different agencies regarding these forms. Another issue tackled is that forms in VAW are constructed in English. Many of the victims find it difficult to fill-out these forms. They hope that these forms should be written in Tagalog to easily understand and express themselves in filling out these forms. According to Respondent L, these English forms are still used in VAW. She also stated that this was also their concern back when she started to handle programs of GAD. Most of the profile of the victims came from low income and don't have the capability to understand the forms given to them, even other professional victims. But in other Cities, these forms already have an English and Tagalog versions. It was also mentioned that minimal psychosocial support is a problem. The reason behind this is no budget for this. Aside from Psychosocial Support, one problem also is the financial support. Most of them don't have the capability to sustain their filed cases due to financial problems. B.2. GBV during the COVID-19 Crisis It was raised that prior to the pandemic, a large gap on the referral mechanism had been happening. This had worsened due to the pandemic. Even us, we found it difficult to adjust especially when lockdown was implemented. It was also noted that an increase in the number of domestic violence cases filed during the pandemic due to the heightened tensions within the household during quarantine but in reality, the contrary was recorded. Also it was observed that some of the Courts were closed because of the lockdowns and hearings were mostly rescheduled. B.3. GBV Referral Mechanism During COVID 19 Crisis in BATANGAS It was explained during the activity that Batangas was chosen as the venue for this year’s monitoring activity because of a complaint received by this Office. A victim-survivor of rape from Batangas had a difficulty in filing her case before the PNP. Allegedly, the victim went to the police but was not properly accommodated due to the pandemic. She was advised that the matter would be dealt upon only upon the lifting of the ECQ order. Aside from this, she also had a problem in transportation. Hence, it became hard for her to go to one place of filing to another because of lack of vehicle for her transport. This issue in restricted mobility brought by the inconvenient measures - no transportation that time, need of quarantine passes, and curfews were 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 42 of 54