SM Supermalls, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) held the very first Nationwide Orientation on the Safe Spaces Act on October 3 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena Annex (MAAX) Building, with other attendees joining via online platforms.

Gender-based sexual harassment in public, private, and even online areas is illegal under the Safe Spaces Act, also known as the Bawal Bastos Law. SM organized the nationwide seminar as a continuation of the MOA that was signed with the PCW last August during the GADTimpala Awards, with the goal of educating its Mall Managers, Mall Operations and Customer Relations Services teams and janitorial and security personnel on how to create safe spaces for women both within and outside SM malls.