Remaining steadfast in its commitment in nurturing advocates for safe workspaces free from gender-based sexual harassment, DILG-NCR provided technical assistance to personnel of the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE) on RA 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act of 2019. 

In recognition of DILG-NCR’s expertise on Gender and Development (GAD), DA-BAFE extended its request for technical assistance as part of its 12th anniversary celebration with the theme BAFE @12: Built on Purpose, Moving with Vision.

LGCDD Assistant Chief Maria Jasmin D. Diaz, Lead of the Committee on Training and Advocacy of the DILG-NCR GAD Focal Point System engaged BAFE personnel on the salient provisions of RA 11313, emphasizing the critical role of personnel in upholding safe workspaces free from gender-based sexual harassment. ADC Diaz also shared DILG-NCR’s innovations in enhancing the capacities of its personnel on gender sensitivity through its flagship program “Women LEAD: Advancing Human Resource Development by Fostering Inclusive, Resilient, Safe, and Transformative Spaces (Advancing HRD FIRSTS).”

“All of us regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation are all equal. At the end of the day, we are all human beings bound to respect each other’s dignity,” ADC Diaz underscored at the end of her session.

This engagement marked a milestone in DILG-NCR’s gender and development advocacies with the extension of its principles to external clients. Ensuing installments of Women LEAD: Advancing HRD FIRSTS will also be conducted with DILG Program Management Offices which will focus on RA 11313 and the Committee on Decorum and Investigation (CODI).