On World No Tobacco Day Child rights advocates to Congress: Protect children from tobacco industry tactics As the country commemorates World No Tobacco Day 2024, the Child Rights Network (CRN) calls on Congress to take a firm stand against the tobacco industry’s relentless and deceptive tactics targeting our children and youth. This year’s theme, “Protecting […]
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.
We work with policy makers and other stakeholders toward policy reform and decisive action for a truly inclusive, empowering, and sustainable development specifically on the issues of children's rights, women and girls' rights, tobacco control, rural development, renewable energy, and the rights of stateless persons.
February 28, 2025
Date of posting: 28 February 2025 Deadline for submission of applications: 21 March 2025 PLCPD is looking for an individual who is interested to work full-time as Advocacy and Partnerships Officer (APO). Main Functions of the Advocacy and Partnerships Officer: Qualifications Interested applicants may send their CV and letter of application to plcpdfound@plcpd.org.ph. Address your communication to Mr. Romeo C. […]
January 17, 2025
Local governments are at the forefront of the provision of social services. Next to the family, local governments have the impetus and are best positioned to protect children and ensure their well-being. Local governments can contribute to addressing adolescent pregnancy by enacting and implementing comprehensive adolescent reproductive health or adolescent pregnancy prevention ordinances that institutionalize sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services; age- and development-appropriate and culturally sensitive comprehensive sexuality education; and social protection for adolescent parents to prevent repeat unintended pregnancies, protect them from gender-based violence, and help young parents to continue their education and have access to meaningful employment.
December 15, 2024
To mark the 12th anniversary of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) gathered women, youth, civil society organizations, and Muslim religious leaders in Basilan on December 9 for a consultation on gaps in reproductive health and […]
December 12, 2024
Malate, Manila — A group of forward-thinking Bangsamoro Parliamentarians are launching today the Bangsamoro Parliamentarians’ Committee on Population and Development (BPCPD), a group that will champion human development legislation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “Amidst the transformation of the Bangsamoro towards political autonomy, there needs to be recognition of the role […]
