Maramag Focus Group Discussio on Gender Based Violence Referral Mechanism October 3, 2019 Maramag, Bukidnon FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION Gender-Based Violence Referral Mechanism 03 October 2019 Maramag Municipal Hall, Maramag, Bukidnon PROGRAM Morning (8-12nn) Registration Opening Preliminaries Welcome Remarks – Atty. Jeanne Ivy F. Abrina Objective Setting: Atty. Pilipinas C. Palma FGD Proper- Government Agencies (Atty. Malucar P. Baliton-Isidra and Kris Ian Lofranco) Closing Ceremonies Afternoon (1-5pm) Registration Opening Preliminaries Welcome Remarks – Atty. Jeanne Ivy F. Abrina Objective Setting: Atty. Pilipinas C. Palma FGD Proper- Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) (Atty. Kristine T. Gaudiel and Fides Teresa M. Caban) Closing Ceremonies PRELIMINARIES Commission on Human Rights – Regional 10 (CHR-X) Regional Director Atty. Jeanne Ivy Abrina thanked the Maramag LGU for hosting the activity and also the participants for being part of the CHR Women‟s Gender Observatory Project. She explained that the project is a nationwide study with each CHR regional office covering one city and one municipality. CHR-X chose Cagayan de Oro - which they already have conducted the Focus Group Discussion, and Maramag because of the high number of reported cases of gender based violence (GBV). The FGD is being conducted to research on the Page 3 of 13