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This document outlines policies and laws regarding gender-based sexual harassment. It establishes that gender-based sexual harassment in public spaces, streets, and public transportation is illegal. It also requires restaurants, bars, malls and other businesses open to the public to have anti-harassment policies and staff training. Local governments must pass ordinances against harassment and provide reporting resources. An anti-harassment council will be formed to prevent violence against women and children and ensure safety for all.

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This document outlines policies and laws regarding gender-based sexual harassment. It establishes that gender-based sexual harassment in public spaces, streets, and public transportation is illegal. It also requires restaurants, bars, malls and other businesses open to the public to have anti-harassment policies and staff training. Local governments must pass ordinances against harassment and provide reporting resources. An anti-harassment council will be formed to prevent violence against women and children and ensure safety for all.

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It is the policy of the State to value the dignity of every human person and guarantee full respect

for human rights. It is likewise the policy of the State to recognize the role of women in nation-
building and ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men. The State also
recognizes that both men and women must have equality, security and safety not only in
private, but also on the streets, public spaces, online, workplaces and educational and training
institutions.

ARTICLE I
GENDER-BASED STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Sec . 4. Gender-Based Streets and Public Spaces Sexual Harassment. – The crimes of gender-
based streets and public spaces sexual harassment are committed through any unwanted and
uninvited sexual actions or remarks against any person regardless of the motive for committing
such action or remarks.

Gender-based streets and public spaces sexual harassment includes catcalling, wolf-whistling,
unwanted invitations, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic and sexist slurs, persistent
uninvited comments or gestures on a person’s appearance, relentless requests for personal
details, statement of sexual comments and suggestions, public masturbation or flashing of
private parts, groping, or any advances, whether verbal or physical, that is unwanted and has
threatened one’s sense of personal space and physical safety, and committed in public spaces
such as alleys, roads, sidewalks and parks. Acts constitutive of gender-based streets and public
spaces sexual harassment are those performed in buildings, schools, churches, restaurants,
malls, public washrooms, bars, internet shops, public markets, transportation terminals or public
utility vehicles.

Sec. 5. Gender-Based Sexual Harassment in Restaurants and Cafes, Bars and Clubs, Resorts
and Water Parks, Hotels and Casinos, Cinemas, Malls, Buildings and Other Privately-Owned
Places Open to the Public. – Restaurants, bars, cinemas, malls, buildings and other privately-
owned places open to the public shall adopt a zero-tolerance policy against gender -based
streets and public spaces sexual harassment. These establishments are obliged to provide
assistance to victims of gender-based sexual harassment by coordinating with local police
authorities immediately after gender-based sexual harassment is reported, making CCTV
footage available when ordered by the court, and providing a safe gender-sensitive environment
to encourage victims to report gender-based sexual harassment at the first instance.
All restaurants, bars, cinemas and other places of recreation shall install in their business
establishments clearly-visible warning signs against gender -based public spaces sexual
harassment, including the anti- sexual harassment hotline number in bold letters, and shall
designate at least one (1) anti-sexual harassment officer to receive gender-based sexual
harassment complaints. Security guards in these places may be deputized to apprehend
perpetrators caught in flagrante delicto and are required to immediately coordinate with local
authorities.

Sec. 6. Gender-Based Sexual Harassment in Public Utility Vehicles. – In addition to the


penalties in this Act, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) may cancel the license of
perpetrators found to have committed acts constituting sexual harassment in public utility
vehicles, and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) may suspend
or revoke the franchise of transportation operators who commit gender-based streets and public
spaces sexual harassment acts. Gender-based sexual harassment in public utility vehicles
(PUVs) where the perpetrator is the driver of the vehicle shall also constitute a breach of
contract of carriage, for the purpose of creating a presumption of negligence on the part of the
owner or operator of the vehicle in the selection and supervision of employees and rendering
the owner or operator solidarily liable for the offenses of the employee.
Sec. 7. Gender-Based Sexual Harassment in Streets and Public Spaces Committed by Minors.
– In case the offense is committed by a minor, the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) shall take necessary disciplinary measures as provided for under
Republic Act No. 9344, otherwise known as the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006″.

Sec. 8. Duties of Local Government Units (LGUs). — local government units (LGUs) shall bear
prim ary responsibility in enforcing the provisions under Article I of this Act. LGUs shall have the
following duties:

(a) Pass an ordinance which shall localize the applicability of this Act within sixty (60) days of its
effectivity;

(b) Disseminate or post in conspicuous places a copy of this Act and the corresponding
ordinance;

(c) Provide measures to prevent gender-based sexual harassment in educational institutions,


such as information campaigns and anti-sexual harassment seminars;
(d) Discourage and impose fines on acts of gender-based sexual harassment as defined in this
Act;

(e) Create an anti-sexual harassment hotline; and

(f) Coordinate with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the
implementation of this Act.

Creation of anti VAWC/Gender-based Sexual Harassment Council


Functions:
1. Institute policies and programs to ensure that both men, women, and children must have
equality, security, and safety not only in private, but also on the streets, public spaces,
online, workplaces and educational and training institutions.
2. Create and establish system on surveillance, monitoring, investigation, rescue and re-
integration to ensure effective and efficient coordination.
3. Undertake the development of materials for information, education and advocacy
campaign against VAWC and Sexual Harassment.
4. Monitor and oversee the strict implementation of RA Nos. 7877, 11313, 9262 and other
pertinent laws.
5. Establish partnership with different groups organizations to assist in its formulation and
implementation of localized programs and interventions to address VAWC and sexual
harassment.

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