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A bill prohibiting government offices providing frontline services from imposing dress code to individuals seeking assistance, provided that the prescribed attire and footwear is not essential or integral to the transaction, has been filed in the House of Representatives.Akbayan party-list Representative Perci Cendaña filed House Bill 11078 saying that government services should be accessible to marginalized communities, regardless of what they wear.
Likewise, Cendaña said his proposal is provided for under Article 13, Section 1 of the Constitution which mandates Congress to give the highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequities.“These mandates have been historically neglected by imposing discriminatory measures against marginalized sectors.
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