The necessity of Senate Bill 1979, also known as the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill, has once again sparked heated discussions. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) This comes after the Department of Health (DOH) expressed reservations about the measure, arguing that the...
An alliance of organizations and agencies advocating for children’s rights on Saturday, Jan. 18, denounced the “fake news and fearmongering” surrounding Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill. A 14-year-old pregnant girl, due next month, at her...
Child Rights Network (CRN), the largest alliance of organizations pushing for children's rights legislation in the Philippines, has urged the government to hold into account the leaders of the Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. (SBSI), an...
The Child Rights Network (CRN) and the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD) have lauded the passage on second reading of House Bill No. 79 on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention which would empower tools to address the increasing cases of adolescent...
An alliance of child rights advocates commended the 18th Congress for passing several key children’s rights bills despite the abrupt adjustment demands in work due to Covid-19 restrictions. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO) Child Rights Network (CRN), on Thursday, June 2, extended its...
Based on the ground-level consultations with children throughout the past months, the Child Rights Network (CRN) said that many of them are appealing for the government to do “everything possible to reopen their schools.” (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) CRN, the largest alliance of organizations...
Two recent studies on online child pornography in the Philippines have confirmed online dangers facing Filipino children today, thus the studies recommended the formulation of a “National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related development framework to serve as guideposts for the...
