HGP module

1. I AM SAFE!

2. The new normal situation has brought many
challenges. For many people, the situation has
resulted to what may be termed as pandemic
fatigue, additional worries, problems and even
anxiety. These can stem from your experiences with
other people, including your family members and
ourselves. With the enforcement of community
quarantines, you spend more time locked up with
family members and other people staying where
you live. Hence, it is essential to be aware of human
right laws so you can safeguard yourselves and
others from different forms of abuses and
exploitations.

3. List down at least one possible scenario wherein
there is a violation of human rights, which may
happen on the following places.

6. 1. What did you realize while doing
this activity?
2. As a Senior High School learner,
what can you do to prevent these
human rights violations?

7. From the previous activity, fill out the table below.
In the second column, rewrite the human rights
violations in each of the scenario – home, school,
community, and workplace. In the third column,
describe the effects of these human rights
violations to the victims and to the other members
of each scenario. In the last column, identify
government and non-government agencies that can
help the victims and/or address the human rights
violations.

9. 1. What insights have you gained
from the activity?
2. How do victims of human rights
violations benefit from the actions of
any of the agencies responsible to
protect/help them?

10. Can you imagine a world without human
rights? It will certainly expose you and others
to dangerous situations, abuses, and
exploitations. Fortunately, you are living now
in a world that promotes and respects human
rights, which are considered universal and
fundamental to every human person in the
world.

11. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR), which was a milestone document in
the history of human rights, outlined the
most basic human rights and freedoms that
every human being is entitled to. This
declaration, proclaimed by all the
representatives coming from different regions
of the world, laid out the foundation for
human rights protection laws and policies all

12. In our country, different laws have been
enacted to protect the human rights of every
Filipino. The following are some of these
legislations:.
• Republic Act No. 9262. This act is also known
as the “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their
Children Act of 2004.” Violence against women
and their children” refers to any act or a series
of acts committed by any person against a
woman who is his wife, former wife, or against
a woman with whom the person has or had a

13. sexual or dating relationship, or with
whom he has a common child, or against
her child whether legitimate or
illegitimate, within or without the family
abode, which result in or is likely to result
in physical, sexual, psychological harm or
suffering, or economic abuse including
threats of such acts, battery, assault,
coercion, harassment or arbitrary
deprivation of liberty.

14. Republic Act No. 10175. This is also known
as the “Cybercrime Prevention Act of
2012.” The law outlined the punishable
acts that are considered cybercrimes like
offenses against the confidentiality,
integrity and availability of computer data
and systems, computer-related offenses,
and content-related offenses.

15. Republic Act No. 9710. This is also known
as the “Magna Carta of Women.” This was
approved on August 14, 2009, which
mandates non-discriminatory and pro-
gender equality and equity measures to
enable women's participation in the
formulation, implementation and
evaluation of policies and plan for
national, regional, and local development.

16. Republic Act No. 9442. This is an act
amending Republic Act No. 7277,
otherwise known as the “Magna Carta for
Disabled Persons, and for other Purposes.”
The amendments include inclusion of new
chapters and sections for other privileges
and incentives, and prohibitions on verbal,
non-verbal ridicule, and vilification
against persons with disability.

17. Republic Act No. 7610. This Act is known as the
“Special Protection of Children Against Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act.” This law
provides special protection to children from all
firms of abuse, neglect, cruelty exploitation and
discrimination and other conditions, prejudicial
their development; provide sanctions for their
commission and carry out a program for
prevention and deterrence of and crisis
intervention in situations of child abuse,
exploitation, and discrimination.

18. Republic act No. 8353. This Act is also known
as the “Anti Rape Law of 1997.” Rape is
committed by a man who shall have carnal
knowledge of a woman under any of the
following circumstances: (a) through force,
threat, or intimidation; (b) When the offended
party is deprived of reason or otherwise
unconscious; (c) by means of fraudulent
machination or grave abuse of authority; and

19. (d) When the offended party is under twelve
(12) years of age or is demented, even though
none of the circumstances mentioned above be
present. Rape is also committed by any person
who, under any of the circumstances mentioned
hereof, shall commit an act of sexual assault by
inserting his penis into another person’s mouth
or anal orifice, or any instrument or object, into
the genital or anal orifice of another person.

20. Republic Act No. 10627. This Act is also
known as the “Anti-Bullying Act of 2013.”
All elementary and secondary schools are
hereby directed to adopt policies to address
the existence of bullying in their respective
institutions. For the purpose of this Act,
“bullying” shall refer to any severe or
repeated use by one or more students of a
written, verbal or electronic expression, or
a physical act or gesture, or any
combination thereof, directed at another

21. student that has the effect of actually
causing or placing the latter in reasonable
fear of physical or emotional harm or
damage to his property; creating a hostile
environment at school for the other
student; infringing on the rights of the
other student at school; or materially and
substantially disrupting the education
process or the orderly operation of a school.

22. Republic Act No. 9775. This Act is known as the
“Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.” With the
help of this law, the fundamental rights of
every child from all forms of neglect, cruelty,
and other conditions prejudicial to his/her
development is guaranteed. Children are
protected from all forms of exploitation and
abuse including, but not limited to: (1) the use
of a child in pornographic performances and
materials; and (2) the inducement or coercion of
a child to engage or be involved in pornography
through whatever means.

23. Republic Act No. 9995. This Act is also
known as the “Anti-Photo and Video
Voyeurism Act of 2009.” This Act states
that it is unlawful to take photo or video
coverage of a person or group of persons
performing sexual act or any similar
activity or to capture an image of the
private area of a person, to copy or
reproduce, to sell or distribute, to publish
or broadcast internet, cellular phones, and
other similar means.

24. Republic Act No. 10354. The “Responsible
Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of
2012.” This law recognizes and guarantees the
human rights of all persons including their
right to equality and nondiscrimination of these
rights, the right to sustainable human
development, the right to health which includes
reproductive health, the right to education and
information, and the right to choose and make
decisions for themselves in accordance with
their religious convictions, ethics, cultural
beliefs, and the demands of responsible
parenthood.

25. Republic Act No. 8049. An Act Regulating Hazing and
Other Forms of Initiation Rites in Fraternities,
Sororities, and other Organizations and Providing
Penalties Therefor. No hazing or initiation rites in
any form or manner by a fraternity, sorority or
organization shall be allowed without prior written
notice to the school authorities or Head of
organization seven days before the conduct of
initiation. The written notice shall indicate the period
of the initiation activities which shall not exceed
three days shall include the names of those to be
subjected to such activities and shall further contain
an undertaking that no physical violence be employed
by anybody during such initiation rites.

26. On Being Safe in Working Environment
As a senior high school student, you will experience
applying all the competencies you acquired through a
work immersion program, business enterprise
simulation, or actual research or capstone project. It
is important that you are also aware about your
rights in the work immersion venue. Prior to your
immersion, an orientation will be held by your
teachers to explain the scope of this program and
your roles as a work immersion student.

27. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Labor
Advisory No. 9 s. 2017 states a clear guidance to host
establishment in ensuring safe workplaces for you
under this work immersion program. Emphasis was
given to the restriction for learners with age between
fifteen (15) and eighteen (18) years old to report in
their work immersion venue between ten o’clock in
the evening and six o’clock in the morning in the
following day. Other provisions in these guidelines
were reiterated as follows:

28. Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (Rule
1080 of 1989 Occupational Safety and Health)
• Ensuring non-exposure of SHS students to
hazardous materials and work environments (Rule
1013 of the 1989 OSH (Hazardous Workplaces) and
DOLE Memorandum circular No. 02, Series of 1998
(Technical Guidelines for Classifying Hazardous and
Non-Hazardous Environments, Workplaces, and
Work Processes)

29. From the various laws that you learned from the
lecturette, choose one that you would like to be advocated
in your home, school, or community. Draw an advocacy
poster (traditional drawing or digital format) promoting
the implementation of this law in a 1/8 size of illustration
board. It is recommended that you contextualize your
poster design and elements to the current pandemic
situation. You may post in the most conspicuous area in
your place or virtually post in your chosen social media
account to promote your advocacy.