72 Human Rights Promotion and Advocacy diverse SOGIEs’ human rights education programs/ projects. SOGIEs’ human rights education and awareness-building conducted by duty holders E. Provides technical assistance to the regional offices of education and training functions G. Coordinate with local government and nongovernment entities involved in formal or nonformal education in the region for inclusion of women and people of diverse SOGIEs’ human rights in their curricula and teaching program. This also covers the training of educators at all levels of education F. Conduct promotional events in relation to human rights of women and people of diverse SOGIEs at the national level Regional GAD Focal Persons In accordance with the Section 40(B) of the IRR of RA 9710, the regional focal persons are implementers in their regions. As operating units for GAD Promotion and Advocacy, they are tasked to perform the following duties and responsibilities: A. Operational planning for their respective regions with regards to education and research on women and people of diverse SOGIEs’ human rights B. Implement education and training at their respective regions and monitor, assess and report for learning outcomes C. Disseminate IEC materials on GAD Promotion and Advocacy produced by the Central Office and when needed, develop their own thereof D. Consolidate accomplishment reports of local human rights action officers on GAD Promotion and Advocacy E. Conduct promotional events in relation to human rights of women and people of diverse SOGIEs F. With guidance from the Central Office, undertake the following assessments in their respective regions: a. annual and mid-term review of the state of women and people of diverse SOGIEs’ human rights awareness b. competencies and competency requirements of duty holders in promoting and protecting women and people of diverse SOGIEs’ human rights c. impact of women and people of diverse Local Human Rights Action Officers (LHRAOs) The HRAOs are the focal person of the CHR at the provincial, city, municipal and barangay level. They hail from the community where they perform the following functions a. Assist victims of human rights violations such as gender-based violence and discrimination in accessing necessary remedies and services b. Assist the local government units in developing their human rights-based plan in addressing human rights violations such as gender-based violence and discrimination, including support services, capacity-building and referral system c. Conduct information and education campaigns on human rights including the rights of women and people of diverse SOGIEs d. Record and maintain a database on the number of human rights violations including gender-based violence and discriminations and submit quarterly reports. All reports of the HRAOs in the barangay will be synthesized by the HRAOs in the municipal and city level for submission to the provincial HRAOs. The HRAOs in the provinces will then send their report to the CHR regional offices. For big cities in National Capital Region that has large number of barangays like Manila, Quezon City and Caloocan, they will have their district HRAOs that will synthesize the reports of the barangay HRAOs for submission to the city HRAO. e. Coordinate with government, non-government entities and other service providers in providing necessary services to clients CHR Gender Ombud Guidelines

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