lamented that while there are laws to protect women, they have no budget to support the victims, for instance for transportation and food. “Our government is always making laws but does not give budget. We tell our sentiments on these laws, we support these laws, we practice them, we are obedient to these laws. The problem is financial. It should not only be in writing, we should be provided financially.” – a participant in Region 11. In Regions 1, 7, and 11, the data on the prevalence of VAW is as follows:  Region 1 - As of CY 2015, there are 589 cases of VAW broken down into different cases particularly Rape cases. (Based on the data received by WCPD).  Region 7 - An average of 48 VAW cases were observed per month (it is not clear if this is an average per barangay/municipality/city).  Region 11 - There are about 50 reported cases of VAW in Brgy. Limbaan (since early 200)s) and these cases are not sufficiently addressed to the court, only to the police (not all) and to the barangay council/purok. There is a high rate of VAWC but they do not file it in court. In 7 barangays of Davao City, there are 105 reported rape cases (vulnerable children), 20 cases of sexual abuse in prostituted women and children (VAWC, trafficking) In Brgy. Matiao there are 20 reported cases that are sufficiently addressed in barangay but not in national agencies. Rape cases cannot be addressed in barangay and should be reported to the police. 4. Sufficiency of responses to VAW victim-survivors’ issues / claims When cases are properly reported, seven of the fifteen Regions or 46.66% (NCR, Regions 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11) asserted that the claims of the victim/survivors are addressed sufficiently: in NCR, through Barangay and Social Welfare workers; in Region 5 through the barangay and Courts, and partially by the Police; in Region 7, through NGOs; and in Region 9, by the Police, Barangay Government Units, and Social Welfare and Development 54