The Challenge Initiative intensifies partnerships with cities to reduce teenage pregnancy
The Challenge Initiative Philippines (TCI) increased its partner cities from three in 2020 to 13 only a year later after its launch. Through the strengthening of the program amid the COVID-19 pandemic, TCI engaged, trained, and capacitated local governments in implementing Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health (AYSRH) interventions.
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (POPDEV) FEBRUARY 2022 NEWS ARTICLE LINKS
1. PhilStar – Adolescent pregnancies drop 10% during pandemic – PopCom
2. PNA – POPCOM focuses on young parents’ welfare
3. Inquirer – Teenage pregnancy numbers down by 10% in 2020 down, PopCom says
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (POPDEV) JANUARY 2022 NEWS ARTICLE LINKS
1. Manila Bulletin – Anti-child marriage law to benefit Filipino kids’ future, wellbeing — POPCOM
2. PhilStar – EDITORIAL – Enforcement challenge
3. Business World – Philippines’ monthly birth and death data show that indefinite lockdown and mass vaccination are wrong
POPCOM: R.A. 11596 a positive dev’t for Filipino children’s future, wellbeing
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) has commended President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for formalizing the landmark passage of Republic Act 11596, otherwise known as “An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage,” which criminalizes the union of an adult with a minor.