Chapter II Methodology Just like any research, this chapter is presented in a way that the reader understands the methodological process done in this study, that the reader may assess the quality of the research, interpret the findings and hopefully, other researchers may find interest in replicating this study. Research Design and Research Locale This is a descriptive study employing mixed methods. The quantitative method enables the study to have a tabular method of presenting numerical data, while qualitative approavhes enable the study to present information from discussions, observations, verbatim data from respondents’ narratives. The research was conducted in Zamboanga City, specifically, (1) at the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO); (2) at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Office 9; (3) at the DSWD Women’s Crisis Center; (4) in five barangays, namely, Tumaga, San Roque, Santa Maria, Mercedes, and Pasonanca; and (5) in the office of Maven Media Asia (see Fig. 2). The aforementioned barangays are communities that have been identified as the barangays that had the highest incidents and/or cases on VAW in the year 2019, per report of the ZCPO’s Women and Child Protection Desk (WCPD). Figure B. Map of Zamboanga City 9