❖ Atty. Ronald S. Berol, Public Attorney’s Office shared the cases he handled such as VAWC cases, trafficking and rape cases in defense of the perpetrators BUT THERE ARE INSTANCTEs that he can handle VAWC‟s complainant but before he starts to discuss he explained first what will happened with VAWC cases when it reached the court is also the same with what Ms. Ybañez said, mostly of the VAWC cases in the court can also be settled most of the reason is due to economic problem, forgiveness of the complainant or when the children asked their parents to make peace with each other, so the case is dismissed. The court can only do one thing because they are mindful with the fact that the act of abuse can be repeated they made the dismissed case as temporary provisionary for only for two years, after that the complainant will start all over again with the filing if the abusive acts repeats and he ended by giving more information about protection orders. Giving of Tokens to the Panelist started at 2:18 PM Open Forum and asking of Questions started at 2:22 PM Summary of the Forum and asking of Questions ❖ A Participant from Taguibo shared a story where the abused victim is not a woman but her husband. The woman left her 5 children to be with her lover, her husband cleans their house, cooked their food and worked for hours so he can provide for his children, when the wife got pregnant the husband still accepted the child even though he already knows that it is not his and because the woman is still seeing the other guy the husband let her go. So what the woman did was she brought the child to the other guy‟s house and left her 4 children and husband until her 2 children died, as she returned home the husband accepted her but then the wife continued seeing the other guy and cheat with her husband publicly, and instead of feeling guilty she beat her husband up and the husband was scared of VAWC so he did not do anything. She also added that the husband found his children bound and was left behind by the mother then she ended with asking for advice on what they should do to help the husband. ❖ A Police Officer, she pitied the husband who were trying to restrain himself to not hurt his wife because he loves her. She added that the husband could file a case of physical injury if he reported it to the PNP but if he ever did not report it because it will make him less of a man or because of his pride or his children they can‟t do anything about it. She advised the participant of Taguibo to report the case to the Barangay or to the police because there is already threat that had happened and he already experience a physical abused. ❖ A Participant from DSWD added that what happened to the children was already a child abused. That the participant from Taguibo should file a report and look unto the children‟s safety. She added that going to the DSWD‟s facility should be the last resort and ended by advocating their program, the need of foster family and that they are giving a monthly subsidy to each child. The Regional Director of CHR ended the summit discussion by highlighting the summit‟s theme which is Gender-Base Violence, it is the recognition that those who are victims of violence is not only women but it could also be men and the LGBT community so that is the thrust of the CHR because they believed in the dignity of all and it is also an emphasis that the female has the higher number of victims than men. After the discussion is the signing of Bayanihan Declaration. Afternoon Session Ended at 3:00 PM