trivialize other ways women resolve their situation, for instance, getting BPOs multiple times without filing a case or seeking mediation from community leaders. This puts forward the framework of women’s human rights as a result of the interplay of the what the law says, how the law is implemented, and the law’s socio-cultural context (Schuler, 1998). Much have been written about gender-based violence using this framework, whether this is explicitly acknowledged or implicit in the structure of the researches. The laws themselves are a product of this interplay as stakeholders engage each other to find common ground amidst the myriad of social and cultural meanings attached to specific forms of gender-based violence. However, as the ideas of diversity and intersectionality teach, the process of consensus making may not be so straightforward. There are missing voices. There are voices which are buried under those which are louder. Of particular note here are the voices of IP and Muslim women whose cultural practices the law on VAWC, for instance, seem to have overlooked. The bigger picture of these discussions are the goals of protecting and fulfilling of women’s human rights, and increasing women’s access to justice – and the present gaps, emerging challenges and potential sources of support for continuing advocacy. An Observatory can function as a magnifying glass on areas of concern on gender-based violence, and in the process, offer new and critical ways of thinking about an “old” issue. 5. Recommendations The project also forwards specific recommendations for stakeholders culled from the research participants and from the data, in addition to the GBV Observatory framework. 1. Include in intake forms or client data sheets information on a range of identities of women which may have been contributing to her marginalization: ethnicity, SOGIE and abilities, among others. 2. Strengthening the documentation, research and publication of capacities of direct service providers and agencies, especially at the local level. 3. Publish local data (city, muncipal and provincial) on gender-based violence, recognizing the context-specific nature of the social construction of GBV 4. Encourage more research and publication on women and climate change, disabilities, health in general, mental health, and housing using a women’s human rights-based framework. 5. Create spaces for dialogues or grassroots discussions on community and culture-based processes and mechanisms also accessed by GBV victim-survivors. Specifically for CHR-GEWHRC and the Regional GAD focal systems for the GBV Observatory– Making Data Work for Women’s Human Rights A Proposed Framework for the CHR Observatory on Gender-Based Violence 12