March 23, 2016
March 23, 2016 After more than one decade in the legislative mill, the Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood (RPRH) bill was enacted into law in December 2012. However, the struggle to provide reproductive health information and free family planning services continues as anti-RH forces weaken the implementation of the law. A recent Pulse Asia survey […]
March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016 Students from Ifugao State University (IFSU) and members of community organizations in Ifugao urged local candidates to take all necessary efforts to address worsening reproductive health (RH) situation among the youth in the province—increasing teenage pregnancies and HIV. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) hosted the forum in IFSU […]
March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016 The Purple Ribbon for RH Movement, a vast network of groups and individuals advocating for reproductive health, has endorsed Rep. Leni Robredo for vice president and former Reps. Risa Hontiveros and Walden Bello, and former justice secretary Leila de Lima for senator. In a press conference today, former health secretary Dr. Esperanza […]
March 7, 2016
March 5, 2016 Several civil society organizations urged senatorial candidates to take all necessary efforts to address the increasing vulnerability of poor and disaster-affected Philippine communities due to climate change, in a forum in the University of the Philippines Diliman, on March 3. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) hosted the dialogue […]
March 2, 2016
Two years after Yolanda pounded the Visayas, thousands of families still live in danger zones, in transition homes, or in permanent relocation sites that lack basic utilities and access to schools, health services and livelihood opportunities. The delay in the implementation of housing projects in Yolanda-affected areas undermines the people’s fundamental right to adequate housing. […]
February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016 Advocacy group Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) launches today its voter education campaign to empower voters with information that will help them make better choices on Election Day, stressing the need to elect leaders who will prioritize human development. “Elections provide the opportunity for the people to shape their […]
February 19, 2016
February 18, 2016 Food and nutrition security advocates challenged candidates to end hunger and malnutrition, support small farmers, achieve food sufficiency, and address the threat of climate change and natural disasters to food and nutrition. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) led the call in a press forum in Quezon City, lamenting […]
February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016 Ensuring children’s proper nutrition during the critical early stages of their development benefits the country in the long run, two party-list lawmakers stressed in a round-table discussion organized by the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), in partnership with UNICEF Philippines and the National Nutrition Council (NNC), on January 27. […]
February 3, 2016
February 2, 2016 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) called on the government to take all necessary measures to protect children in the Bangsamoro, as some Mindanao lawmakers warned of renewed conflict in the region after the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) was declared “dead” in the House of Representatives last week. […]
January 10, 2016
January 8, 2016 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) decried the defunding of the reproductive health program that will deny poor Filipino couples access to medically safe, non-abortifacient and effective reproductive health care services and commodities. The Senate removed from the 2016 national budget the P1 billion-fund earmarked by the Department of […]
