Lifting the women who lift us: Accelerating action for Filipino women in all sectors

This International Women’s Day 2025, let us commit to accelerating action for gender equalityโ€”not just in words, but in concrete policies, programs, and actions. Together, we can ensure that every Filipino woman can live, work, and lead with dignity.

Because a better Philippines is only possible when we lift the women who build it.

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.

Recent Updates

Where There’s Smoke: 5 Ways the Tobacco Industry Exerts Undue Influence on Philippine Policy

July 10, 2025

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ. One of the main reasons? We are not holding public officials accountable for conflicts of interest when they have financial stakes in tobacco businesses. With support from Vital Strategies, the Philippine Legislatorsโ€™ Committee on Population and Development […]

Gov’t, advocates join forces to unmask youth-targeted tobacco and vape tactics: โ€œWag Magpaloko sa Vape at Sigarilyo!โ€

June 23, 2025

June 19, 2025 — As the school year nears and in line with the observance of National No Smoking Month this June, health and child rights advocates, together with the Department of Education (DepEd), are announcing a unified and strengthened campaign to protect Filipino children and youth from the manipulative tactics of the tobacco and […]

Statement of the Alliance of Local Legislators for Human Development (ALL4HD) in Commemorating the 2025 World No Tobacco Day

May 30, 2025

The Alliance of Local Legislators for Human Development, a progressive and non-partisan organization of local legislators nationwide promoting and advocating human development through legislation and good governance, joins the celebration of World No Tobacco Day 2025. With the theme โ€œUnmasking the Appeal: Exposing Industry Tactics on Tobacco and Nicotine Products,โ€ this yearโ€™s campaign aims to […]

Stances of 2025 senatorial candidates on key policy issues in tobacco control

May 9, 2025

Who can champion public health and youth protection through tobacco control in the Senate? See the stances of the 2025 senatorial candidates on key policy issues in tobacco control. On May 12, 2025, let us vote for candidates who will protect the health of the Filipinos, especially the children and youth. #VoteForTobaccoFreeGeneration #TobaccoFreeGeneration #iChange2025 #Election2025