March 29, 2022
Around 40 parliamentarians from the Asian and Arab regions convened in an annual meeting of parliamentarians in Cairo on March 2-3. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) participated in the meeting and shared the Philippine experience in legislating the ban on child marriage in the country. In the Philippines, the practice of […]
March 9, 2022
About a hundred aspiring cartoonists attended today’s Guhit para sa Pagbabago, a workshop on using comic strip and editorial cartoon as medium for advocacy and raising awareness on various social issues, particularly during the elections. The workshop was organized by the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development under its iChange: Vote for Our Future […]
March 5, 2022
Watch this video to learn about the factors that have contributed to the rapid rise of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), which increased by 239% from 2020 to 2021, as well as what can be done to prevent them. This video was in partnership with Plan International Philippines’ Down-to-Zero Project and Child Rights Network.
March 4, 2022
Maya PKKK Youth’s Ara Ocampo and MCPC-Mariveles’ Teacher Weng Abrique discuss their efforts to combat online sexual abuse of children in the municipality of Mariveles in the second installment of this series. The episode was hosted by PLCPD Advocacy and Partnerships Officer Glyziel Gotiangco. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts.
February 11, 2022
In this first installment of a three-episode series, Ms. Kakie Pangilinan talks about the importance of actively engaging in issues such as online sexual abuse and child exploitation, as well as in ensuring that conversations are of a high standard in order to combat disinformation and the propagation of fake news. The episode was hosted […]
February 10, 2022
In observance of the global commemoration of the Safer Internet Day 2022, Senator Risa Hontiveros, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality, and PLCPD Chairperson for the Senate, joined PLCPD in this month’s Spotlight episode to discuss a very important measure that she authored and sponsored in the Senate. This […]
February 10, 2022
On February 8, 2022 during the global commemoration of the Safer Internet Day, PLCPD held a talk show titled, Protect Children: #ShutDownOSECNow, a very sensitive and urgent issue that has affected and continues to victimize millions of Filipino children. In the panel were Department of Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, PLCPD Executive Director Rom Dongeto, and […]
January 9, 2022
Key Points: The high rate of adolescent pregnancy in the Philippines and increasing number of babiesborn to younger mothers come at high social, economic, and development costs. The current legal framework to prevent adolescent pregnancy is characterized byadolescent’s limited access to reproductive health services, weak implementation ofcomprehensive sexuality education, and declining budget for the Reproductive […]
September 30, 2021
One day, Aminah, a 15-year old girl, walks in on her parents Farida and Norhassim having a conversation about how she is already of ‘marriageable age.’ How does this conversation progress? Will Aminah share the fate of her older sister, Sitti, who was married off as a child? Si Aminah, nasa hustong gulang na? is […]
July 1, 2021
Beating the Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children
