POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (POPDEV) SEPTEMBER 2021 NEWS ARTICLE LINKS
1. PNA – House approves anti-child marriage bill
2. Inquirer – Why sexual health matters
3. Rappler – Sexual health: The road less traveled
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (POPDEV) AUGUST 2021 NEWS ARTICLE LINKS
1. ABS- CBN News – Number of young fathers rising in the Philippines, says Popcom
2. Manila Bulletin – Population issues in a pandemic world
3. Manila TImes – Philippines has 8M FP users amid Covid’s barriers on sexual health
POPCOM to pursue programs elevating Pinoy families’ quality of life. As PHL’s 100 millionth symbolic babies turn 7 in the ‘new normal’
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) vows to pursue appropriate strategies and interventions ensuring every Filipino family will have the capacity to enhance their quality of living amid increasing population numbers and a surging pandemic. It plans to achieve such by working together with relevant partners, stakeholders and the academe, covering the whole of government, as well as the public and private sectors.
As Philippine population reaches 109M in 2020… POPCOM calls on government, partners to intensify devt programs
With about 1.6 million Filipinos added annually to the country’s population in the last five years, the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) recently urged the government to implement far-reaching and holistic approaches to further strengthen population and development programs on the ground.
POPCOM hails Pres. Duterte for signing EO 141 prioritizing govt measures to address teen pregnancies
The Chief Executive signed EO 141 on June 25 and was published on June 29 in the Official Gazette, making it effective after two weeks, or on July 10. The action of the President effectively focuses the attention of the government on the issue of pregnancies among adolescents in the Philippines, which is currently labeled as an “urgent national priority” by POPCOM’s Board of Commissioners, headed by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua.