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The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE, / ˈ s oʊ dʒ iː / Tagalog:) Equality Bill, also known as the Anti-Discrimination Bill (ADB), [1] [2] is a series of House and Senate bills that were introduced in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Congress of the Philippines, which aims to set into law measures to prevent various economic and public accommodation-related acts of ...
[58] [59] [60] The initiative was met with praise from the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, who lauded the city government's efforts to promote gender equality and to make healthcare more accessible, as well as adhering to values promoted by the equal protection clause affirmed in the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the Yogyakarta ...
January 4 – President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11510, institutionalizing the alternative learning system (ALS). [2] [3]January 18 – The Department of National Defense announces its unilateral termination of its 1989 accord with the University of the Philippines which took effect three days earlier over claims that the New People's Army is recruiting members in the universities' campuses.
Federalism was one of the main campaign promises of Rodrigo Duterte when he ran for President of the Philippines in 2016. His administration pursued a proposal which would shift the Philippines from being under a unitary form of government to a federal one. By 2021, efforts to introduce a federal form of government in the Philippines has halted.
Benham Rise Research and Development Institute Act: Seeks to establish the Benham Rise Research and Development Institute. HB00036: July 1, 2019: Philippine Rise and National Park (PRNP) Act of 2019: Seeks to establish the Philippine Rise Natural Park in the Province of Isabela as a protected area under the N.I.P.A.S. Act (R.A. 7586). HB00037 ...
The Women in Nation Building Act advocates for the equal treatment of women and men in Philippine society. It likewise promotes the equal importance of women in the building of the Philippine nation. The NCRFW was renamed to the Philippine Commission on Women upon the enactment of RA 9710 (or the Magna Carta of Women).
In 2019, Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was passed and signed into law, effective January 21, 2021. [78] [79] During its first year, as the only US state with such a law, software engineer Aaron Batilos noticed that the rising need for remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic was overwhelmingly excluding the state of Colorado.
Temporarily Modifying the Rates of Import Duty on Rice Under Section 1611 of Republic Act No. 10863, Otherwise Known as the "Customs Modernization and Tariff Act" [135] 136 Creating the Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee in Compliance With the World Trade Organization – Trade Facilitation Agreement May 18, 2021 [136] 137