Documentation on GBV Mapping Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region _  Gather regional data on GBV during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the new normal, particularly highlighting trends, gaps, challenges, best practices, and key recommendations to enhance response.  Then further presented the following specific objectives:  Document and map GBV legal referral mechanisms during the COVID-19 crisis and the impact of the pandemic on legal referral mechanisms;  Partner with duty bearers and community women, women CSOs/NGOs in the conduct of mapping of legal referral mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic;  Identify the most prevalent forms of GBV during the ECQ and post-ECQ period and observable trends in GBV and GBV response, i.e., case types, sectors, areas more prevalent, increase or decrease in reporting;  Document how the referral systems adopted to or failed to adopt to the ECQ period and the new normal in responding to cases of GBV (cite best practices);  Document key challenges posed in responding to GBV during ECQ and new normal at the Barangay level, the Women’s Desk level, Prosecution level and also from the perspectives of community women and women’s organizations;  Identify lessons learned from the Pandemic in terms of improving GBV response; and  Forward key recommendations to inter-agency mechanisms mandated to address different forms of GBV Then, Avila proceeded with the FGD guide questions. For the first question under Gender Equality Situationer in the City of Iriga, Avila asked the participants if they are aware of any local gender equality or GBV policies in their city and if there is a GAD Code, Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Cat-Calling Ordinances or counterpart of these in their barangays. According to Respondent K, in their barangay in La Trinidad, there was already an existing GAD code and policies regarding gender issues which were adopted from the City ordinance. Also, VAWC desk was also established in the structure of the Barangay Council to ensure that the rights of women and children were protected but they did not make another ordinance specifically for this concern. This is considered as the counterpart of the barangay. In Brgy. Sta. Teresita, what the barangay council have adopted was the imposition of the curfew time which was first promulgated by the LGU of Iriga in the city center. She emphasized that because of the curfew, women and children were protected since no one was allowed to go out especially in the evening, there was liquor ban so the fathers just stayed at home together with their children and wife. There was no case filed during the ECQ in our barangay. 16

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