Young Filipinos are helping change the way sexual and reproductive health is talked about by using social media to empower peers and challenge stigma. The “Adolescent Peer Champions for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)” initiative, supported by the United Nations Population Fund...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has officially phased out Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and introduced a new, age-appropriate Reproductive Health Education (RHE) policy for Filipino students. The announcement was made by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara following President Marcos’...
Senators on Thursday, June 5 called on the government to intensify efforts to combat the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections now affecting majority of the country’s youth population. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, urged the...
The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) has urged for more flexibility in the implementation of the controversial reproductive health curriculum as it warned that a “one-size-fits-all” approach could undermine the identity and academic freedom of Catholic schools. In a...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Department of Education (DepEd) should revert to the implementation of the mandated Reproductive Health (RH) education while currently reviewing its policy on comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian Gatchalian made the call following a...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Monday, January 27 said the controversial Senate Bill No. 1979 or the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill will strengthen the provisions of the country’s Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law. Hontiveros made the remark...
The House Committee on Youth and Sports on Thursday, Feb. 2, approved a substitute bill, subject to amendment and style, that would institutionalize a comprehensive policy against the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and make family planning methods accessible to sexually active minors. Filipino...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) cited some gains in making family planning methods more accessible to Filipinos—ten years after the passage of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or the RH law. More Filipinos have used family planning methods based on the 2022...
Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman took to Twitter Tuesday, Dec. 13 to discuss a ccuriosity about him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Lagman is often referred to as the "father" of the RH...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman revealed on Monday, August 1, a little-known fact about the late former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR): He was a staunch advocate of reproductive health (RH). Former President Fidel V. Ramos (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Reuters, Facebook) "...
A Liberal Party (LP) lawmaker has asked the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to prioritize the issue of reproductive health. (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) This, after the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reported that 51 percent of pregnancies in the...
pro-choice protester holds up a coat hanger, a symbol of the reproductive rights movement, that reads "We Will Not Go Back" outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on May 3, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- Shouts of "My body! My choice!" clashed with "Abortion is...
