Duterte signs anti-sexual harassment law

By Jim Gomez
Updated July 16 2019 - 11:58am, first published 11:56am
The Filipino author of a safe spaces law says its passage is a "massive victory".
The Filipino author of a safe spaces law says its passage is a "massive victory".

The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalising a range of acts of sexual harassment including catcalling, wolf-whistling and persistent telling of sexual jokes, which pro-women's groups have accused him of committing.

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