much as possible, to make the composition of the participants diverse and inclusive. The Inquiry was able to engage the following number of women with disabilities: 138 with mobility impairment, 39 with visual impairment, 72 with hearing impairment, 10 with psychosocial disability, six (6) with cognitive disability, 12 with chronic illness, and 13 with multiple disabilities. Two days were allotted to the conduct of fact-finding missions in targeted locales. In the factfinding missions, focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted among women with disabilities and key informant interviews (KIIs) were done with government representatives from the LGUs’ key offices, NGAs’ regional offices (i.e., Department of Health, Philippine National Police), as well as provincial and city hospitals and public schools. Public hearings were also held to gather testimonies from women with disabilities and government representatives—including those from the PDAO, women’s organizations, and persons with disabilities organizations (see list of organizations in Appendix). In two of the inquiry areas, Cagayan de Oro and Butuan City, some representatives at the factfinding mission and the public hearing also came from nearby provinces, cities, and municipalities. In Cagayan de Oro, speakers from Malaybalay, Bukidnon and Iligan City were present. During the Butuan City fact-finding mission and public hearing, there were participants from Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat Islands. This made the actual scope of the inquiry wider than the five identified areas. 3. Findings and Discussion The National Inquiry has documented the persistence of barriers that limit the access of women with disabilities to RH information, commodities, and services; including remedies in cases of gender-based violence against women and girls. Women with disabilities suffer overlapping barriers, brought about by their intersecting vulnerabilities as persons with disabilities and as Filipino women in the marginalized sector. As persons with disabilities, access to reproductive health information and services is constantly challenged by physical, communication, and social barriers. Concurrently, women with disabilities suffer the same economic, socio-cultural, and political barriers to RH access experienced by many Filipino women, especially those living in poverty, and in geographically inaccessible and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs). While the inquiry was able to document initiatives and programs from local government units and national government agencies, the presence of gender and disability-responsive data, policies, and programs remain very limited or wanting. Guided by the objectives of the National Inquiry, the discussion that follows expounds on the findings of the Commission. It also weaves the stories of the women themselves within the discussion. 6