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Addressing Inequality During the Pandemic
Right to Vote......................................................................................................... 56
C. Thematic Concerns................................................................................................ 58
Women................................................................................................................... 58
Children................................................................................................................. 67
Migrant Workers.................................................................................................... 76
Indigenous Peoples................................................................................................. 77
Internally Displaced Persons................................................................................... 82
Infrastructure................................................................................................... 82
Natural Calamity............................................................................................. 83
Armed Conflict................................................................................................ 84
Persons with Disabilities......................................................................................... 87
Persons Deprived of Liberty................................................................................... 91
LGBTQIA+........................................................................................................... 98
Older Persons....................................................................................................... 103
Human Rights Defenders..................................................................................... 105
Conclusions................................................................................................................ 133
Recommendations...................................................................................................... 135
To the Office of the President............................................................................... 135
To the Congress of the Philippines....................................................................... 135
To the Department of Health............................................................................... 136
To the Department of the Interior and Local Government................................... 136
To the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology................................................. 137
To the Ombudsman............................................................................................. 139
To the Department of Justice................................................................................ 139
To the Philippine National Police......................................................................... 139
To the Commission on Higher Education.............................................................141