information on other RH elements, as most of the information focus on family planning and maternal, infant, and child health. Across target locales, the gap in available RH information and education for women with disabilities was raised; particularly so for adolescent girls with disabilities and women with disabilities of menopausal age. Women with disabilities in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas also expressed limited reach of RH information and services. A woman with disability PDAO officer from Region VII, thus expressed “As PDAO officer and a president of an organization of women with disabilities, I met a lot of women with disabilities in far-flung LGUs, in mountainous and/or in islands, who do not have access to RH information and are discouraged by their own families from getting pregnant. This needs to be addressed so that they can exercise and enjoy their RH rights.” Specific accounts from the different inquiry areas highlight further accounts of limited to no available and accessible RH information. Across target locales, the right to RH information has been repeatedly raised. Women with disabilities from CAR and NCR revealed that they only became aware of RH services when they availed of them. During the public hearing in Manila, the PDAO representative claimed that women with disabilities have no access to information on where to access RH commodities. A participant from Cagayan de Oro related that she was only able to access RH information by word-of-mouth—through neighbors and friends, because her disability limited her from visiting health centers. She doubts said information, since they are often unreliable. Lack of awareness of reproductive health and its components is even more prevalent among deaf women. The absence of sign language interpreters in government health facilities deny deaf women and girls access to RH information, including available RH services. This has been documented in CAR and Region VII public hearings and fact-finding missions. It was also observed that deaf participants in CAR indicated the most number of participants who admitted to having no awareness of RH. Most of the deaf participants in CAR were adolescent girls. Absence of knowledge in RH is also prevalent among the unschooled deaf who participated in the FGDs. In NCR, Region VII, and Cagayan de Oro, there were several women with disabilities who confirmed having knowledge of RH services and commodities. Upon further inquiry, the women who confirmed knowledge of RH elements, services, or commodities were often women who belong to persons with disability or women with disability organizations. The testimonies and accounts of women with disabilities during the Inquiry’s fact-finding missions also reveal the absence or very limited knowledge of their husbands or live-in partners in RH. This in turn affects a woman with disabilities’ access to RH information and services. A case in point is the account of a blind participant from Cagayan de Oro. She shared her partner’s lack of knowledge in RH, coupled with his control over RHrelated decisions. She shared how this dynamic is played out: “Bana ang ga calendar. Nasipyat. Naburos. Mahadlok man siya sa kanang mga contraceptives kay gusto siya’g natural. Pero generally, sila gapili sa RH commodities.” (The husband keeps tabs on the 16