Lifting the women who lift us: Accelerating action for Filipino women in all sectors

This International Women’s Day 2025, let us commit to accelerating action for gender equality—not just in words, but in concrete policies, programs, and actions. Together, we can ensure that every Filipino woman can live, work, and lead with dignity.

Because a better Philippines is only possible when we lift the women who build it.

Committed to working with and among legislative bodies from the national down to the local level, Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development primarily works within the halls of Congress, devoted to developing policy champions and generating viable, responsive, and people-centered public policies on population and human development.

Recent Updates

2025 Senatorial candidates on key policy issues in tobacco control

May 5, 2025

Who can champion public health and youth protection through tobacco control? In the coming elections, the 12 chosen senators will play an important role in creating and enacting laws that will address various issues of the country. See the stances of the senatorial candidates on key policy issues in tobacco control and use them as […]

Call for applications: Consultant for 2024 Report on the Implementation of Republic Act 10354 (Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law)

April 25, 2025

The Department of Health (DOH), through the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), with support of UNFPA Philippines, is looking for a consultant for the development of the 2024 Report of the Implementation of Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law.  This consultancy aims to generate technical inputs […]

PLCPD and Rep. Jaye Lacson-Noel host women’s forum in Malabon City

March 24, 2025

The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), in partnership with the Office of Rep. Jaye Lacson-Noel, the organization’s Chair for the House of Representatives, joined Women’s Fair 2025 by organizing a women’s forum on March 20 at Barangay Longos. The event highlighted women’s vital role in shaping society. PLCPD Deputy Executive Director Au […]