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Results of the Community-Based Peer Monitoring
Another woman with disability has to resort to using herbs as an
alternative to pills since the latter is usually unavailable at the health center
and women with disabilities have to endure long line queues, as they are not
prioritized.
One pertinent issue and concern raised relating to family planning and
reproductive health was the roles of women and their husband, especially at this
time that their husbands are always at home. One interviewee shared that, “Isyu
namin ay yung role natin as wife. Sa panahong ito, na-observe namin na active
ang mga husband sa sex dahil siguro hindi masyadong pagod sa trabaho, may
mga kaibigang tumaba at nabuntis.” [At this time, we (women) observe that our
husbands are more sexually active, since they are not reporting for work. Thus,
some of my friends became pregnant.]
Gender-Based Violence
During the Quarantine
Majority of the women with disability interviewees had not heard any
stories of violence against women. However, some interviewees told their
peer monitors accounts of violence against women with disabilities and other
forms of discrimination. Accounts of rape of women with disabilities were
shared during the monitoring. One woman with disablity during the first wave
monitoring of the Commission showed suicide ideations as a result of the ECQ and
the sexual violence she experience. Immediate response was provided, and she was
admitted to the Commission temporary GBV shelter during ECQ from April to May.
Most of the women with disabilities who participated in the monitoring project
were aware where they can lodge their complaints or seek assistance in cases of
gender-based violence. According to them they will be reporting to the following:
Police/VAWC Help Desk
CHR
Barangay/Purok Leader
Rescue 911 (in Region X)
DSWD/CSWD
City Health Office/Hospital
DILG
Frontliners