March 8, 2020
March 8 marks the celebration of International Women’s Day. Although there have been many improvements since the day was first commemorated, there are still a lot of gaps that need to be addressed. In the Philippines, one such important gap is violence against women and girls, a largely unheard of or neglected problem. The country […]
March 6, 2020
For the first time in the history of Congress, a bill seeking to end child marriage in the Philippines was sponsored in the Senate on the third day of the observance of National Women’s Month. Senator Risa Hontiveros, author of Senate Bill No. 1373 delivered her sponsorship of the bill seeking to prohibit child marriage and […]
March 5, 2020
Quezon City, March 5—Public health and tobacco control advocates come together and urge legislators to pursue pro-health regulation and protect the gains of Republic Act (RA) 11467, a landmark legislation that imposes higher excise taxes on alcohol and electronic cigarettes or vapes, and heated tobacco products (HTPs) and introduced regulatory provisions for these harmful products. […]
March 5, 2020
We, public health advocates, call on the Joint Committees on Trade and Health of the House of Representatives to uphold public health interest in the deliberation of the current bills that seek to regulate e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Republic Act Nos. 11346 and 11467 are aligned with the policy pronouncements of President Rodrigo R. […]
February 14, 2020
This Valentine’s Day, the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) calls on legislators for meaningful legislative action to address many serious sexual and reproductive health concerns of adolescent, including addressing gender-based violence. 1 in 10 young women 15-19 years old have begun childbearing; 24 babies are born to teen mothers every hour. There […]
February 14, 2020
Quezon City, February 14—The Child Rights Network (CRN) expresses grave concern over how the deliberations of the Technical Working Group (TWG), created jointly by the House of Representatives Committee on Trade and Industry and Committee on Health for the consolidation of bills seeking to regulate electronic cigarettes, are regressing. In an 8-1 vote in favor […]
January 16, 2020
Posting date: 16 January 2020 Closing date: 15 February 2020 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD) is looking for an individual who is interested to work full-time as advocacy and partnerships officer. The advocacy and partnerships officer will be assigned to handle advocacy for multiple issues related to human development, […]
October 2, 2019
Quezon City, October 1—Women legislators committed to support the bill seeking to protect children, especially girls, from child, early, and forced marriage during the launch of the Alliance of #GirlDefenders: Creating Spaces Together to End Violence against Women and Girls at Sulo Hotel. Among the legislators who supported the campaign were Rep. Malou Acosta-Alba of […]
September 9, 2019
The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) organized a policy conference on tobacco control on August 23. Called “Fulfilling Filipinos’ right to health,” the policy conference was anchored on the interconnection between health and human rights in the hopes that right to health, which is universal and inalienable nature, will take primacy over […]
September 9, 2019
Seven European parliamentarians from various European countries and the European parliament visited the Philippines for a week-long study tour to learn about the country’s reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent or RMNCA health on August 5-10. The study tour was organized by the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) and hosted by […]
