Committed to working with and among legislative bodies from the national down to the local level, Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development primarily works within the halls of Congress, devoted to developing policy champions and generating viable, responsive, and people-centered public policies on population and human development.
We work with policy makers and other stakeholders toward policy reform and decisive action for a truly inclusive, empowering, and sustainable development specifically on the issues of children's rights, women and girls' rights, tobacco control and rural development.
December 16, 2021
December 16 –A big win for the industry and a big loss for children and public health amid the pandemic. This is how Child Rights Network (CRN), largest alliance of organizations and agencies pushing for children’s rights legislation in the Philippines, described the Senate’s passage of the dangerous Senate Bill No. 2239 or the Vaporized […]
November 24, 2021
Inviting children and youth to participate in this learning exchange and solidarity rally! We will hear youth leaders call on legislators to pass tobacco regulation bills that protect public health and the protection of young people and reject bills that compromise their health and their future. For more information, visit the Facebook pages of Child […]
November 20, 2021
On World Children’s Day on November 20, around 30 promising young leaders who are participants of the Young Leaders Program on Tobacco Control attended the second issue-based session focused on the policy environment for tbacco control in the Philippines. Atty. Sophia San Luis, Executive Director of ImagineLaw, discussed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control […]
November 17, 2021
Date of posting: 17 November 2021 Deadline for submission of applications: 30 December 2021 Position: Advocacy and Partnerships Officer (APO) Main functions of the APO 1. Develops and implements a legislative advocacy plan for the assigned issues. 2. Develops and builds issue champions among PLCPD and non-PLCPD members thru person-to-person advocacy, provides oral briefings on […]
