men or head of the family. Access of women to these services are very limited. c. Access to information, resources, and food production  The participants‟ awareness on their rights and benefits under the laws on fishery are very limited. They even seemed confuse on the idea of rights and law. Most of their answers are in relation to illegal fishing. It means that the only law that they are familiar with is about illegal fishing. Other laws with their rights and benefits included, they do not have any knowledge about it because as for them, they have not attended any lectures or seminars that often. There is limited access to information when it comes to laws relating to fishery.  When asked about Magna Carta of Women, only 4 out of 15 participants acknowledged the existence of Magna Carta for Women. However, even those who have known or heard MCW did not have enough knowledge on what the law is all about. They only got to read from the brochures distributed by BFAR and the maritime police.  Most of the participants have not attended any lectures or programs discussion laws on women. They did not have any opportunity to attend to any programs initiated by the government. There is limited access to promotional or advocacy programs on women due to geographical location.  Women Fisherfolks did not receive any benefits which are directly given to them. According to the respondents, it is their husband who has direct access to such benefits if there are any because they are the one listed.  During the pandemic, some of them received amount of PHP5000 from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of DSWD and relief goods distributed from the LGU. Aside from that, there is no more benefits received from any other programs of the government. Almost all of them have no idea what is the SURE COVID AID program therefore, they have not availed any benefits from it.  Majority of the participants responded that the assistance they received from the government is not enough for the family. It cannot sustain their needs specially in this time of the pandemic that their source of 6|Pag e 2nd Floor, CAP Bldg., J.C. Aquino Ave cor J. Rosales Ave Butuan City Tel. Nos. (085) 342-6848 0939-534-9354