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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