violence by their husband or partner, 1 in 5 (20%) women has experienced physical violence and 5% has experienced sexual violence by their current or recent husband or partner. The cases filed before the PNP from January to September 2016 were 27,403 incidents of violations against RA 9262. There are 18,413 cases of physical abuse, 127 cases of sexual abuse, 6,884 cases of psychological abuse and 1,979 cases of economical abuse. In the Commission on Human Rights IV-A, 70 out of 413 cases filed during half of 2019 are Gender-Based Violence Cases. There is a case shared by Atty. Punzalan-Sobreviňas that one woman was beaten by her partner to the point that her head was bleeding as if she had been hit by a hard object. She went to CHR and asked for help. The immediate action of CHR was to advise and assist her with the procedures and where to file the incident. It was discussed as well that Violence Against Women is not just a major public health problem but also a grave violation of human rights. It extremely manifests gender inequality that targets women and girls because of their subordinate status in the society and also one of the most widespread, persistent, and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. Violence Against Women (VAW) is any act of gender-based violence that results, or more likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats of such act, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life. The role of CHR as Gender Ombud is to advocate for gender equality and for the promotion and protection of women’s rights, strengthen human right education for all, assist in the filling of cases against individuals, agencies, institutions, or establishments that violate the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), investigate violations that includes those committed by private institutions or by private individuals, monitor government compliance of the convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the MCW and Recommend appropriate measures/policies to agencies for effective implementation, and recommended sanctions under, administrative law, civil service, or other appropriate laws in cases of findings of violations of MCW or its Implementing Rules and Regulations. 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 40 of 54