Respondents The study has had two types of respondents: a) Among State Actors There have been respondents to this study that are active state actors in addressing gender and consequently VAW issues: those from the CHR, DSWD, ZCPO, and the City Government. A second level of respondents are judges from Regional Trial Courts who responded to legal questions and stated their respective professional opinión. A third level is the psychoneurologist, a state doctor, who was identified through existing court records as state witness giving profesional opinión on psychological violence-triggered VAW cases. b) Among Victim-Survivors There were three (3) groups of respondents among the women-survivors participating herein: (1) those from the barangays who willingly responded to the survey questionnaires, (2) those from the barangays who were willing interviewees, and (3) those who were from the Women’s Crisis Center who were interviewed. Research Instruments A survey questionnaire, a Discussion Guide, and five (5) key interview guides were used to gather data for this research investigation. The first instrument used was a Survey Questionnaire intended for VAW Victim-Survivors and was divided into four parts: The first part was to measure whether the respondent was indeed suffering violence; the second part was to measure the nature of the violence that regularly occurred; the third part was to measure the extent of the violence; and the last part had free-wheeling/essay questions on the respondents’ reaction in response to the violence incurred upon her (Carreon, 2020). The Focus Group Discussion for state actors was set to raise the following: 1. Inquiry on Process, as to the flow of their respective office procedure, if any, on cases involving violence against women (and Children) from Filing of Report; 10