 Support groups. A support group should be formed to help the victims of VAW. Moreover, there should be activities or livelihood available to them to help them move forward from the traumatic experience. It should give women just loans without collateral. Recommended interventions for marginalized groups:  Awareness raising on the services available for marginalized women (Regions 9, 2). For the IP sector who are scattered (geographically), the government or the concerned sector should bring the services to them and should provide support in the form of scholarships, health benefits, representation, employment, and equal protection.  Address issues of accessibility of information, processes, and mechanisms for PWDs, IPs, Moro Women and other marginalized groups. In Region 10, for instance, interpreters for deaf women have been recommended to facilitate their access to health centers, barangay and police women’s desks, and to help them access information on HIV, reproductive health, etc. LGBT desks should be provided in police stations to discrimination, which they are often faced with when filing complaints.  Livelihood programs for marginalized women (Regions 1, 7). As pointed out in Region 7, LGBTs have no concrete livelihood program which sometimes causes them to engage in prostitution. It was suggested that a national program be made to address their lack of livelihood needs.  LGBT concerns should be incorporated in every LGU GAD plan. In Region 4, these GAD plans may be patterned after the Laguna GAD Plan. Further, it was suggested that July 26 be declared as “Araw ng Kalalakihan” in the municipal GAD plans, and October 11 as Laguna Gay Day.  There is a need to educate and empower the youth insofar as the law and prevalence of violence against women is concerned. (CAR)  Specific intervention for PWDs were recommended in Region 9: the Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center, should cater to social work intervention through comprehensive 76

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