provision of sign language interpreters in government offices persisted, despite the passage of the Filipino Sign Language Act ( RA 11106), Meanwhile, a representative of an LGU from La Trinidad expressed that limited training related to the plight of PWDs hampers their ability to understand, and “know” or identify them; particularly those with invisible disability. This is also true when assisting them in accessing justice. A W-DARE representative claimed that VAW Desk officers encourage reconciliation among couples, which is illegal under the Anti-VAWC Law. She attributed this to persisting gaps in the training of VAW Desk officers in the handling VAWC cases. Also, she asserted that there is a lack of awareness on the predicament of women with disabilities that often result to misinformation, discrimination, and victim-blaming. “Ang hirap po, kasi hindi natitrain nang maayos ang mga nasa VAW Desk. Kasi hindi po ba bawal na pagkasunduin yung mag-asawa? Kaya po siguro ngayon ay nandito pa rin ako.” (It’s hard, because the VAW Desk officers aren’t being trained properly. Isn’t it illegal to make the couples reconcile? That’s probably why I’m still here [at this stage of the process].” There were efforts to fill in the needed skills or the skilled service provider positions, specifically for sign language. The Health Office of Baguio City provided sign language training and orientation to its staff. Their proficiency, however, on the language has “worn out,” because they do not practice/use it regularly. Region VII opened a school for SLIs, but due to labor migration, their graduates left the Region to work somewhere else; of its 150 graduates recently, only two or three chose to work in the region. Aside from the aforementioned limitations, ill-equipped facilities were documented across Inquiry locales. The PDAO of Baguio City lamented the physical features of some offices; there are no railings and ramps. The City Health Office of Butuan described the physical features of their office as PWD-friendly, but admitted that only a few of its barangay health centers have the same features. The Health Center of Pateros has an elevator to ease access of PWDs, but its PDAO has not yet been established. Therefore, there is no office in their LGU to take care of their specific needs, as yet. A CSWDO in Region X claimed that the infrastructure in the City are compliant with the PWD access requirements of the Office of the Building Official. Despite the abovementioned, the health service providers interviewed across Inquiry sites admitted and recognized that accessibility of RH facilities increased access to health services. A nurse from the Municipal Health Office of Cordova narrated, “We renovated the office to make it accessible to our clients, so unlike before, we are now frequented by women with disabilities. We also placed a special desk for PWDs to ensure that they receive immediate assistance.” 4. Conclusions and Recommendations Disability is described by Article 1 of the UNCRPD “as the social effect of the interaction between individual impairment and the social and material environment.” Due to their intersecting social 26