19" City Council POI9CC-594 88% Regular Session ORDINANCE NO, SP- 2501 $2016 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. SP-1401, S-2004, ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A CITY GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” TO HARMONIZE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO, 9710, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN,” AND TO ADOPT THE UN WOMEN'S SAFE CITIES AND SAPE PUBLIC SPACES INITIATIVE. Introduced by Councilor LENA MARIE P. JUICO. Co-Iniroduced by Councilors Anthony Peter D. Crisotogo, Ricardo T. Belmonte, Jr., Victor V. Ferrer, Jr., Alexis R. Herrera, Precious Hipotito Castelo, Voltaire Godofreda L Liban ff, Rarulfo Z. Ludovica, Ramon P. Medalia, Estrella C. Valmocina, Allan Benedict S. Reyes, Gian Carlo G. Sotto, Franz S. Pumaren, Eufemio C. Lagumbay, Jose Mario Don §. De Leon, Jaime F. Borres, Jesus Manuel C. Suntay, Vincent DG. Belmonte, Raquel S. Malavigen, Jessica Castelo Daza, Bayani V. Hipol, Jose A. Visaya, Julienne Alyson Rae V. Medalla, Godofredo T. Liban. Il, Andres Jose G. Yllana, Jr. Allan Butch T. Francisco, Karl Edgar C. Castelo, Candy A, Medina, Marivic Co-Pilar, Rogelio “Roger” P. Juan,‘ Melencio “Bobby” T. Castelo, Jr, Donato C. Matias and Ricardo B. Corpuz. WHEREAS, Section 11, Article H, of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that the State values the dignity of every human person, and guarantees full respect for human rights; WHEREAS, Section 1 (a), Article XIU, of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of the peuple to human dignity, reduce sociat, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities shall be given highest priority; : < i88” Regular Session Ord. Ne. se_2501 | S-2016 Page -2- PO19CC-594 WHEREAS, Section 1, Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, guarantees that no person shail be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the law; WHEREAS, the Philippines being a stateparty to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) also known as the Intemational Bill of Rights of Women, which it signed on July 15, 1980, and ratified on August 15, 1981, shall pursue and implement programs, projects and activities that will contribute to the achievement of women’s empowerment and gender equality; WHEREAS, on February 3, 2004, the Quezon City Council approved the Ordinance No. SP-1401, 32004, entitled “AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A CITY GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”; WHEREAS, on August 14, 2009, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Budget and Management {DBM}, and the National Economic Development Authority {NEDA} have issued Joint Memorandum Circular 2013-01, to prescribe guidelines in mainstreaming and aligning Gender and Development in the planning, programming, budgeting, legislation and monitoring and evaluation of local government units; WHEREAS, the Localization of the Magna Carta of Women prescribes the creation and strengthening of an LGU Gender and Development Focal Point System (GFPS), an institutional mechanism for GAD implementation; WHEREAS, the Magna Carta of Women also recognizes the woman’s right to protection from all forms of violence. Agencies of government shall give priority to the defense and protection of women against gender-based offenses and help women attain justice and healing. Ht also ensures mandatory training on kuman rights and gender sensitivity to all government personnel involved in the protection and defense of women against gender- based violence; A fc p88° Regular Session Ord. No. SP- 2 5 0 1 &2016 Page -3- PO19CC-594 WHEREAS, Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7877 also known as the ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995” states that “the State shail value the dignity of every individual, enhance the development of its human. resources, guarantee full respect for human rights, and uphold the dignity of workers, employees, applicants for employment, student or those undergoing training, instruction or education. Toward this end all forms of sexual harassment in the employment, education, or training environment are hereby declared unlawful’; WHEREAS, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equatity and the Empowerment of Women also known as UN Women. has selected Quezon City as one of the pilot cities all over the world of its Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Initiative; WHEREAS, ihe UN Women Safe Cities Free of Violence Against Women and Girls Global Initiative seeks to increase safety and improve the quality of life of women, youth and children by developing and testing a local safe city approach in Quezon City through strategies such as capacity-building of local authorities, conducting public awareness activities to mobilize the community, and facilitating policy linkages and coordination across local and national levels; WHEREAS, in Quezon City, sexual harassment (SH) and sexual violence (SV) in public spaces are a daily occurrence for women, rooted in longstanding gender biases against women. and exacerbated by a culture of silence on these various forms of harassment and violence that women experience in public places; WHEREAS, there is now a need to amend the Quezon City GAD Code in order to harmonize the same with the provisions of aforementioned laws, and to adopt the said UN Women’s initiative. 4 AX a BD SS