MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on human rights approved Thursday a measure seeking to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, race, color, sex, gender, religious expression, and political opinion, among others.
During its online meeting, the committee approved the Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill, subject to amendments, following a number of hearings and long debates among lawmakers, particularly on the issue of sexual orientation and gender identity expression (SOGIE).
Under the measure, discrimination that is directly or indirectly based on the actual or perceived ethnicity, race, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identit…
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