Regional Consultation on CEDAW and Magna Carta of Women With Special Focus on Reproductive Health Law In order to ensure an inclusive and participatory approach in the preparation of the Commission’s report to the CEDAW Committee, and in order to gather grounded experiences of women and RH advocates, the Commission conducted Regional Consultations through its fifteen (15) regional field offices. The Regional Consultation forms part of the consultation for the Commission’s CEDAW independent report and of the Commission’s National Inquiry on Reproductive Health Rights3. A. OBJECTIVES: 1. To gather women’s rights and reproductive health advocates from the Regional Office’s areas of responsibilities for a consultation/participatory process towards CEDAW reporting; 2. To document issues on the implementation of CEDAW and the Magna Carta of Women particularly on the following select key issues: (1) Access to Justice including violence against women; (2) Issues and effective access to services for Marginalized Women: Women in the ‘informal sector,’ rural women, Indigenous Women, Moro women, women with disabilities and Lesbian, Bisexual and transgender; (3) Women’s issues in the context of displacement and development aggression. 3. To document issues on the implementation of the Reproductive Health Law (RA 10354) including the scanning of discriminatory policies and practices in relation to accessing reproductive health services. Particular attention shall be directed to the access of marginalized sectors (IPs, Moro Women, PWDs and LGBTIs) to reproductive health services. 3 Funded by the UNFPA, the Commission is undertaking a National Inquiry on Reproductive rights from the months of March-April-May 2016. 30