Objectives The National Inquiry on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights, through written submissions, fact finding missions, and public hearings, sought to: 1. Document individual and/or systemic barriers to WWDs access to sexual and reproductive health information, services, and commodities. 2. Document the barriers and problems experienced by service providers in providing reproductive health information, services, and commodities to women with disabilities; 3. Provide an analysis and to report on access to reproductive health by WWDs in the light of the State’s obligations under CEDAW, the UN CRPD, and the provisions of the MCW the RPRH Law; 4. Provide concrete recommendations to the State and the concerned agencies to address individual and systemic/structural barriers to women’s access to reproductive health services Strategies and Methodology Led by the CHRP’s Center for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights (CGEHWR) and its respective Regional Offices, the National Inquiry was conducted in March to November 2019. The Inquiry employed data gathering methods as follows: 1. Call for submissions from individuals and/or organizations of their experience with respect to denial of/discrimination in/barriers to access of reproductive health services for WWDs; 2. Survey of policies and/or programs for persons with disability particularly focusing on WWDs and their access to reproductive health services among National Government Agencies (NGAs) and Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO); 3. Conduct of fact-finding missions and public hearings in select regions in the country namely: Region X (Cagayan de Oro, Malaybalay), Cordillera Administrative Region (Baguio City, La Trinidad), CARAGA Administrative Region (Butuan City, and nearby cities and municipality), Region VII (Cebu City, Cordova), and National Capital Region (Manila, Pateros); 4. Validation of Inquiry results with WWDs, women’s organizations, and relevant NGAs. The Inquiry was designed to allow women to tell the CHRP their stories. This is made possible through the conduct of fact-finding missions prior to the Public Hearing. In these fact-finding missions, women with disabilities are grouped for the conduct of a focus group discussion. There is one group for women with mobility impairment, one for blind and women with visual impairment,

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