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09 September 2024
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Comprehensive sexuality education: Empowering Metro Manila's urban poor youth
In the urban poor communities of Metro Manila, out-of-school youth face numerous challenges and lack of opportunities. Many are forced to drop out of school to work and support…
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06 September 2024
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Youth leading the way: Peer-to-peer comprehensive sexuality education in urban communities
Sexual exploitation, teenage pregnancy, and the heightened risk of HIV transmission remain significant concerns for adolescent girls and transgender individuals in urban poor…
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04 September 2024
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Transgender girls help lead comprehensive sexuality education for out-of-school youth
As a transgender girl growing up in an urban poor community, Jona Gregorio faced numerous barriers to opportunity and acceptance.
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30 August 2024
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Empowering Adolescents, Transforming Futures
Today, key partners gathered for the 3rd National Steering Committee Meeting of the Joint Programme on Accelerating the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy (JPARAP).
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22 August 2024
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MOH, UNFPA seal partnership to accelerate reduction of maternal deaths in BARMM
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Philippines today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dedicated to significantly reducing…
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20 August 2024
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Profile: Chrisly Orit de Asis, proud transgender humanitarian
Chrisly is a proud transgender woman in a conservative part of the Philippines. She struggled to be accepted even in her own family. Her leadership has inspired a generation of…
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19 August 2024
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Profile: Bai Masla Beng Campiao, humanitarian working for peace in Mindanao
Bai Masla Beng Campiao grew up during an acute phase of the fighting in Mindanao and she recalls witnessing extreme violence and being forced to carry munitions under her hijab to…
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15 August 2024
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JPARAP: A community effort to prevent adolescent pregnancies
Lack of information and access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health education are factors that contribute to early pregnancies among Filipino youth.
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14 August 2024
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Empowering youth to be responsible for their health
“When the youth get involved in activities and issues in society that are very important, it empowers us to take ownership and it fosters a sense of responsibility to take…
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