HOMEROOM

GUIDANCE
I AM SAFE!
 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.
ACTIVITY NO. 1: VIOLATIONS,
EVERYWHERE!
List down at least one possible scenario wherein
there is a violation of human rights, which may
happen on the following places.
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?
ACTIVITY NO. 2: IMPACTS OF
VIOLATIONS
 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.
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?
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.
SPECIFIC LAWS THAT
PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS
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
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. 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 school; or materially and substantially
disrupting the education process or the orderly
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.
 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)
ACTIVITY NO. 3: ADVOCACY
POSTER
 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.