MANDAUE CITY – The Zonta Club of Cebu II pushed for the passage of a local ordinance in Mandaue City, Cebu that adopts to implement the provisions of R.A. 11313 otherwise known as the “Safe Spaces Act” or the “Bawal Bastos Law.”
According to the Zonta Club that this piece of legislation is seen to address the existing gaps and issues on equality, security, and safety of both women and men in private and public spaces and intends to expand the scope of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 or RA-7877.
Zonta Club believed that local legislations that aim to protect women and girls leads to the creation of more secured places in the City to continue their livelihood, studies, careers, and their daily endeavors, safely and equally.
The Club distributed advocacy Tote bags with infographics about RA 11313 and art contest that was open to all UP Fine Arts students with entries that illustrate salient information about the law and the four designs that were used for the bags were the winning entries.
The four most informative art works chosen were created by UP Fine Arts students Anil Yap, Christopher Neive Hisanan, Nathaniel Sheene Niño and Josh Kolleen Collado.
The bags were distributed to various women’s groups, Gender and Development front liners and barangay health workers in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue.
According to the women advocates violation of
the “Safe Spaces Act” can be committed in streets and public spaces;
restaurants and cafes, bars and clubs, resorts and water parks, hotels and
casinos; cinemas, malls, buildings and other privately-owned places open to the
public.
Violations are also committed in Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs); streets and public spaces committed even by minors; online; in the workplace and educational and training institutions.
Violations may be punishable with fines, community service, and/or imprisonment.
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