RA 11313
"Safe Space Act"
REPUBLIC ACT 11313
"AN ACT DEFINING GENDER-BASED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IN STREETS, PUBLIC. SPACES, ONLINE,
WORKPLACES, AND EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING
INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES
AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR", OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS THE "SAFE SPACES ACT"
BAWAL BASTOS LAW
RA 11313
OBJECTIVES & PURPOSE
1. Broaden its reach in ensuring
an individual’s sense of personal
space and public safety.
2. Protects people of all genders
from online sexual harassment such
as in social media or electronic mail.
3. The safe spaces act does not limit the
persons who are liable for sexual
harassment in education and training
institutions
4. Persons liable in the aforementioned
article do not necessarily need to be
superior or who have moral ascendancy
over the sexual harassment survivor to
commit sexual harassment.
GENDER BASED SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
Set of socially ascribed characteristics,
norms, roles, attitudes, values, and
expectations identifying the social behavior
of men and women as well as the relations
between them.
Constitutes any acts that are committed through
any unwarranted, unwanted, and uninvited sexual
actions or remarks against any person, of any
gender identity, regardless of the motive for
committing such action or remarks.
Gender-based Sexual Harassment in Online Space
100
75
Experiencing online harassment 50
25
0
2017 2018 2020 2021 2023 2026
Received threats of sexual violence on social
media, the majority of which said they were
harassed by people they know.
Assessing the
Value and
Effectiveness of
the Act 11313 in
Solving the
Problem
Article II, section 14 of the
1987 Philippine
Constitution
Republic Act 6955
Anti Mail Order Bride Law
Republic Act 8363
Anti Rape Law of 1997
Republic Act 7877
Anti-sexual Harassment act of 1995
RA 11313
The Safe Spaces Act improved upon the previous provisions by recognizing problems that
are borne by the signs of the times and inclusively addressing these problems.
One provision R.A. No. 11313 covers in particular is the stringent online regulations
in giving respect to those who are silent victims of the following:
•Physical, psychological, and emotional threats
•Unwanted sexual misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, and sexist remarks and comments
online whether on public posts or through private messages
•Invasion of the victim’s privacy through cyberstalking and incessant messaging
•Recording or sharing any of the victim’s photos, videos, or information without permission
•Impersonating victims’ identities
•Posting lies about victims to harm their reputation and filing false abuse reports to online
platforms to silence victims
SAFE SPACE ACT
Penalties for Perpetrators of Online
Gender-Based Sexual Harassment
The penalty of prision correccional in its
medium period which is imprisonment
of six (6) months and one (1) day to two
(2) years and four (4) months, or a fine
of not less than One hundred thousand
pesos (P100,000) but not more than Five
hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), or
both, at the discretion of the court shall
be imposed upon any person found
guilty of any gender-based online
sexual harassment.
Implications
Thank You
So Much!
