Background and Rationale A national Inquiry process is a strategy adopted by National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in addressing systemic violation of human rights. It is based not only on evidence from individual cases and accounts, but also includes examination of laws, policies, and programs (or lack of them) which have given rise to violations in question.1 The Commission on Human Rights, as an NHRI and as Gender Ombud under the Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) has previously undertaken a national Inquiry process in 2016. The 2016 National Inquiry on Reproductive Health found persistent barriers in the implementation of the country’s Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law (RA 10354). These barriers included the uneven implementation and support by local government units, absence or lack of information, religious and cultural barriers, breakdown of service delivery networks, insensitivity of some service providers, unsustainable human resource development, and the many barriers encountered by women and girls facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. Women and girls with disabilities are among those who face myriad barriers in accessing reproductive health information, service, and commodities. 1 Asia Pacific Forum. National Human Rights Institutions and National Inquiries.

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