From bars, to buses, to private online messages, the Safe Spaces Act or 'Bawal Bastos' law is now in full force. Learn more about it by watching the video here:
KEEPING SPACES SAFE. Fourteen national government agencies and civil society organizations sign the implementing rules and regulations of the Safe Spaces Act on October 28, 2019. Photo by Michelle Abad/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – From bars, to buses, to private online messages, a law penalizing unwanted sexual advances is now in full force. On October 28, 14 national government agencies and civil society organizations signed the implementing rules and regulations of the Safe Spaces Act, or the 'Bawal Bastos' Law. It was enacted into lawThe Safe Spaces Act expands the definition of sexual harassment as originally defined in the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995.
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