was installed in the health office to provide immediate assistance to PWDs. The
office was also renovated to ensure accessibility for clients in wheelchairs. In the
last four years, they have been organizing free HIV testing activities where PWDs
were invited, and a “Family Planning Day'' where women with disabilities could
get information on RH.
● The J.R. Borja Hospital, in partnership with the CSWDO and CHO in Region X,
launched an information and education campaign on the reproductive healthcare
of women with disabilities. They were provided with separate and special sessions
in the weekly counseling on SRHR, which included discussions on sexual
dysfunction.
● The PDAO of Cagayan De Oro City in Region X, has engaged the services of sign
language interpreters as local government contractuals assigned to the PDAO. The
sign language interpreters provide accessibility for deaf clients including response
in cases of GBV and health emergencies and in ensuring accessibility for deaf
participants in trainings.
● The PDAO of Dinagat Islands in Caraga was able to provide comprehensive
assistance to a deaf woman who was raped and impregnated by the rapist. She
was able to file a case against the perpetrator, obtain a scholarship and a subsidy
for the child, with the aid of PDAO.
● The City Council of Baguio passed an ordinance supporting the conduct of
extensive medical services for women with disabilities, with corresponding
funding (Ordinance No. 69, s. 2018). It was also able to pass an ordinance that
mandates all barangays in the City to establish and maintain a PWD Desk and to
create a PWD committee to facilitate the data collection at the barangay level
(Ordinance No, 47 s 2017). Another ordinance of the City declared a “Women with
Disabilities Day” every July. Moreover, the City Health Office has been conducting
trainings on disability-sensitivity and sign language. Through the leadership of
Arthur Allad-iw, a person with disability councilor, the City of Baguio is among the
most person with disability and specifically, women with disability responsive LGU
in the country. Even then, these policy and programmatic gains have been
challenged as well by limited funding for proposed activities and programs.
● At the national level, the BJMP has policies to ensure the welfare of PWDs, such
as “cells with provisions suited for their disabilities,” and protection “from
discrimination and exclusion because of their disabilities.” They also have policies
that take into consideration the reproductive health rights of inmates, such as
“medical services for illnesses related to their reproductive system” and “health
education on gender-related health conditions.” Implementation of these policies
and programs, however, would still be subject to further monitoring in the
different BJMP facilities.
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