Newly elected student leaders from member universities and colleges of the Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP) for SY 2012-2013 have taken on the RH Bill as among its top priority for the coming school year.
Part 3: Constructive Engagement and Advocacy for MDG 5
MDGs are not just international contracts. They are also social contracts with our fellowmen. We should take into account that each goal and target signifies human lives: lives that should not be forsaken, and lives that should be improved.
The Need for a Comprehensive National Policy on Women’s Health
Olongapo City is considered one of the more progressive cities outside Metro Manila because of programs and policies related to human development. It was the first city to pass an RH Code in 2007. It provides an annual budget of P3 million for RH information and services.
Women frustrated and blames Congress over increasing number of maternal deaths
This is a press statement from Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines . A group of women advocates working in grassroots communities blamed Congress for the reported 50 maternal deaths … Read More
Baby in the manger
The parish priest went on an hour-long tirade about how the RH bill would lead to the legalization of abortion, and how sex education in children would result in immoral adults in the future.
Church official scored for spreading ‘misinformation’ on RH bill
Father Melvin Castro of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Episcopal Commission on Family and Life was criticized by Elizabeth Angsioco, national chairperson of the (DSWP).