the need of the urban poor for information can lead to misconceptions about RH or FP. For women living in the urban poor, the RH is simply out of reach. Among migrant workers. Onsite problems include cultural practices that violate RH rights, such as the use of a stick to poke around the vagina as diagnostic tool for medical concerns; the lack of protection from unsafe sexual practices by MSM; and the lack of protection from abuse from employees. Among the youth. Cases include the continued persistence of teenage pregnancy and risky sexual behaviors. The requirement of parental consent for access to RH goods and services of minors is cited as a related issue. Compound issues of sexual relations involving adolescents in times of conflict or natural disasters were also raised by Ms. Maria Tanyag of Monash. 2. LACK OF ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO INTERSECTING OF VULNERABILITIES More often than not, women experience overlapping situations that increase their vulnerabilities from primarily being members of one sector. Among the urban poor communities affected by demolition. Women in Tondo cite housing demolition protocols that involve hazardous elements such as the use of teargas. In one occasion, a pregnant woman as well as a young child in the community being demolished were harmed by the use of this chemical and they were not provided adequate medical attention in the health center. Financial constraints also keep women from accessing specific services such as newborn screening which can cost P600 to P1550. Some health centers in Quezon City also ask for payment for RH goods and services (P20 for pills, P200 for injectibles, P100 for check up). Health workers in Manila also note the tendency of new mothers not to return for post-partum care. Among IDPs. In cases of evacuation in Marikina, a medical team surveys the needs of the affected families; however there was the case of how only condoms could be distributed and mainly in individual packs rather than in kits since affected families were only 10-50. Among survivors of GBV. Cases include a GBV survivor in Manila, who is also confronted with extreme poverty, who found it difficult to access their RH needs, as a battered wife who had a total of 18 children, 3 abortions, and 3 suicide attempts experienced; and a rape and murder case of a minor also in Manila which received no help from the local government. The plight of GBV survivors is worse when their abuser may be their spouse or parents, yet are confronted with the policy on seeking parental or spousal consent on certain RH goods and services. Among PWDs. The PWD Association of Brgy. Holy Spirit n Quezon City shared accounts of hospitals refusing to accept pregnant PWDs because of the lack of appropriate facilities; PWDs also lack access to information on their RH rights. The plight of PWDs can also be compounded by GBV, as is the case of a woman in Brgy. Holy Spirit whose husband not only 28