 Use of words, gestures, or actions that ridicule on the basis of sex, gender, or
sexual orientation; identity and/or expression including sexist, homophobic,
transphobic statements and slurs
 Persistent telling of sexual jokes
 Use of sexual names, comments, and demands
 Any statement that has made an invasion on a person's personal space or
threatens the person's sense of personal safety
Penalty:
 1st offense: P1,000-fine and 12-hour community service with Gender
Sensitivity Seminar
 2nd offense: 6-10 days in prison/P3,000 fine
 3rd offense: 11-30 days in prison and P10,000-fine
2nd degree offenses:
 Making offensive body gestures at someone
 Public masturbation
 Flashing of private parts
 Groping- feeling about or searching blindly or uncertainly with the hands
- feeling or fondling (someone) for sexual pleasure, especially against
their will
 Similar lewd actions
Penalty:
 1st offense: P10,000-fine and 12-hour community service with Gender
Sensitivity Seminar
 2nd offense: 11-30 days in prison/P15,000 fine
 3rd offense: 1 month and 1 day to 6 months in prison and P20,000 fine
3rd degree offenses:
 Stalking
 Sexual advances, gestures, and statements mentioned previously with
pinching or brushing against the body of the offended person
 Touching, pinching, or brushing against the genitalia, face, arms, anus, groin,
breasts, inner thighs, face, buttocks, or any part of the victim's body
Penalty
 1st offense: 11-30 days in prison/P30,000-fine with attendance to Gender
Sensitivity Seminar
 2nd offense: 1 month and 1 day to 6 months in prison and P50,000-fine
 3rd offense: 4 months and 1 day to 6 months in prison/P100,000-fine
Online sexual harassment
Online harassment is defined by the law as the "use of information and
communication technology in terrorizing and intimidating victims through physical,
psychological, and emotional threats."
Forms of online sexual harassment and penalties for each are as follows
 Unwanted sexual misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist remarks
and comments online whether publicly or through direct and private
messages
 Invasion of victim's privacy through cyberstalking and incessant messaging
 Uploading and sharing without the consent of the victims, any form of media
that contains photos, voice, or video with sexual content
 Unauthorized recording and sharing of any of the victim's photos, videos, or
any information online
 Impersonating identities of victims online or posting lies about victims to harm
their reputation
 Filing false abuse reports to online platforms to silence victims
Penalty
 2 years, 4 months, and 1 day to 4 years and 2 months in prison or P100,000
to P500,000-fine, or both
The law puts the Philippine National Police's Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNPACG) in
charge of apprehending violators. The PNPACG must develop an online mechanism
for reporting, in "real time," gender-based online sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment in workplaces, educational institutions
The act defines sexual harassment in workplaces this way: "An act or series of acts
involving any unwelcome sexual advances, requests or demand for sexual favors or
any act of sexual nature, whether done verbally, physically or through the use of
technology such as text messaging or electronic mail or through any other forms of
information and communication systems, that has or could have detrimental effect on
the conditions of an individual's employment or education, job performance or
opportunities."
It also includes unwanted conduct of sexual nature or conduct based on sex affecting
the dignity of a person.
Employers and other persons of authority must prevent or punish these acts, says
the law. Among actions they must pursue is the creation of an independent internal
committee to address complaints and investigate them. The committee should be
headed by a woman and must be at least half composed of women.
The same responsibility is placed on the shoulders of school heads for sexual
harassment in educational and training institutions.
Responsibility of establishments. To make sure these acts are punished, the law
orders that the management of restaurants, cinemas, malls, bars, and other
privately-owned places open to the public adopt a "zero-tolerance policy." They are
to help the victim by coordinating with local police "immediately after" the sexual
harassment and make CCTV footage available when ordered by the court.
Responsibility of LTO, LTFRB. It will be the Land Transportation Office and Land
Transportation Franchise Regulatory Board that will penalize drivers of public utility
vehicles. The punishment includes canceling the license of the driver and
suspending or revoking the franchise of the transportation operator.
Responsibility of local government units. LGUs are to pass an ordinance
localizing the national law within 60 days of the law's effectivity. LGUs shall bear the
"primary responsibility" of enforcing the law. The Department of Interior and Local
Government is supposed to make sure LGUs comply.
Republic Act No. 11313 or “The Safe Spaces Act”
- Addressing Gender-Based Sexual Harassment
On April 17, 2019, the Safe Spaces Act, or previously the “Bawal Bastos” bill, was
signed into law.
Forms of sexual harassment and corresponding penalties imposed by Safe
Spaces Act:
First degree offenses:
 Cursing
 Catcalling- make a whistle, shout, or comment of a sexual nature to a
woman passing by
 Wolf-whistling- whistling with a distinctive two-note glissando sound made to
show high interest in or approval of something or someone, especially a
woman viewed as physically or sexually attractive
 Leering and intrusive gazing- looking or gazing in a lascivious or
unpleasant way
 Taunting, unwanted invitations- intended to provoke or challenge someone
in an insulting or contemptuous manner
 Misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist slurs
Misogyny: feelings of hating women, or the belief that men are much better
than women
Transphobic- having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against transsexual
or transgender people.
Homophobic- having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against
homosexual people
Sexist slurs- sexual remarks
 Persistent unwanted comments on one’s appearance
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POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE CORDILLERA
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE POLICE PROVINCIAL OFFICE
SAGADA MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION
Patay, Sagada, Mountain Province

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RA 11313
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“The Safe Spaces Act”

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