Gender and the Law

SINDAC, Kristin Elaine G.

An Act Imposing Vicarious Liability to Establishments Tolerating the Gender-Based Harassment

Perpetrated by their Employees Within Its Premises and in the Course of Work, Prescribing Penalties
Therefore and for other Purposes

In line with the rampant incidence of gender-based street and public spaces harassment has become
rampant throughout the country and pursuant to the State’s policy of upholding human dignity, this bill
seeks to strengthen the need to end hara