SEXUAL HARASSMENT

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 SEXUAL HARASSMENT
• SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS AN ACT OR A SERIES OF ACTS
INVOLVING ANY UNWELCOME SEXUAL ADVANCE, REQUEST OR
DEMAND FOR A SEXUAL FAVOR, OR OTHER VERBAL OR
PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR OF A SEXUAL NATURE, COMMITTED BY A
GOV’T EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL IN A WORK-RELATED,
TRAINING, OR EDUCATION-RELATED ENVIRONMENT.

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 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
1. NATURAL/BIOLOGICAL THEORY
2.SEX ROLE SPILLOVER THEORY
3.ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY
4.SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY
5.FEMINIST THEORY
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“ ANTI-HARASSMENT ACT OF 1995- IS THE
GOVERNING LAW FOR WORK,
EDUCATION OR TRAINING-RELATED
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
PHILIPPINE LAWS ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
”
ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINARY RULES ON SEXUAL
HARASSMENT CASES.
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 DEVELOPMENT
•THE PROCESS IN WHICH SOMETHING OR
SOMEONE GROWS OR CHANGES AND
BECOMES MORE ADVANCE

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 THREE PRINCIPLES TO NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
THE MAIN TASK IS TO IMPROVE THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE IT SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT BOTH
WOMEN’S ACCESS TO INTERACTION BETWEEN WOMEN WOMEN AND MEN PARTICIPATE
RESOURCES AND THEIR AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN AND BENEFIT EQUALLY
PARTICIPATION IN RATHER THAN PURELY ON FROM DEVELOPMENT AND SO,
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE EMPHASIZES EQUALITY OF
WOMEN INTO DEVELOPMENT. BENEFIT AND CONTROL

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 PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN
1. THE WELFARE APPROACH
2. THE EQUITY APPROACH
3. THE ANTI-POVERTY APPROACH
4. THE EFFICIENCY APPROACH
5. THE EMPOWERMENT APPROACH
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 MARRIAGE
• A SPECIAL CONTRACT OF PERMANENT UNION BETWEEN A MAN
AND A WOMAN ENTERED INTO IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONJUGAL AND FAMILY LIFE.

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 THE PRIMACY OF THE DECISION OF
THE HUSBAND/FATHER
•PROVISIONS THEREIN, FAVOR THE MALE SEX OVER THE
FEMALE SEX. (ARTICLE 14, 96, 124, 211, 225 OF THE
FAMILY CODE.)
• WORSE, THIS PERTAINS TO CRIMES INVOLVING
PENALTIES FOR IMPRISONMENT.

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 ANTI RAPE LAW
• AN ACT EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF THE CRIME OF
RAPE, RECLASSIFYING THE SAME AS A CRIME AGAINST
PERSONS.
• THE CRIMES OF ADULTERY AND CONCUBINAGE
INCLUDE THE CONCEPT OF MARITAL INFIDELITY.
• “IF THE OFFENDER IS THE LEGAL HUSBAND, THE SUBSEQUENT
FORGIVENESS BY THE WIFE WHO IS THE OFFENDED PARTY SHALL
EXTINGUISH THE CRIMINAL ACTION OR PENALTY”

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 RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT OF 2012
• IT
WAS TRULY A LANDMARK LEGISLATION WHICH HAS THE
NOBLEST INTENTION OF ALLOWING WOMEN, ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO ARE POOR, TO HAVE A CHOICE OF THEIR FAMILY
PLANNING METHODS.

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 ELEMENTS OF RH LAW
1. FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
2. MATERNAL, INFANT AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION
3. PREVENTION OF ABORTION
4. ADOLESCENT AND YOUTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GUIDANCE
5. PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ON HIV/AIDS AND STI
6. ELIMINATION OF GBV AND OTHER FORM OF SEXUAL FORMS
7. SEX EDUCATION
8. TREATMENT OF BREAST AND REPRODUCTIVE TRACT CONCERNS
9. MALE INVOLVEMENT ON RH
10. PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT ON INFERTILITY
11. RE\H EDUCATION\
12. MENTAL HEALTH CARE

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 SALIENT PROVISIONS OF RH
1. MIDWIVES FOR SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE
2. EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE
3. HOSPITAL-BASED FAMILY PLANNING
4. CONTRACEPTIVE AS ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
5. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION
6. EMPLOYER’S RESPONSIBILITIES
7. CAPABILITY BUILDING OF COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEER WORKERS
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“ AS CAN BE SEEN, THE RH LAW IS REPLETE
WITH SUBSTANTIAL PROVISIONS
ENVISIONING AN EMPOWERED FILIPINO
WOMAN WITH CHOICES IN HER LIFE. ”
THANK YOU! 
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