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Anti-Bastos Law
Anti-Bastos Law
of R.A. 11313
(The Safe Spaces Act or
Anti-Bastos Law)
Dandy G Ferriol
Soliman Security Services, Inc.
The Safe Spaces Act
On April 17, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Safe Spaces Bill,
making the Safe Spaces Act or Bawal Bastos Law or Anti-Bastos Law an official
law.
The law aims to protect any person especially:
1. Women
2. LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer. The plus sign represents
other sexual identities including pansexual and Two-Spirit.
from gender-based sexual harassment on the:
3. streets and public spaces,
4. online spaces,
5. workplaces, and
6. educational and training institutions.
What does Gender-Based Sexual Harassment
or Violence mean