The Tamesis
October 13, 2025
Manila— Laguna Agent and Residence Board on Female and Sex Equal Rights (CWGE) Chairperson Rene Ann Matibag on Saturday submitted a resolution to explore the execution of the Safe Spaces Act by city governments complying with accusations of unwanted sexual advances by a Manila congressman versus his coworkers.
” The examination is not almost instances. It has to do with sending out a clear message that unwanted sexual advances, whether on the roads, online or in the halls of power, will certainly not be endured,” Madibage claimed.
” From the barangay hall to the city board to Congress itself, every workplace has to be a risk-free, considerate and gender-sensitive room. Under the Safe Spaces Act, all federal government workplaces should embrace and apply steps to stop gender-based unwanted sexual advances,” the lawmaker included.
Madibage additionally alerted that authorities that fall short to apply the regulation can be based on management permissions.
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In addition, Madibag condemned unwanted sexual advances, particularly in federal government, getting in touch with city governments and legal bodies to apply the Safe Spaces Act and the Standard Procedure for Public Officials and Worker.
She additionally commended Castro for speaking up, stating: “It is never ever simple to stand in a circumstance such as this, and it takes remarkable toughness to maintain one’s self-respect and fact.”
Manila legislator Eunice Castro asserted in a fortunate speech on Thursday that her fellow legislator Ryan Ponce has actually been bugging her via text and also asked Castro to “disclose even more info,” describing her clothing throughout legislative conferences.
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At the very same conference, Ponce asked forgiveness to Castro in Filipino: “I’m not standing right here to safeguard myself. I’m standing right here to say sorry completely and humbly of what I did and what I claimed.”
