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Project Headshots Clinic Launches ‘Selfie’ Campaign for World Population Day
The Project Headshots Clinic of photographer Niccolo Cosme lent its unique concept of digitized profile photos to launch the social media campaign in support of young people's rights for World... Read more
INDIGENOUS WOMEN WELCOME FAMILY PLANNING
“This is for my children because I want them to have a better future,” said Rowena, a 25-year-old mother of three, who comes from a poor indigenous community in Bukidnon, after getting a... Read more
Training Prepares Officer in Campaign VS Trafficking
A female police officer who intercepted a suspected case of trafficking of five young girls from Tacloban City attributes her alertness to her training on human trafficking provided by the United... Read more
UN REPORTS STEADY PROGRESS IN SAVING MOTHERS’ LIVES
GENEVA / NEW YORK | 6 May 2014 – New United Nations* data show a 45% reduction in maternal deaths since 1990. An estimated 289 000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth... Read more
UN STATEMENT ON THE RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT OF 2012
The United Nations in the Philippines welcomes today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines which upheld Republic Act 10354, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of... Read more
UN Statement on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012
The United Nations in the Philippines welcomes today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines which upheld Republic Act 10354, or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of... Read more
Support for Health, Protection of Women and Girls Still Slow 100 Days After Yolanda
One hundred days since typhoon Yolanda hit central Philippines and left massive destruction and loss of lives, recovery efforts have shown some progress but much remains to be done to fully bring the... Read more
UNFPA Hails Heroism of Yolanda Health Workers
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, hailed the heroism of health workers in Typhoon Yolanda-affected areas who continue to serve their communities, despite having been affected by the disaster... Read more
Reproductive Rights are Crucial for Development, Asia-Pacific Meeting Reaffirms
Twenty years on, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) retains its relevance, the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights is affirming... Read more
Teen Trail Kicks Off in Albay
Alarmed by the rise in teenage pregnancies in the Philippines, the Commission on Population (POPCOM) is rolling out an educational caravan to schools and barangays giving Filipino youth critical... Read more