BRIEFING FOR TYPHOON YOLANDA

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

National systems and structures for GBV prevention and

response.
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Anti-VAW / GBV laws
RA 9710 – Magna Carta of Women
• "Violence Against Women" refers to any act of gender-based
violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or
psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such
acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in
public or in private life. It shall be understood to encompass, but not
limited to, the following:
• (1) Physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence occurring in the
family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household,
dowry-related violence, marital rape, and other traditional practices harmful to
women, non-spousal violence, and violence related to exploitation;
• (2) Physical, sexual, and psychological violence occurring within the general
community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and
intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in
women, and prostitution; and
• (3) Physical, sexual, and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by
the State, wherever it occurs.
• It also includes acts of violence against women as defused in
Republic Acts No. 9208 and 9262.
RA 9710 – Magna Carta of Women
"SECTION 13. WOMEN AFFECTED BY DISASTERS,
CALAMITIES, AND OTHER CRISIS SITUATIONS
•Women have the right to protection and security in times of
disasters, calamities and other crisis situations especially in all
phases of relief, recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
efforts. The State shall provide for immediate humanitarian
assistance, allocation of resources, and early resettlements, if
necessary. It shall also address the particular needs of women
from a gender perspective to ensure their full protection from
sexual exploitation and other gender-based violence committed
against them.
•Responses to disaster situations shall include the provision of
services, such as psychosocial support, livelihood support,
education, and comprehensive health services, including
protection during pregnancy.
RA 9710 – Magna Carta of Women
"SECTION 13. Continuation
•Timely, adequate and culturally-appropriate
provision of relief goods and services such as food,
water, sanitary packs, psychosocial support,
livelihood, education and comprehensive health
services including implementation of the Minimum
Initial Service Package (MISP) for sexual and
reproductive health at the early stage of the crisis
RA 9710 – Magna Carta of Women
"SECTION 13. Continuation
•Proactive adoption of measures by camp managers
to prevent sexual violence in evacuation centers and
relocation sites which include:
• Security and safety of women as key criteria for selection
of evacuation sites
• Separate functional and well-lit latrines for men and
women with locks
• Bathing facilities with privacy
• Regular security patrols preferably by female police
officers
• Prohibition of alcohol, drugs and gambling, among others
RA 8353 – Anti-Rape Law of 1997
Rape is committed
•By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under
any of the following circumstances:
• Through force, threat, or intimidation;
• When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise
unconscious;
•By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under
any of the following circumstances:
• Through force, threat, or intimidation;
• When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise
unconscious;
• By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and
• When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is
demented, even though none of the circumstances mentioned above be
present.
RA 8353 – Anti-Rape Law of 1997
Rape is committed
•By any person who, under any of the circumstances
mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof, shall commit an
act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into
another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any
instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of
another person.
RA 9262 – Anti-Intimate Partner
Violence
• “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of
2004“
• "Violence against women and their children" refers to any
act or a series of acts committed by any person against a
woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman
with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating
relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or
against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within
or without the family abode, which result in or is likely to
result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering,
or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery,
assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty.
RA 9208 - Anti-Trafficking in Persons
Act of 2003
• Trafficking in Persons - refers to the recruitment,
transportation, transfer or harboring, or receipt of persons with
or without the victim's consent or knowledge, within or across
national borders by means of threat or use of force, or other
forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of
power or of position, taking advantage of the vulnerability of
the person, or, the giving or receiving of payments or benefits
to achieve the consent of a person having control over
another person for the purpose of exploitation which includes
at a minimum, the exploitation or the prostitution of others or
other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services,
slavery, servitude or the removal or sale of organs.
• The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt
of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall also be
considered as "trafficking in persons" even if it does not
involve any of the means set forth in the preceding paragraph.
RA 10364 – Expanded Anti-Trafficking
Law
• Recruitment in the guise of domestic or overseas
employment for sexual exploitation, forced labor or
involuntary debt bondage; recruitment of any
Filipino woman to marry a foreigner, engagement in
sex tourism, recruitment for organ removal, and
recruitment of a child to engage in armed activities
abroad can now be considered human trafficking
 
Local Committees on Anti-
Trafficking and Violence Against
Women and Their Children
(LCAT-VAWC)
Joint Memo Circular on Local Committees on
Anti-Trafficking & Violence Against Women and
Their Children (LCAT-VAWC) issued by
DILG, DSWD and DOJ
JMC Circular No. 2010-1
18 October 2010
“For purposes of EXPEDIENCY,
MAXIMIZING RESOURCES and
PREVENTING DUPLICATION OF
FUNCTIONS and REPRESENTATION at
the LOCAL LEVEL, LCAT-VAWCs will be
created instead of establishing two separate
bodies at the provincial and city/municipal
levels.”
PURPOSE for CREATING LCAT-
VAWCs
• Establish functional parallel structure & system at the local level
---- to monitor & oversee implementation of the provisions of RA
9208 and RA 9262 and OTHER WOMEN/VAW-related laws and
policies
• Increase capacities of local partners to develop & implement
culturally appropriate & gender responsive policies and programs
• Mobilize resources of the local community in the
• PREVENTION
• PROTECTION
• RECOVERY
• REINTEGRATION of victims/survivors
• Establish partnership with NGOs, POs
LCAT-VAWC Organizational
Structure
National Inter-Agency National Inter-Agency
Council on Anti-Trafficking Council on Anti-VAWC
Chair: DOJ Chair: DSWD
Co-Chair: DSWD Co-Chair: DILG
Regional Committee on Anti-Trafficking and VAWC (RCAT-VAWC)
Chair: DSWD
Co-Chairs: DOJ and DILG

Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking and VAWC (PCAT-

VAWC) Chair: Local Chief Executive
City/Municipal Committee on Anti-Trafficking and VAWC
(C/MCAT-VAWC)
Chair: Local Chief Executive
LCAT-VAWC COMPOSITION
Provincial LCAT-VAWC City/Municipal LCAT-VAWC
•Governor •Mayor
•PPDC •C/MPDC
•PSWDO •C/MSWDO
•PHO •C/MHO
•DILG •City Director/Municipal LGOO
•PNP •City/Municipal Chief of Police
•Prosecutor, DOJ •City/Municipal Prosecutor
•Chair, Committee on Women, •NGOs (Women, Children, OFW)
Children & Family, SP
•DepEd
•Field Officer Director, CSC In emergencies,
•PESO
membership may be
•NGOs (Women, Children, OFW)
expanded to include UN
Agencies, International
NGOs
 “Humanitarian Mandate”
• The interagency committee will
EXPAND its membership to include
new members such as United Nations
(UN) agencies, international NGOs, and
other relevant organizations in cases
where it is warranted especially during
a disaster or emergency – either a
conflict or natural disaster – that causes
the serious disruption of the functioning
of a society, creating widespread
human, material or environmental
losses which exceed the ability of the
affected areas to cope using its own
resources.
LCAT-VAWC FUNCTIONS
• Institute policies and programs to protect women and
children who are victims-survivors of trafficking & violence
• Establish systems on surveillance, investigation and
rescue to ensure effective & efficient coordination
• Undertake information, education and advocacy
campaign against trafficking and VAWC
• Monitor and oversee the strict implementation of RA 9208,
RA 9262 and other related laws for the protection of
women and children
• Oversee implementation of the IACAT and IACVAWC
national plans of action
 Institutional Arrangements
• National IACAT and IAC-VAWC
• overall coordinating, monitoring and advocacy body at the
national level
• Regional CAT-VAWC (RCAT-VAWC)
• link between the national and LGUs, shall coordinate directly with
the province for the proposed establishment of PCAT-VAWC
• Provincial CAT-VAWC (PCAT-VAWC)
• coordinate directly with the city/municipality for the establishment
of C/MCAT-VAWC
• LCAT-VAWCs may call on the assistance of NGOs/POs to assist
in formulation & implementation of localized programs
Institutional Arrangements
• At any level, LCAT-VAWC shall establish linkage with
other existing bodies/local councils on women & children
& may invite other relevant agencies/orgs to participate in
its meetings.
• Member agencies/institutions shall appoint a permanent
alternate representative at the regional level not lower
than an Assistant Director who shall attend
meetings/activities when the permanent rep is
unavailable.
REPORTING
National IACAT and IAC-VAWC

RCAT-VAWC

PCAT-VAWC shall submit a comprehensive report on the programs

undertaken on a semestral basis
Every 22nd of January and July of the following year
(or in synchrony with the reporting schedule to the President)

C/MCAT-VAWC shall submit a comprehensive report on the programs

undertaken on a semestral basis
Every 15th of January and July of the following year
All DILG Regional Director and
Field Officers are hereby
directed to cause the widest
dissemination of this Circular to
all LCEs in their respective
jurisdiction and provide
technical assistance, where
appropriate and necessary.

They shall likewise MONITOR

LGU COMPLIANCE and
SUBMIT REPORT to the
Secretary, DILG through the
National Barangay Operations
Office (NBOO), not later than 3
months after the JMC approval.
Guidelines in the
Establishment and
Management of a
Referral System on
VAW at the LGU
level (Philippine
Commission on
Women &
IAC-VAWC)
Multi- sectoral response to
Gender-based Violence
PROTECTION
PSYCHO-
HEALTH SOCIAL*

SURVIVOR/
COMMUNITY

LEGAL/ SAFETY/
JUSTICE SECURITY
*Includes social reintegration
and livelihood initiatives
 Why establish A Referral
System?
• Obtain the highest quality care and treatment, assistance and
protection to victims-survivors of violence;
• Facilitate the provision of services to meet the various needs of
victims-survivors and ensure their recovery and reintegration;
• Establish a feedback mechanism between and among
concerned agencies to ensure that requested services are
provided;
• Make possible the exchange of knowledge, skills, practices,
and experiences geared towards enhanced capacity of service
providers;
• Achieve a more rational use of financial and human resources
for more efficient and effective delivery of services
Essential elements of a
referral system
• A group of agencies providing
comprehensive multi-sectoral services
• A coordinating agency/organization
• A directory of services and agencies with
service provision
• Standard referral forms
• A feedback loop to track referrals
• Documentation of referral
 Entry of a GBV victim-survivor to the Referral System

NGA Central/Regional Field Offices and their

branch offices including IACAT and IAC-VAWC
agencies
LGU Executives and Offices
Prosecutor’s Office or Legal
Representative/association
Victim-Survivor
of Gender- Barangay Council
based Violence Provincial/City/Municipal Social Welfare
Development Office
Provincial/City/Municipal
Medical Facility

Law enforcement (PNP/NBI)

NGO/FBO

Guidelines in the Establishment and Management of a Referral System on VAW at the LGU level
(PCW & IAC-VAWC)
 The general referral flow

Guidelines in the Establishment and Management of a Referral System on VAW at the LGU level (PCW & IAC-
VAWC)
Referral network in the case management of GBV victims-survivors

Guidelines in the Establishment and Management of a Referral System on VAW at the LGU level (PCW & IAC-
VAWC)
 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE REFERRAL PATHWAY FOR HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
PROVINCE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL – TYPHOON PABLO/BOPHA

Pagpangita Ug dinaliang tabang

Mamahimong magpakitabang ang bikitima sa mga tao o ahensyang gahatag og
hinabang sa komunidad sama sa:

Social Worker Polis Medikal/ Brgy. Captain/BCPC/ Non-Government Magtutudlo Tribal/Religious/

FP: ________ Panglawas VAW Desk Officer Organizations (NGOs) Indigenous
FP: ________ FP: ______________
FP: _________
FP: ___________ FP: ____________ Leaders
CP: ________ CP: ________ CP: ______________ CP: _________
CP: ___________ CP: ____________ FP: ___________
CP: ___________

SERBISYO ALANG SA BIKTIMA GIKAN SA NAGKA LAIN-LAING SEKTOR

 Kining paagiha sa tubag mao ang mupaniguro nga ang biktima makadawat sa angay, ug dekaledad nga serbisyo gikan sa nagkalain-laing sektor
sama sa serbisyo sa panglawas, pangisip, suporta sa komunidad, seguriadad ug serbisyong legal.

MEDICAL/PANGLAWAS SEGURIDAD LEGAL / HUSTISYA

PANGISIP / KALISANG /
Human mahatag
Provincial Hospital – WCPU: ESPIRITUHANONG Provincial Philippine National Commission on Human Rights
Dr. KAAYUHAN Police HQ – Davao Oriental: Atty.
ang dinaliang
Hermigilda B. Nartatez PO3 Angelica Junitte Rose Barroquillo tubag, ihatag ang:
CP: 09197899436 Tigpahigayon sa komunidad sa CP#: (082) 2982233/
Probinsya:
Gayta
(082) 2983749/ (082) 3210275
•Temporaryong
Hotline:
Health Center: RHU – Boston 09096228877/09283121594 puy-anan
Dr. Al Meravic Laquinon Public Attorney’s Office (PAO): •Tabang pang-
Raymond Tupas CP: (087) 3884339 PNP (Boston) FP:
CP: 09052405384 PO2 Arlene Belano Atty. Godelina Etcubanas edukasyon
Tigpahigayon sa komunidad sa Hotline: CP: 091617724257 •Panginabuhian ug
Health Center: RHU – Cateel Munisipyo - Boston: 09165527403/09268038058
Dr. Maria Department of Justice: pagbansay sa
Modesto I. Veroy, Jr. Consolacion Cabrera PNP (Cateel) FP: abilidad
CP: 09207709274 CP: 09182781127 PO2 Melba Labasano ________________________
Hotline: 09214884947 CP: ________________________
•Proteksyon sa
Health Center: RHU – Baganga Tigpahigayon sa komunidad sa pagtistigo
FP: Munisipyo - Baganga: PNP (Baganga) Shari’a Court:
_______________________ Daryl F. Bohol SPO1 Heidi Acido FP:
CP: _______________________ CP: 09206173738 CP: 09081854128 ________________________
CP: ________________________
Health Center: RHU – Caraga Tigpahigayon sa komunidad sa Philippine National Police
FP: Munisipyo – Caraga: (Caraga): Legal/Paralegal NGO:
_______________________ FP: SPO1 Debora Matilac FP:
CP: _______________________ _________________________ CP: 09273918557 ________________________
CP: nga agihan buhaton lamang diha sa sitwasyon nga dunay katalagman o kapit-os sama sa panahonCP:
Kini nga mga lakang ________________________
sa bagyo, baha, linog, giyera, ug uban pa.
_________________________
Ang tumong ug katuyuan sa magdumala, mao ang paghatag ug luwas, maampingon nga palibot ug ang pag respeto sa paghipos sa mga impormasyon bahin sa hintungdan (survivor), pagpakisayud sa ilang mga panginahanglan, paghatag sa tinuod ug klarong
impormasyon mahitungod sa mga serbisyo nga ilang madawat. Kung kini gikauyonan na sa maong hingtundan, himoon na dayon ug “referrals” ug pwede usab ubanan ang maong hintungdan aron makaangkon sa maong serbisyo nga angay kaniya. Kung ang
hintungdan usa ka menor de edad gikinahanglan nga adunay kauban nga hamtong (ginikanan, paryente o nagbantay nga edaran nga maoy gisaligan sa mao nga bata). Kanunay gamiton ang “Best Interest Principle”” sa pag-atiman sa mga kabataan
 MGA DAPAT GAWIN KUNG MAY PANG-AABUSO
SA MGA BABAE O BATA SA PANAHON NG KALAMIDAD
(GRAND STAND EVACUATION CENTER, ZAMBOANGA CITY)

ANG BIKTIMA o kahit sino ay maaaring

magsumbong sa:

Social Worker – Zone A Camp

Zone B Camp Zone C Camp manager Zone D Camp
Pantawid Manager
Manager __________________ Manager
__________________ __________________
_________________ CP#: _____________ __________________
CP#: ______________ CP#: ______________
CP#:_____________ CP#: _____________

MGA SERBISYO NG IBAT-IBANG SEKTOR NA NAKASENTRO SA PANGANGAILANGAN NG BIKTIMA:

Ang layunin ay ang pagsiguro na ang biktima ay makakatanggap ng nararapat na serbisyo galing sa ibat-ibang sektor. Ang mga sektor na ito ay
Medikal, Saykolohikal, Seguridad at Legal .

PANGANGAILANGAN PAGKAKATAKOT / SEGURIDAD SERBISYONG LEGAL /

MEDIKAL (Health) PERSPEKTIBO SA BUHAY Matapos maibigay
(Security) HUSTISYA ang
(Psychosocial Support) (Legal and Justice)
Zamboanga City Medical pangangailangan,
PNP Women and Children maibibigay din ang:
Center DSWD Grandstand Protection Desk Hall of Justice
Women and Children Evacuation Operation Police _______________________
Protection Unit Center Inspector Izel Dua Maraviles _ •Temporaryong
Dr. Leila Nella L. Estrella Ms. Ma. Socorro A. Rojas Hotline: (062) 926-1450 _______________________
Cel # 0917-7113423 CP# 0908-862-8618 tirahan
_ •Tulong sa
Philippine National Police edukasyon
Rural Health Unit Ms. Faith Casipe (City) Public Attorney’s Office •Hanapbuhay at
Dr. _____________ CP#: 0915-216-7554 PO3 Norwena Cuizon Balaton (PAO):
Cel # ____________ pagsasanay sa
Cel# 0916-2724764 kakayahan
_______________________ •Proteksyon sa
__ pagtitistigo
Ang mga hakbang na ito ay dapat gawin sa panahon ng kalamidad gaya ng gyera, baha, bagyo, at iba pa. _______________________
__ ng malinaw na impormasyon tungkol sa serbisyong matatanggap. Kung papayagan ng biktima ay gagawin kaagad
Ang pakay ay ang pagbibigay ng ligtas, maingat at nararapat na impormasyon at seguridad para sa biktima upang hindi sila mapahiya sa kanilang komunidad; pag-aalam ng kanilang mga pangangailangan at pagbibigay
ang pagsusumbong tungkol sa nangyaring pang-aabuso at kung maaari ay dapat samahan sila sa tagapagbigay ng nararapat na serbisyo. Kung menor de edad ang biktima o di kaya ay bata, dapat may kasama siya na nasa tamang edad na gaya ng magulang o kamag-anak. Titingnan palagi ang kabutihan ng menor de edad o bata.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE & DEVELOPMENT
(DSWD)
DSWD Central Office
• Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman
Secretary
• Parisya H. Taradji
Undersecretary, Operations and Programs Group
• Patricia B. Luna
Director IV, Social Technology Bureau
• Dulfie T. Shalim
Director IV, Protective Services Bureau
• Restituto B. Macuto
Director III, Head DSWD Disaster Risk Reduction and
Response Operations Office
DSWD Field Offices Region VI
(Western Visayas)
• DSWD FIELD OFFICE VI (Iloilo) Aklan
Antique
MA. EVELYN B. MACAPOBRE, CESO III Capiz
Regional Director and Concurrent and Guimaras
Chief-Operations and Programs Division Iloilo
Negros Occidental
E-mail:  mebmacapobre.fo6@dswd.gov.ph Bacolod
Iloilo City

DELIA V. BAGOLCOL
Social Welfare Officer IV
Focal Person on GAD/Core Group of Specialist for
Women
and Center Monitor/Coordinator
DSWD Field Offices
• DSWD FIELD OFFICE VII (Cebu City)
MERCEDITA JABAGAT
Regional Director

NEMIA ANTIPALA
Asst. Regional Director for Operations

Region VII
(Central Visayas)
Bohol
Cebu
Negros Oriental
DSWD Field Offices
Region XIII –
• DSWD FIELD OFFICE CARAGA (Butuan City) CARAGA
Agusan del Norte
Minda B. Brigoli, CESO III Agusan del Sur
Regional Director Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur
+63.85.342.5619 to 20
Butuan City

Angelita B. Amista
SWO V / Chief, Institutional Dev’t Division/Head,
Protective Services Unit
+63.85.342.5619 to 20
HEALTH SECTOR
RESPONSE TO GBV
Women & Children Protection Unit in Department of
Health (DOH) retained hospitals and Local Government
Unit (LGU) supported hospitals
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH (DOH)
ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER 2013-0011
Revised Policy on the Establishment of
Women and Children Protection Units
(WCPUs) in All Hospitals
Objective
• Institutionalize and standardize the quality of
health service delivery in all Women and
Children Protection Units in support of the
strategic thrust to achieve Universal Health
Care as described in the Kalusugan
Pangkalahatan Execution Plan.
Scope and Application
• The AO shall apply to the entire
health sector including
• DOH health care facilities
• LGU-supported health facilities
• Private health care facilities
• Other DOH attached agencies
• Development partners and other relevant
stakeholders
Key Definitions of Terms
• WCPU
• A unit composed of a multidisciplinary team
of trained physicians, social workers, mental
health professionals and police providing
comprehensive medical and psychosocial
services to women and children victims of
violence
• 4Rs
• Refers to the processes of RECOGNITION,
RECORDING, REPORTING & REFERRAL
of violence against women and children
abuse cases
Every province/
chartered city
shall establish at
least one WCPU
Minimum Requirements for All
Hospitals
• ALL HOSPITAL PERSONNEL shall
undergo training on 4Rs (recognition,
reporting, recording, referral) of cases
of violence against women & children
• Hospitals without a WCPU must have
a WCPU COORDINATOR to
coordinate the management and
referral of all VAWC cases
LEVELS OF CARE
DELIVERED BY WCPUS
LEVEL 1

SERVICES
Medico-legal examination
Acute medical treatment
Minor surgical treatment
Monitoring & follow-up
Full coverage, 24/7
Minimum social work intervention
(safety & risk assessment,
coordination with other disciplines
Peer review of cases
Expert testimony in court,
documentation, record-keeping
LEVEL 2

SERVICES
In addition to Level 1 services
Rape kits
Surgical intervention
Case management and case
conferences
Documentation and record keeping
using the Child Protection Mgt Info
System (CPMIS)
Availability of specialty consultations
(ENT, ophthalmology, surgery, OB-
Gyne, pathology)
LEVEL 3

SERVICES
In addition to Level 2 services
Long-term case management
Mental health care
Police investigation
Nursing services
Death review
Other support services (livelihood,
education)
Availability of sub-specialty
consultations (child development,
forensic psychiatry, forensic
pathology)
DIRECTORY:
WOMEN & CHILDREN PROTECTION UNITS

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MASBATE (Region V)
• Masbate Provincial Hospital
Dr. Cynthia Llacer
Ma. Calota A. Dela Peña
PO2 Arlene Capsa
Hospital Road, Provincial Health Office, Masbate City
wcpumasbate@yahoo.com
(056) 333 2244
0929 543 6777
ILOILO (Region VI)
• Western Visayas Medical Center
Dr. Maria Teresa Guzman-Dy
Ma. Elena B. Wendam, RSW
Q. Abeto St., Mandurriao, Iloilo City
(033) 508 0388
CEBU
• Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
Dr. Marianne Naomi N. Poca
Dr. Maria Consuelo Malaga
B. Rodriguez St., Cebu City, Cebu
(032) 266 1946
0933 480 6287
• LGU – Pilar
Dr. Eufemia P. Maratas
Dolita N. Dales, RSW
PO1 Caren P. Arcelo
Municipal Health Office, Pilar, Cebu
(032) 400 4023
CEBU (Region VII)
• LGU – San Francisco
Dr. Emmanuel L. Almadin
Mariter P. Galindo, RSW
PO2 Caren Arcelo
San Francisco, Camotes Island, Cebu
wcpusanfran@yahoo.com
(032) 267 6779 / (032) 497 0334
BOHOL (Region VII)
• Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital
Dr. Maria Azucena Redillas
Nilo L. Madjus, RSW
M. Parras St., Tagbilaran, Bohol
(038) 501 7531 / (038) 412 3181
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) is a government agency under the
Office of the President. The Board of Commissioners, headed by the Chairperson,
sets the policies, programs/thrusts and rules towards the achievement of the vision
and mission of the Commission, while the Executive Director oversees planning
and implementation of PCW operations. She is assisted by two (2) Deputy
Executive Directors and five (5) Division Chiefs.
PCW – Organizational Structure

http://pcw.gov.ph/pcw/organizational-structure
For Queries: PLEASE CONTACT
Pamela Godoy Averion
GBV Programme Officer
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Country Office Philippines
averion@unfpa.org
+63(0)9178593516

Devanna de la Puente
GBV Coordinator
Rapid Response Team
delapuenteforte@unfpa.org
+63(0)9175153559