Nov 10 2020 08:30 PMMANILA — The mayor of the Philippines’ capital city signed on Tuesday an ordinance protecting women and all other genders against violence, sexual abuse and other forms of harassment.In a social media post, Francisco “Isko Moreno" Domagoso said he signed the locality's Gender and Development Code (GAD), through Ordinance No.
8681.“The GAD Code ensures protection against violence, sexual abuse, battering, trafficking, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, pedophilia, commercial exploitation and other forms of harassment,” Domagoso said.According to the city's , Domagoso said it is their policy that all persons of any gender “benefit equally and participate directly” in development of programs and projects related to.