Updates – Page 13 – Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development

Policy conference highlights urgency of amendments to Tobacco Regulation Act, restriction of electronic cigarettes

September 9, 2019

The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) organized a policy conference on tobacco control on August 23. Called “Fulfilling Filipinos’ right to health,” the policy conference was anchored on the interconnection between health and human rights in the hopes that right to health, which is universal and inalienable nature, will take primacy over […]

PLCPD hosts European parliamentary study tour to the Philippines on RMNCA health

September 9, 2019

Seven European parliamentarians from various European countries and the European parliament visited the Philippines for a week-long study tour to learn about the country’s reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent or RMNCA health on August 5-10. The study tour was organized by the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) and hosted by […]

PLCPD joins the call of Asian and African parliamentarians to accomplish the unfinished business of the ICPD Programme of Action

September 2, 2019

The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) participated in the inter-regional meeting on population and development of parliamentarians from Asia and Africa held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on August 5-8. The meeting was organized by the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) to gather inputs from policy makers and influencers from civil […]

LGUs in BARMM commit to sustain implementation of the RPRH Law

August 1, 2019

Several municipal government units in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will pursue and sustain the implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law and fulfill their mandate to provide quality healthcare to their constituents. This was the commitment made by local chief executives and Sangguniang Bayan members of various municipalities […]

As 18th Congress opens, PLCPD calls for the enactment of rights-based, pro-people laws

July 23, 2019

On July 22, President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the Filipino people. In this address, the President presented his administration’s achievements in the first three years, and unveiled the administration’s plans and priority agenda, setting its direction in its three remaining years. This SONA is particularly important as […]

World No Tobacco Day a reminder to pursue stricter tobacco control policies

May 31, 2019

May 31 marks the celebration of World No Tobacco Day. The Philippines is a signatory to the World Health Organization-Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC), ratified in 2005. The Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 (Republic Act 9211) serves as a framework for controlling and regulating tobacco products in the Philippines, but this needs to be […]

Passage of 105-Day EML Law a big leap for Filipino mothers and children

May 28, 2019

The Philippine Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) lauds the enactment of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law (RA 11210), which was signed on February 20. On Labor Day, May 1st, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) , in coordination with the agencies of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Social Security System […]

PLCPD appeals for issue voting in 2019 mid-term elections

May 9, 2019

Elections are seen as an integral element of a working democracy. They signal not only a change in leadership but also a change in priorities and policy direction that will influence the country’s governance and development in the next several years. This is why it is opportune moment for advocates to discuss and to mainstream […]

Call for applications: Consultant for mapping demographic dividend related bills filed in 17th Congress and current policies on demographic dividend

May 6, 2019

Date of posting: 6 May 2019 Update: This position has been filled as of 31 May 2019. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD), with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), seeks to contribute on mainstreaming demographic dividend as a lens- and its harnessing a goal- in policymaking. In […]

PLCPD embarks on iChange: Vote against VAWG concert tour

April 1, 2019

Despite being one of the best performing countries in the world in terms of gender equality due to the presence of various measures promoting it, violence against women and girls (VAWG) still exists in the Philippines until today. It exists in every space of the society beginning from the community level up to the government […]