Women and Girls’ Rights

Protect Children: #ShutDownOSECNow

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 […]

[Policy Brief] What We Owe Our Teens: Addressing adolescent pregnancy in the Philippines

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 […]