34 2020 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in the Philippines and scheduled clients from online applications; lectures were conducted via Facebook Live or via VTC (in coordination with agencies such as DepEd and TESDA); and there was continuous service provision care of Social Hygiene Clinics. Treatment Hubs and Rural Health Units (RHUs). DOH’s Mental Health Program also discussed related topics to HIV (e.g., HIV and Mental Health).146 100 The CHR as Gender Ombud expresses serious concern on reports of domestic violence in the Philippine country.147 government data have shown that there was a decrease in reported gender-based abuse and violence during the first months of lockdown. The figures presented by the government indicate a decline in reported cases which is attributable to the barriers brought about by the lockdown which have hindered victims from reporting: (1) that there is a decline of abuse and/or (2) that the circumstances created by the lockdown hindered victims from reporting to the authorities. 101 The economic challenges being suffered by families during the slowdown of economic activities during the ECQ makes these families vulnerable to online sexual predators. The worsening economic situation may have pushed adults to resort to peddling children to sexual predators online.148 The PNP recorded 763 cases of crimes against women, and 521 cases of crimes against children.149 Data from the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) have shown that 804 incidents of gender-based violence and violence against women and children all over the country were reported, which pertains to violations of 8 laws – Anti-violence Against Women and Children Law, Anti-rape Law, Revised Penal Code Provisions Against Acts of Lasciviousness and Concubinage, Anti-photo and Video Voyeurism Law, Anti-trafficking Persons Law, Anti-sexual Harassment Law, and the Safe Spaces Law.150 146 CHR CAR (2021, Jan 29). Regional Human Rights Situation Report July to December 2020, pp. 31-33. 147 See https://www.omct.org/press-releases/statements/2020/05/d25868/. 148 Janvic Mateo, Secret Pandemic: Online Child Exploitation On The Rise Amid COVID-19 Problems, OneNews,22 April 2020, available at https://www.onenews.ph/secret-pandemic-online-child-exploitation-on-the-rise-amidCOVID-19-problems, accessed 25 June 2020. 149 Office of the President, Report to the Joint Congressional Committee, 4 May 2020, available at https://www. officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2020/05may/20200504-Report-to-the-Joint-Congressional-Oversight-Committee. pdf, accessed 25 June 2020. 150 Ibid.