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20 June 2016
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…
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14 May 2016
SHEDDING THE “SIN CITY” IMAGE
Decades of presence of the US naval base in Subic made Olongapo City known as a destination for rest and recreation and, subsequently, contentiously brought in an environment of…
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04 May 2016
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…
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29 April 2016
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…
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25 April 2016
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…
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22 March 2016
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…
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10 February 2016
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…
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22 January 2016
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…
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13 January 2016
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…
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