and another for deaf and hard of hearing. The design allows women to speak out and discuss disability specific issues even as separate KIIs are being conducted with duty bearers. On the other hand, the one day public hearing in each of the Inquiry areas allow women with disability to tell their stories in public and in the presence of duty bearers. Public hearings are presided by the Commissioners Karen Gomez-Dumpit, Commissioner Leah TanodraArmamento, and Commissioner Gwendollyn Pimentel-Gana. Through these, stories and issues of women with disabilities are documented, together with programs, responses and challenges by the government duty bearers. Participants The National Inquiry has consulted a total of 601 individuals in both factfinding and public hearings. Of this number, 298 are WWDs and 303 are government representatives (both from the national and the local levels). “Diversity of women with disabilities includes all types of impairments which is understood as physical, psychosocial, intellectual or sensory conditions which may or may not come with functional limitations.” The range of this diversity is quite broad. Hence, the CHRP strived as much as possible to make the composition of the participants diverse and inclusive. The Inquiry was able to engage the following number of WWDs: 138 with mobility impairment, 39 with visual impairment, 72 with hearing impairment, 10 with psychosocial disability, six (6) with cognitive disability, 12 with chronic illness, and 13 with multiple disabilities WWDs. Two days were allotted for the conduct of fact-finding missions in targeted locales. During fact-finding missions, focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted among WWDs and key informant interviews (KIIs) were done with the government representatives from the LGUs’ key offices, and NGAs regional offices (i.e., DOH, Philippine National Police, as well as provincial’s and cities’ hospitals and public schools). Public hearings were also held to gather testimonies from WWDs, government representatives (including those from the PDAO), women’s organizations, and persons with disabilities organizations (see list of organizations in appendix). In two of the Inquiry areas, Cagayan de Oro and Butuan City, some representatives at the fact-finding mission and at the public hearing also came from nearby provinces, cities, and municipalities. In Cagayan de Oro, speakers from Malaybalay, Bukidnon, and Iligan City were present. During the Butuan City factfinding and public hearing, there were participants from Agusan Del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat Islands. This made the actual scope of the Inquiry wider than the five identified areas.