Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte (FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Through this, we hope to strengthen the city government’s various efforts to combat trafficking in persons, which victimizes mostly women, and to provide needed assistance to the victims,” Belmonte said in signing the measure, in time for the celebration of the National Women’s Month. Under Ordinance No. 2999 S-2020 or the Quezon City Anti-Trafficking in Persons Ordinance Act, the local government will seek to address the problem of human trafficking, especially of women and children, through policies and programs to protect, prevent, and rehabilitate the victims. The ordinance was introduced by councilors Lena Marie Juico, Shaira Liban, Peachy de Leon, Marra Suntay, Diorella Maria Sotto-Antonio, Eden Delilah Medina, Donato Matias, and Freddy Roxas.