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In recent years, the Filipino government has addressed the rights of women under a multitude of legislative schemes including workplace discrimination, domestic violence, sexual harassment and human trafficking. [1] The Philippines has one of the smallest rates of gender disparity in the world. In the Global Gender Gap Index 2017, the ...
The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (Republic Act No. 7877) [24] The Anti-Rape Law of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8353) [25] The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act No. 9208) [26] The Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act of 1998 (Republic Act No. 8505) [27] The Women in Development and Nation Building Act (Republic Act No ...
The term sexual harassment is used in defining violence occurring in the general community, which is defined as: "Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced ...
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9208, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2444 and House Bill No. 4432.It was enacted and passed by Congress of the Philippines' Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines (12th Congress of the Philippines, 2001–2004) assembled on May 12, 2003, and signed into law (List of ...
Moreover, Philippine jurisprudence has long applied a rule that any doubts in the interpretation of law, especially the Labor Code, will be resolved in favor of labor and against management. The Labor Code has been amended numerous times since it was first enacted. The most significant amendment was brought about by the passage of Republic Act ...
Pages in category "Human rights abuses in the Philippines" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The WHO lists a number of examples of circumstances that sexual violence can be committed: [17] Systematic rape during armed conflict; Rape within marriage or dating relationships; Rape by strangers; Unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment, including demanding sex in return for favors; Sexual abuse of mentally or physically disabled people
In most countries, even those where sex work is legal, sex workers of all kinds feel that they are stigmatized and marginalized and that this prevents them from seeking legal redress for discrimination (e.g., racial discrimination by a strip club owner, dismissal from a teaching position because of involvement in the sex industry), non-payment by a client, assault, or rape.