Advocacy Update

๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 29, 2025 | ๐‹๐†๐”๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐’๐Ž๐ฌ: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž-๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

September 2, 2025

Philippine Legislatorsโ€™ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) and We Effect brought together stakeholders from LGUs and CSOs in a policy forum to foster collaboration on local policy development and enhance participatory governance. Among the highlights of the forum was a showcase of the policy advocacy journey by DISCERNโ€™s partner CSOs: the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ […]

๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐‚๐’๐„) ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š

August 7, 2025

Seventy-three (73%) percent of Filipinos are in favor of teaching concepts of sexuality, sexual health, and family planning in schools in an age-appropriate and culturally sensitive manner to help students make responsible and informed choices. This is what a Pulse Asia survey conducted in the last week of March 2025 showed. โ€œWe should not underestimate […]

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

PLCPD and Rep. Jaye Lacson-Noel host women’s forum in Malabon City

March 24, 2025

The Philippine Legislatorsโ€™ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), in partnership with the Office of Rep. Jaye Lacson-Noel, the organization’s Chair for the House of Representatives, joined Women’s Fair 2025 by organizing a women’s forum on March 20 at Barangay Longos. The event highlighted womenโ€™s vital role in shaping society. PLCPD Deputy Executive Director Au […]

Job announcement: Advocacy and Partnerships Officer

February 28, 2025

Date of posting: 28 February 2025 Deadline for submission of applications: 21 March 2025 PLCPD is looking for an individual who is interested to work full-time as Advocacy and Partnerships Officer (APO). Main Functions of the Advocacy and Partnerships Officer:  Qualifications Interested applicants may send their CVย andย letter of application toย plcpdfound@plcpd.org.ph.ย Address your communication to Mr. Romeo C. […]