It is the CHR’s best interest to understand the challenges and issues that the local government, PNP, DSWD and all other structures’ role concerning GBV cases in responding to victims and survivors. It is also an opportunity to communicate with duty bearers the gaps and challenges and for everyone to recommend appropriate actions when it comes to responding cases. GENDER EQUALITY SITUATION IN THE CITY/MUNICIPALITY - Does your office keep demographics on GBV? For instance sex, gender, ethnicity, and disablity segregated data of GBV complainants? Was this implemented during ECQ post ECQ Service Providers keep demographics on GBV including a segregated data of GBV complaints. The same is implemented even during the ECQ and post ECQ. - Apart from national laws and international human rights instruments (eg; CRC , CEDAW ) what important gender equality or GBV policies are in place in your office? are these policies operationalized? ( eg. Do u have focal persons for women/LGBT/GBV) The PNP-WCPD has maintained accessible and functioning WCPD Desks throughout the region with respective focal persons assigned to handle cases involving women/LGBT as well as GBV cases. In addition, advocacy measures are in place to especially foster the restoration of perpetrators of GBV like the conduct of lectures and information campaigns. The PNP-WCPD is also introducing a monitoring mechanism to monitor GBV victims and perpetrators while the case is pending. Barangays maintain operational VAW Desks in their respective barangays. It is also a policy that a woman be appointed as VAW Desk Officer and, in the absence or unavailability of the latter, a GAD Focal, who is likewise a woman, shall immediately take her place and receive complaints pertaining to VAW/GBV. - How about GAD mainstreaming and budgeting? GAD mainstreaming and GAD budgeting, is your office able to utilized the GAD budget in addressing GBV and gaps in addressing GBV, is this also during the ECQ/GCQ period. The participants unanimously maintain that their respective offices are still able to utilize their GAD Budget particularly in addressing GBV concerns. However, they are not able to share specific details in the utilization thereof as they are not the ones in-charge thereof.