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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 3 – Module 6:
I Am Safe!
Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 12
Quarter 3 Module 6: I Am Safe!
2020 Edition

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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module 6: I Am

Safe. Manila: Department of Education Central Office, 2020.

Published by the Department of Education

Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones
Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio

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 Homeroom Guidance Grade 12
Quarter 3 – Module 6:
I Am Safe!

Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga

Isinulat ang modyul na ito upang gabayan ang mag-aaral na linangin ang
kanyang aspetong personal at sosyal, akademiko, at karera. Dinisenyo ito para sa
distance learning o alternatibong pamamaraan ng pagkatuto na hindi nangangailangan
ng pisikal na presensya sa paaralan, bilang tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng face-
to-face class dulot ng pandemyang COVID-19.
Maaaring may mga pagkakataon na hingin ng mag-aaral ang inyong patnubay
sa pagsunod sa mga tagubilin at pagsagot sa mga tanong sa bawat bahagi ng mga
gawain. Hinihiling ng Kagawaran ang inyong suporta upang matagumpay niyang
maisakatuparan ang mga gawaing ito. Layon ng araling ito na gabayan ang mag-aaral
at magkaroon ng kaalaman ukol sa kanyang mga karapatang pantao at kung paano
siyang aktibong makakalahok sa pagtaguyod ng mga batas na ito at pagpapanatili ng
isang ligtas na lipunan para sa lahat.
Tiyaking sasagutin niya ang bawat bahagi ng modyul nang tapat. Mahalaga ito
upang masukat ang kaniyang mga angking kakayahan sa pagkilala, pagsuri, at
pagtaguyod ng mga karapatang pantao. Gabayan siya at siguraduhin na maipapasa
niya ang kaniyang sagutang papel sa petsa at oras na itinakda ng kaniyang gurong-
tagapayo.
Introductory Message

For the learner:

You deserve to live in a world that is safe and protective of your human rights. Being
aware of your own basic human rights is tantamount to securing that your basic needs are
met, that you have the freedom to express yourself, access to quality education, and even the
protection from potential abuses and maltreatments. This module aims to introduce you to
different laws that protect yourself and others from those who might trample your rights.
Also, this learning episode is intended to help you have a clear mind to maintain safe
environment, particularly with the new pandemic situation and realize that you also have the
accountability to respect the rights of others and secure a safe environment for everyone.

Perform the tasks ahead of you seriously and ponder on how you can apply the
insights that you will gain in helping build a safer world for everyone!

This self-learning module has six interactive tasks, which are as follows:

Let’s Try This helps you to get ready to learn;

Let’s Explore This guides you towards what you need to learn;
Keep in Mind gives you the lessons that you need to learn and understand;

You Can Do It helps you apply the lessons learned in daily activities;

What I Have Learned tests and evaluates your learning; and

Share Your Thoughts and Feelings helps you express your thoughts,
opinions and feelings about the lesson.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to do.
Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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Learning Objectives

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. discuss laws that protect the rights of self and others;
2. express commitment in promoting rights of self and others; and
3. promote specific laws protecting oneself and others through awareness
campaigns.

Total Time Allotment: 120 minutes

Materials needed:
 Worksheets: Violation Effects and Pledge of Commitment
 HG portfolio/notebook/clean sheet of paper

Introduction

The new normal situation has brought many challenges. For many people, the
situation has resulted to what may be termed as pandemic fatigue, additional worries,
problems and even anxiety. These can stem from your experiences with other people,
including your family members and ourselves. With the enforcement of community
quarantines, you spend more time locked up with family members and other people staying
where you live. Hence, it is essential to be aware of human right laws so you can safeguard
yourselves and others from different forms of abuses and exploitations.
In this module, you will be introduced to various laws that protect your human rights.
You will also learn more about your duties and responsibilities in promoting the safety of
other people.

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 Let’s Try This

Activity No. 1: Violations, Everywhere!

Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes

List down at least one possible scenario wherein there is a violation of human rights, which
may happen on the following places.

Home
Ex. Physical abuse to children
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School

Ex. Verbal bullying by a fellow student

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Community Ex. Refusal to convey a crippled commuter in public

transport
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 Workplace

Ex. Sexual harassment of the boss to his employees

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Processing Questions:
1. What did you realize while doing this activity?
2. As a Senior High School learner, what can you do to prevent these human rights
violations?

Let’s Explore This

Activity No. 2: Impacts of Violations
Suggested Time Allotment: 35 minutes

From the previous activity, fill out the table below. In the second column, rewrite the human
rights violations in each of the scenario – home, school, community, and workplace. In the
third column, describe the effects of these human rights violations to the victims and to the
other members of each scenario. In the last column, identify government and non-
government agencies that can help the victims and/or address the human rights violations.
Places Violations Effects Possible Agencies
that Could Help
School

Community

Workplace

Home

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Processing Questions:
1. What insights have you gained from the activity?
2. How do victims of human rights violations benefit from the actions of any of
the agencies responsible to protect/help them?

Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes

Specific Laws that Protect Human Rights

Can you imagine a world without human rights? It will certainly expose you and
others to dangerous situations, abuses, and exploitations. Fortunately, you are living now
in a world that promotes and respects human rights, which are considered universal and
fundamental to every human person in the world.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was a milestone

document in the history of human rights, outlined the most basic human rights and freedoms
that every human being is entitled to. This declaration, proclaimed by all the representatives
coming from different regions of the world, laid out the foundation for human rights
protection laws and policies all around the world.

In our country, different laws have been enacted to protect the human rights of
every Filipino. The following are some of these legislations:.

 Republic Act No. 9262. This act is also known as the “Anti-Violence Against
Women and Their Children Act of 2004.” Violence against women and their
children” refers to any act or a series of acts committed by any person against a
woman who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman with whom the person has or
had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child, or against
her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which
result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or
economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment
or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
 Republic Act No. 10175. This is also known as the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of
2012.” The law outlined the punishable acts that are considered cybercrimes like
offenses against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of

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 computer data and systems, computer-related offenses, and content-related offenses.
 Republic Act No. 9710. This is also known as the “Magna Carta of
Women.” This was approved on August 14, 2009, which mandates non-
discriminatory and pro-gender equality and equity measures to enable women's
participation in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies and plan
for national, regional, and local development.
 Republic Act No. 9442. This is an act amending Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise
known as the “Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, and for other Purposes.” The
amendments include inclusion of new chapters and sections for other privileges and
incentives, and prohibitions on verbal, non-verbal ridicule, and vilification against
persons with disability.
 Republic Act No. 7610. This Act is known as the “Special Protection of Children
Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.” This law provides special
protection to children from all firms of abuse, neglect, cruelty exploitation and
discrimination and other conditions, prejudicial their development; provide sanctions
for their commission and carry out a program for prevention and deterrence of and
crisis intervention in situations of child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination.
 Republic act No. 8353. This Act is also known as the “Anti Rape Law of 1997.”
Rape is committed by a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any
of the following circumstances: (a) through force, threat, or intimidation; (b) When
the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; (c) by means of
fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and (d) When the offended party
is under twelve (12) years of age or is demented, even though none of the
circumstances mentioned above be present. Rape is also committed by any person
who, under any of the circumstances mentioned hereof, shall commit an act of sexual
assault by inserting his penis into another person’s mouth or anal orifice, or any
instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of another person.
 Republic Act No. 9231. This is an Act providing for the elimination of the worst
forms of child labor and affording stronger protection for the working child,
amending for this purpose Republic Act No. 7610, as amended, otherwise known as
the "Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act.”
 Republic Act No. 10627. This Act is also known as the “Anti-Bullying Act of
2013.” All elementary and secondary schools are hereby directed to adopt policies to
address the existence of bullying in their respective institutions. For the purpose of
this Act, “bullying” shall refer to any severe or repeated use by one or more students
of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any
combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing
or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his
property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; infringing
on the rights of the other student at

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operation of a school.
 Republic Act No. 9775. This Act is known as the “Anti-Child Pornography Act of
2009.” With the help of this law, the fundamental rights of every child from all forms
of neglect, cruelty, and other conditions prejudicial to his/her development is
guaranteed. Children are protected from all forms of exploitation and abuse including,
but not limited to: (1) the use of a child in pornographic performances and materials;
and (2) the inducement or coercion of a child to engage or be involved in pornography
through whatever means.
 Republic Act No. 9995. This Act is also known as the “Anti-Photo and Video
Voyeurism Act of 2009.” This Act states that it is unlawful to take photo or video
coverage of a person or group of persons performing sexual act or any similar activity
or to capture an image of the private area of a person, to copy or reproduce, to sell or
distribute, to publish or broadcast internet, cellular phones, and other similar means.
 Republic Act No. 10354. The “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
Act of 2012.” This law recognizes and guarantees the human rights of all persons
including their right to equality and nondiscrimination of these rights, the right to
sustainable human development, the right to health which includes reproductive
health, the right to education and information, and the right to choose and make
decisions for themselves in accordance with their religious convictions, ethics,
cultural beliefs, and the demands of responsible parenthood.
 Republic Act No. 8049. An Act Regulating Hazing and Other Forms of Initiation
Rites in Fraternities, Sororities, and other Organizations and Providing Penalties
Therefor. No hazing or initiation rites in any form or manner by a fraternity, sorority
or organization shall be allowed without prior written notice to the school authorities
or Head of organization seven days before the conduct of initiation. The written notice
shall indicate the period of the initiation activities which shall not exceed three days
shall include the names of those to be subjected to such activities and shall further
contain an undertaking that no physical violence be employed by anybody during
such initiation rites.

For more detailed readings, you may visit The Official Gazette website, which is the
official publication of the government of the Philippines that publishes Republic Acts, as well
as the Implementing Rules and Regulations of these laws.

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 On Being Safe in Working Environment

As a senior high school student, you will experience applying all the competencies
you acquired through a work immersion program, business enterprise simulation, or actual
research or capstone project. It is important that you are also aware about your rights in the
work immersion venue. Prior to your immersion, an orientation will be held by your teachers
to explain the scope of this program and your roles as a work immersion student.
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor Advisory No. 9 s. 2017
states a clear guidance to host establishment in ensuring safe workplaces for you under this
work immersion program. Emphasis was given to the restriction for learners with age
between fifteen (15) and eighteen (18) years old to report in their work immersion venue
between ten o’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning in the following day. Other
provisions in these guidelines were reiterated as follows:
 Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (Rule 1080 of 1989 Occupational
Safety and Health)
 Ensuring non-exposure of SHS students to hazardous materials and work
environments (Rule 1013 of the 1989 OSH (Hazardous Workplaces) and DOLE
Memorandum circular No. 02, Series of 1998 (Technical Guidelines for
Classifying Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Environments, Workplaces, and Work
Processes)

Keep in mind these different provisions about your safety and protection as a work
immersion program and do not hesitate to report to your work immersion teacher if you think
some of your human rights are being violated.

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 You Can Do It

Activity No. 3: Advocacy Poster

Suggested Time Allotment: 30 minutes

From the various laws that you learned from the lecturette, choose one that you would
like to be advocated in your home, school, or community. Draw an advocacy poster
(traditional drawing or digital format) promoting the implementation of this law in a
1/8 size of illustration board. It is recommended that you contextualize your poster design
and elements to the current pandemic situation. You may post in the most conspicuous area in
your place or virtually post in your chosen social media account to promote your advocacy.
Processing Questions:
1. What did you realize while doing this activity?
2. In your own way, what can you do to support the implementation of laws for the
protection of human rights?

What I have Learned

Suggested Time Allotment: 5 minutes

Show how much you have learned from this module by completing the following
statements:
 In this module I learned that _

 I appreciate the fact that

 Because of what I have learned, I will surely _

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 Share your Thoughts & Feelings

Human Right Pledge of Commitment

Suggested Time Allotment: 10 minutes
Write your personal pledge of commitment showing your support in promoting these
human rights laws for a better and safer society. Copy the template on your answer sheet:

Human Rights Pledge of Commitment

I do solemnly commit myself to _

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 References

Department of Labor and Employment. Labor Advisory No. 9, Series of 2017 Guide
to Host Establishment in Ensuring Safe Workplaces for Senior High School
Students under Work Immersion Program. Accessed July 31, 2020.
http://www.bwsc.dole.gov.ph/media/files/cl/Labor-Advisory-No-09- 17.pdf
Gamolo, Nora O. “Rights of the Child in the Philippines.” Preda Foundation, Inc.,
December 31, 2007. https://www.preda.org/main/work/child
rescue/jreport/rightsofchild.html.
“Home: GOVPH.” Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Accessed July
31, 2020. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/.
“Protect Human Rights.” United Nations. United Nations. Accessed January 25, 2021.
https://www.un.org/en/sections/what-we-do/protect-human-rights/.
“Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” United Nations. United Nations. Accessed
January 25, 2021. https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration- human-rights/.

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