CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 are victims of trafficking and other forms of abuse, the State Party, through the DSWD, implements the International Social Welfare Services for Filipino Nationals (ISWSFN). The ISWSFN institutionalizes a system of deployment of Social Welfare Attaches or Social Work Interns to foreign countries with high rate of OFs and OFWs in order to provide comprehensive social welfare and protection services to the vulnerable and disadvantaged OFs and OFWs including their families. Handling of victims 77. To improve the handling of victims, conduct of surveillance, rescue and collecting and monitoring data, the State Party, through the agencies under IACAT, have been implementing capacity building activities for service providers. A total of 104 trainings and seminars have been conducted for law enforcement officers (intelligence agents, immigration officers, police officers and even members of the Marine Corps), prosecutors, judges, social workers, labour officers, local government personnel, as well as members of non-government organizations and civil service organizations. Training has likewise been extended by the DOJ and the DFA to Foreign Service Officers (FSO) assigned in countries with significant number of trafficking incidents. 78. The State through the Supreme Court’s Philippine Judicial Academy or PHILJA conducted mandatory training for law enforcement officials, prosecutors and judges on the anti-trafficking legislation. A total of 36 training-programs on RA 9208 have been conducted, including 24 batches of “Competency Enhancement Training for Family Court Judges and Court Personnel in Handling Child Abuse Cases and Trafficking Cases” from 2008- 2013. The program’s objective is to improve the competencies of judges, prosecutors and court personnel of family courts and single-sala courts in handling sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation cases. 79. Guidelines for systematic and gender responsive handling of victims by concerned agencies have been developed by IACAT. These include the Manual on the Recovery and Reintegration of Victim-Survivors of Trafficking and two other guidelines in handling trafficked victims-for children and women, respectively. Another manual developed by DSWD, the Gender Responsive Case Management (GRCM) as a practice model, guiding principles, framework and tools (all-in-one), is used in improving case management of VAW victim-survivors. 80. The State Party, through the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) is using a Manual in Handling Complaints on Trafficking in Persons, Illegal Recruitment and Child Labour to organize and improve effectiveness of management of cases of trafficking in persons, illegal recruitment and child labour in the enforcement of provisions of the Labour Code and related laws: Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, and Migrant Workers Act. The Manual’s step by step procedures guide DOLE offices in handling complaints in the Philippines and abroad. 81. Advocacy has always been part of the State Party’s anti-trafficking efforts. The DOJ organized information caravans to disseminate information about the laws and to warn potential victims. Community-based education programs in selected local government units on the anti-trafficking and anti-VAW laws and other migration related concerns have also been conducted by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) since 2007. CFO has chaired the Advocacy and Communications 20/36 15-03079