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INVESTING IN TEENAGE GIRLS KEY TO DEVELOPMENT
The Philippines stands to benefit from its large population of young people but ensuring access to quality education and youth-friendly health services for teenage girls to prepare them as they enter... Read more
Taking Care of Workers’ Welfare Through Family Planning in the Workplace
Penlyn Decena has two children born six years apart. The birth spacing was not purely by choice – she can’t get pregnant too often as she has thin uterine lining that could cause serious... Read more
Next Leaders Will Define Quality of Life for Youth
National policies that pay attention to youth issues now will define the quality of life that young people of today will have as they enter adulthood and the working age phase of their lives. This... Read more
Pushing the Youth Agenda
In 2014, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, released the State of World Population report, The Power of 1.8 Billion: Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future, which discussed... Read more
Family Planning Up, Maternal Deaths Down in IP Project Sites
DAVAO CITY -- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, reported an increase in family planning use and a decrease in maternal deaths in areas covered by its reproductive health program in five... Read more
Inspiring Women Long After the Tragedy
Disasters often leave pain and grief to survivors, especially for women who bind families and communities together. But for some, the way to recover is to focus on the lessons learned from the... Read more
Access to Contraception to Mitigate Potential Impact of Zika Virus
Following the World Health Organization's declaration of the recent cluster of microcephaly cases as a global health emergency due to its strongly suspected link to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, ... Read more
Of Disasters and Childbirths: a Mother's Experience
Darlene Niña Amar of Catarman, Northern Samar cannot look back to the day her two children were born without recalling the horrid events that went along with them. On both occasions, she and her... Read more
POOR WOMEN DECRY CUT IN CONTRACEPTIVES BUDGET
Women from poor communities in Manila fear that scrapping the Department of Health’s budget for contraceptives will cause an increase in unintended pregnancies, especially for those who rely on... Read more
Deletion of Contraceptives Budget a Cause for Alarm
Manila -- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is expressing concern over the non-inclusion of contraceptives in the Philippine government’s 2016 national budget, citing implications on poor... Read more