of terms and expressions, assistance to IP language training, and integrated development project for more vulnerable IP groups. 73. The Act Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) and Providing Penalties Therefor (House Bill No. 4982), or the Anti-Discrimination Act and also more popularly known as the SOGIE Bill, aims to address all forms of discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and to promote human dignity as enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, particularly General Recommendation No. 28 on Nondiscrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and all other relevant and universally accepted human rights instruments and other international conventions to which the Philippines is a signatory.153 This proposed law seeks to protect individuals and communities that experience human rights violations on the basis of SOGIE, including, but not limited to, individuals and communities of diverse sexual orientation or gender identity or expression who are children, young, poor, differently abled, of different ethnic background or cultural background, and of various religious belief.154 In December 2020, it was reintroduced in the 18th Congress after it was turned down in the previous sessions.155 Local Government Units (LGUs) 74. In Quezon City, a locally managed technical vocational center in Quezon City provides skills training for teachers, especially in K to 12. There are also continuous skills and competency development programs for teachers. In 2019, the Senior High School Graduate Skills Registration Program was launched by the Quezon City Council, which involves creating a database using information from a Skills Registration Form made available online for Grade 12 students to answer. Once the program commences, PESO will take over the database, so registered students will be referred to companies and receive invitations to job fairs and skills programs.156 During the pandemic, in 2020, Quarantalks QC was launched, a series of online webinars to help parents transition their children to distance learning. 75. In Iloilo City, the Tiu Cho Teg-Ana Ros (TCTAR) Foundation Integrated School in Barangay Lanit in Jaro district was converted into a farm school that catered initially to 39 learners. Having met the standards of the DepEd to offer the curriculum for agriculture, the school has a space that can be utilized for small organic farming or gardening. Offline-online blended 153 An Act Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) and Providing Penalties Therefor (House Bill No. 4982), S.B. No. 689, 18TH CONG., 1ST Reg. Sess. (2019). 154 Id. at § 4. 155 Jove Moya, SOGIE Equality Bill: Everything You Need to Know—Supporters, Beginnings, And More, TATLER ASIA, Jan. 13, 2022, available at https://www.tatlerasia.com/culture/arts/pride-month-2021-sogie-equality-bill-timeline (last accessed June 21, 2022). 156 Christel Castillo, QC Council pursues Senior High School Graduate Skills Registration Program, METRO NEWS CENTRAL, 2019, available at http://metronewscentral.net/quezon-city/metro-gen/qc-council-pursues-senior-high-schoolgraduate-skills-registration-program (last accessed May 26, 2022). 38