11/08/2026
SIBOL UB is the sole gender-based student organization of the University of Baguio. We advocate for a safer, more inclusive, and supportive University community where all students are protected from gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, and other forms of abuse. We believe that creating such an environment is a collective responsibility among all members of the University community, with strong institutional support playing a vital role.
The recent anonymous post alleging sexual assault involving a member of the University community is ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐, but part of ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ-๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. One that is so widely known and discussed that accounts of sexual harassment and gender-based violence have, over the years, been regarded as โ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐โ within the corridors of the University.
We fully recognize that allegations of this nature require confidentiality, due process, and appropriate investigation. This raises a serious concern highlighting an important institutional question: ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ?
Across the UBian community, students have expressed this growing frustration, calling for concrete institutional action in addressing sexual harassment. In this purpose, we present these demands of our shared collective love, care, and concern for one another.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ-๐ฆ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ (๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐):
1. ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ
Provide accessible psychological, financial, and legal assistance or referral, when necessary, to any forms of gender-based violence. Support must prioritize their safety, dignity, and well-being.
2. ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
Publish a concise, step-by-step process for reporting sexual harassment, sexual assault, and other gender-based grievances. Students must clearly know where to report, whom to approach, how to file, what happens next, what protections are available, and where to seek support.
3. ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ง๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐ฆ๐๐
Strengthen and institutionalize appropriate offices, committees, or focal persons equipped to receive and address gender-based violence, sexual harassment, and discrimination. These mechanisms must be clearly identified to students and handled by personnel trained in confidentiality, gender sensitivity, and appropriate case response.
4. ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ง๐-๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐
Develop and implement a comprehensive Anti-Sexual Harassment Code covering students, faculty, staff, and other members of the University community. The Code must establish clear standards for prevention, education, reporting, investigation, protection, and accountability, including sexual harassment and gender-based misconduct occurring in classrooms, offices, organizations, athletic spaces, online platforms, and other University-related settings.
5. ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ -๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
Guarantee the confidentiality, safety, and dignity of students who report harassment or abuse. There must be no place for victim-blaming, retaliation, intimidation, or further discrimination.
SIBOL UB does not claim responsibility for handling or adjudicating sexual harassment cases. A student organizationโs role is to ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. These demands are directed toward the University administration, and we call on the University to meaningfully engage with these concerns and translate them into concrete institutional measures.
The situation highlighted the need for accessible, and accountable mechanisms for addressing gender-based violence and harassment. These demands are rooted in our concerns for all victims-survivor of violence against women and gender-based discrimination.
We call on the ๐จ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐บ-๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ.
We demand action.
We demand safe spaces.
We demand a university where everyone can learn, work, and exist without fear of harassment or discrimination.
๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฝ!
