SUMMARY INFORMATION ON THE FACT FINDING
The National Inquiry conducted fact finding missions aimed to address the key objectives or
the inquiry. The missions conducted with the Commission’s Regional offices sought to
document and solicit information from women, particularly the most marginalized and
vulnerable, as well as from government and non-government health service providers. The
women interviewed represented different sectors such as Indigenous Peoples (IPs),
Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs), rural agriculture, fishery, urban poor, women from the
informal sector, home-based workers, private and public labor, Persons with Disabilities
(PWDs), and People Living with HIV (PLHIV). State and non-state service providers were
also part of the inquiry.
The fact finding process included the following:
Ocular visit of select city/municipal/barangay health centers;
Interview with state and non-state reproductive health service providers; and
Visit to specific communities to inquire into the enjoyment of the right to
reproductive health services and information as provided by the Responsible
Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law.
The fact finding teams, armed with Mission Order from the CHR Central Office, and with
guidance from partner Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the Regional Gender Focal
Person (GFP), visited specific municipalities and barangays for the mission.
The fact finding team was composed of the following:
The Gender, Empowerment, and Women’s Human Rights Council (GEWHRC);
The investigators/lawyers and Regional Gender Focal Persons (GFP) of the Region
involved;
UNFPA representative;
CSOs or community members in the area to be visited.
For each major area, they were composed by the following:
Area
NCR
Team
1. Director Dr. Renante A. Basas – Director, HRCMO
2. Atty. Krissi Shaffina Twyla A. Rubin - Office in Charge,
Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Center
3. Mr. Felix Lumayag - Investigator
4. Ms. Maribel Ong - Investigator
5. Ms. Clair Bacani - Investigator
6. Ms. Joan Rodriguez (first day) - Investigator
7. Two UNFPA representatives
8. Radigunda R. Laman, Documenter
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