• Campaign to End VAW: Safe Spaces Caravan The CGEWHR and CHR-NCR in partnership with the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), and in coordination with the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), together with the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), conducted a Safe Spaces and Legal Caravan at the PITX terminal on November 25, 2022 as kick-off activity in the observance of the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW. During the caravan, more than a hundred drivers and public commuters participated and were given posters and stickers containing information about the 11313 the Safe or Spaces ACT "Bawal Bastos Law" (No to Obscenities), —a law prohibiting obscenities such as sexual harassment against women particularly in public places. Another round of Safe Spaces Caravan was conducted at the Katipunan Public Terminal on December 10, 2022. Jeepney drivers and commuters using the Katipunan Terminal were also provided with stickers and flyers containing basic information about the "Bawal Bastos Law". The salient features of the Law were also discussed in brief broad strokes with the drivers and commuters during the caravan. • Gender and Climate Change: Kuwentong Odette (Women’s Stories on Typhoon Odette) In observance of Earth Day 2022, the CGEWHR in partnership with Women in Emergency Network conducted a webinar on April 22, 2022 entitled" Gender and Climate Change: Kwentong Odette". The discussions revolved on the impact of Typhoon Odette on gender equality, and on women’s empowerment initiatives. The webinar also provided a space to discuss and elaborate on gender and climate change - how women are more excessively impacted by the crisis but remain as key actors and movers. It also provided a space to listen to stories and narratives of women from the past two typhoons - Typhoon Odette and Agaton - on the impacts of destructive weather phenomena and of women’s collective action and community protection response. After the presentations, three women who were community residents were invited to share their stories on the “Impact of Odette on Women and Women’s Response and Leadership. A total of 65 participants attended the webinar. • Pride Month In solidarity with the LGBTQI (an inclusive term for lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, the intersex and the community they belong), and to show that the Commission remains a committed partner of the LGBTQI society, the Commission joined and conducted the activities for the occasion. The Pride Expo and Pride March on June 25 was held at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. The theme for 2022 was Alab for Love (Glow for Love), One Pride.” The CHR set up booths at the Pride Expo to showcase its different advocacy and campaign materials for the implementation of the safe spaces legislation and the passage of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill that seeks to prevent gender-based discrimination. Further presented in the expo were the: (a) "Safe Spaces Now: Right the Ride Campaign"; (b) “Ang CHR Ay Para Salahat” (CHR is for All); (c) “Ang CHR ay para sa LGBTQI”(CHR is for LGBTQI); (d) "TanTanKarapatan—a title based on the characters of Kara and Tantan in an IEC video production that is accessible through online channels such as in Facebbok and Youtube; and the (e) “No More Missing Out Campaign," were also presented in the Expo. 23