Introduction The Commission on Human Rights, as Gender and Development Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women, undertakes regular monitoring of women’s human rights, especially women in the marginalized sectors. Since the establishment of its Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Center, sectoral monitoring of women, girls, and LGBTQI human rights have been undertaken. Initial situationers were released on indigenous and rural women, women with disability, LGBTQI, girl-children, women in detention, urban poor women, and older women. From these sectoral monitoring, policy recommendations are forwarded to key government agencies. Reports drawn from women’s insights and identified issues also inform submissions to human rights treaty bodies and inputs to reports of human rights mandate holders. Through this Focus Group Discussion on GBV Mapping during the COVID-19 Pandemic, trends, issues, gaps, challenges and best practices on responding to GBV will be identified and documented. This FGD would be a great opportunity to communicate with duty bearers, government service providers and the members of the referral networks to improve existing GBV specific activities and intervention as well as to work together to ensure prompt, effective, and survivor-centered GBV response. Objectives of the Sectoral Monitoring: ● Harness the capacities of the Commission’s 16 Regional Officer in monitoring functionality of referral mechanisms, providing recommendations, and influencing enhanced functionality and responsiveness of local inter-agency mechanisms to respond to VAW. It aims to strengthen Commission’s mandate as Gender Ombud; ● Gather regional data on GBV during COVID-19 Pandemic and the new normal, particularly highlighting trends, gaps, challenges, best practices, and key recommendations to enhance response: Specific Objectives: 1. Document and map GBV legal referral mechanisms during the COVID-19 crisis and the impact of the pandemic on legal referral mechanisms; 2. Partner with the duty bearers and community women, women CSOs/NGOs in the conduct of mapping of legal referral mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic; 3. Identify the most prevalent forms of GBV during the ECQ and post ECQ period and observable trends in GBV and GBV response i.e. (case types, sectors, areas more prevalent, increase or decrease in reporting) 4. Document how the referral systems adapted to or failed to adapt to the ECQ period and the new normal to respond to cases of GBV (cite best policies/programs adopted) Page 3 of 19