commission on Human Rights and LILAK tried to get the response to these questions from the indigenous women participants coming from communities from Region X, XII, CAR and CARAGA. In the focused group discussions, the indigenous women articulated recommendations that are sound, feasible and most of all, grounded on their realities. This research intends to forward them to different relevant government agencies who are responsible for direct services, policy makers, as well as civil society organizations which are doing policy and advocacy work. The insights of indigenous women and their experiences will also inform submissions to human rights treaty bodies and inputs to reports of human rights mandate holders. As COVID-19 peaks, and plateaus, what is constant, is the woman’s role - to take care of the family, in different ways. She does it out of love, or obligation, or fear that her family will suffer. She braves being exposed to COVID, just so she can earn for the family, or bring relief to the community. She puts herself last. She shares whatever little she has to her neighbor. She braves the red-tagging from the military as she asks difficult questions about government’s Page 3 of 206