February 16, 2017
February 16, 2017 Children’s rights advocates vowed to intensify the campaign to oppose proposals in Congress to lower the current minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to nine years old. In a press conference in Quezon City on Thursday, February 16, groups belonging to two large child-focused networks—Child Rights Network (CRN) and Philippine […]
February 9, 2017
CEBU City, February 2. Media practitioners, stakeholders from the academe, government, youth sector and child rights advocates in Cebu gathered in a media forum to oppose the measures in Congress to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) and call for the strengthened implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (JJWA). With support […]
February 2, 2017
February 2, 2017 Together with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Tarbilang Foundation, and Pinay Kilos (PINK), the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) local advocacy team of Mr. Rio Magpayo and Ms. Maureen Bugatti paid courtesy visit to local government units and Integrated Provincial Health Offices (IPHOs) in the provinces of […]
February 1, 2017
February 2, 2017 Secretariat staff of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) underwent a training on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) planning, contingency planning, as well as basic life support, first aid, and search and rescue as part of its two-day inception workshop in preparation for the implementation of an upcoming […]
January 30, 2017
BAGUIO CITY, January 27. Children’s rights advocates and media practitioners in the Cordillera region gathered in back-to-back activities against the current moves in Congress to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) and in support of calls to strengthen the implementation of Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (JJWA). After launching a campaign in Quezon […]
January 25, 2017
January 25, 2017 This morning of 25 January 2017, members of the House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Correctional Reforms, representatives of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), and proponents of the bills that seek to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (LMACR) from 15 to nine years old, will be having a closed-door […]
January 12, 2017
January 12, 2017 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) acknowledges President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) No. 12, with its thrust towards “attaining and sustaining zero unmet family planning need,” as a welcome and significant development in the continuing struggle for RH in the country. For PLCPD, the said order is a […]
January 12, 2017
January 12, 2017 Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act (JJWA), promulgated in 2006, is a significant legal safeguard for the dignity of the Filipino child. With this law, youth offenders–most of whom are from disadvantaged socioeconomic sectors–will not be submitted to the dehumanizing conditions in correctional institutions. JJWA likewise provides measures and […]
December 21, 2016
December 21, 2016 It is said that a law is only as good as its implementation. This is true for Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law, a landmark legislation that institutionalizes a national policy for reproductive healthcare in the Philippines. The controversial bill finally saw the light of day […]
