UP GLPP Participates in Pasig City Committee Hearing on Proposed Health Proxy Ordinance The University of the Philippines Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP) participated in the Committee Hearing on the proposed Health Proxy Ordinance held on 9 October 2025, at the Pasig City Hall Session Hall. The hearing, presided over by Hon. Erik Gonzales, Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Sanitation, brought together members of the Pasig City Council, representatives from the City Legal Office, City Health Department, and Gender and Development Office, as well as the UP GLPP team composed of Prof. Virginia Viray, Atty. Irene…

UP GLPP attends Technical Working Group Meeting on Senate Bill Nos. 565 and 845 - An Act Amending R.A. No. 11313 (Safe Spaces Act) On 6 October 2025, the UP Gender Law and Policy Program (UP GLPP),  represented by Atty. Glenda Litong, Atty. Angelo Santiago, Atty. Irene Pua, and Gari Acolola, participated in a technical working group meeting convened by the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality, in collaboration with the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. The event was held at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City. The meeting was also attended by…

UP Institute of Human Rights Marks Indigenous Peoples Month with Advocacy and Action The University of the Philippines Law Center – Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) and its Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program join the nation in commemorating Indigenous Peoples Month this October. The observance is rooted in Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 (2009), which underscores the Constitutional mandate to recognize and protect the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) within the framework of national unity and development. This is further reinforced by Republic Act No. 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997.…

Election Issues of Workers, Freedom of Association, Special Groups of Workers the Focus of WEP 2025 Round Table Discussions The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program held three more sets of online round table discussions (RTDs) with labor unions, federations, labor and labor-related non-government organizations, and individual workers.  These followed the first RTD on Security of Tenure held in February 2025, and the onsite WEP-Federation of Free Workers (FFW)-National Anti-Poverty Commission Formal Labor and Migrant Workers Sectoral Council (NAPC-FLMWSC) Workers’ Forum: Talakayan hinggil sa Security of Tenure bills, Freedom of Association bills, Living Wages bills,…

The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP) held three sets of trainings for workers in 2025 The University of the Philippines Law Center (UPLC) Workers and Employees Program (WEP) held three sets of trainings for workers in 2025: the Labor and Gender Training with the UPLC Gender Law and Policy Program on 6-7 March 2025, the DOLE-UP Paralegal Training Program on Labor Rights and Remedies in March, June, and August 2025, and the Bigkis WEP 2025 Training Series on Labor Relations for private sector workers in July and on 20 September 2025.   UPLC…