the Gender Ombud under the Magna Carta for women with the advocacy to protect and promote the rights of each and every woman. She also presented the objectives of the interview which is to observe and monitor the process of attaining justice for women who experienced abuse. Atty. PunzalanSobreviňas assured the participants that the interview will be confidential and private but will be recorded for documentation and reports that will be used in policy making. Following the introduction, the consent of the interviews was gathered. Each participant was asked if she would consent to the interview and that her personal information shall be kept confidential and any information she would share would be used solely for reporting purposes. All of the ten (10) interviewees freely gave their consent. B. Interview Proper 1. Gender equality situationer in the city / municipality Question: “Are you aware of any local gender equality or GBV policies in your city/municipality? Do you know if you have a GAD Code or an Anti Discrimination, Anti-Cat-calling ordinances or of their barangay counterpart?” Respondents Respondent A Tagalog English Opo meron po, Yes, I am aware that Karapatan po ng mga every woman has a right babae na pangalagaan to be protected. Yes, I sila. Meron po. Sa heard the Gender pinag aaralan po. Sa Equality Law from the school po nung Grade school when I was in 11 po ako. Opo Grade 11. discrimination po. (Antidiscrimination), wala pa po akong Yes, I heard (AntiDiscrimination Law) its discrimination and I did not hear any ordinance CHR: Dignity of all Address: 2F Mary Grace Building Colago Avenue cor. M.L. Quezon St., Barangay I-A San Pablo City, Laguna 4000 Contact numbers: (049)562-5415/ 09156920530/ 09396384786 E-mail: chr4_sanpablo@yahoo.com Page 3 of 54