March 7, 2016
March 5, 2016 Several civil society organizations urged senatorial candidates to take all necessary efforts to address the increasing vulnerability of poor and disaster-affected Philippine communities due to climate change, in a forum in the University of the Philippines Diliman, on March 3. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) hosted the dialogue […]
March 2, 2016
Two years after Yolanda pounded the Visayas, thousands of families still live in danger zones, in transition homes, or in permanent relocation sites that lack basic utilities and access to schools, health services and livelihood opportunities. The delay in the implementation of housing projects in Yolanda-affected areas undermines the people’s fundamental right to adequate housing. […]
February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016 Advocacy group Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) launches today its voter education campaign to empower voters with information that will help them make better choices on Election Day, stressing the need to elect leaders who will prioritize human development. “Elections provide the opportunity for the people to shape their […]
February 19, 2016
February 18, 2016 Food and nutrition security advocates challenged candidates to end hunger and malnutrition, support small farmers, achieve food sufficiency, and address the threat of climate change and natural disasters to food and nutrition. The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) led the call in a press forum in Quezon City, lamenting […]
February 3, 2016
February 3, 2016 Ensuring children’s proper nutrition during the critical early stages of their development benefits the country in the long run, two party-list lawmakers stressed in a round-table discussion organized by the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), in partnership with UNICEF Philippines and the National Nutrition Council (NNC), on January 27. […]
February 3, 2016
February 2, 2016 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) called on the government to take all necessary measures to protect children in the Bangsamoro, as some Mindanao lawmakers warned of renewed conflict in the region after the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) was declared “dead” in the House of Representatives last week. […]
January 10, 2016
January 8, 2016 The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) decried the defunding of the reproductive health program that will deny poor Filipino couples access to medically safe, non-abortifacient and effective reproductive health care services and commodities. The Senate removed from the 2016 national budget the P1 billion-fund earmarked by the Department of […]
January 10, 2016
January 5, 2016 The Commission on Population projects that the country’s population will balloon to 104 million this year. This means an increase in the demand for basic needs, such as food and nutrition, health services, housing, and protection against violence and emerging threats like climate change. The country is lagging behind its goals to […]
January 10, 2016
December 15, 2015 As we commemorate Human Rights Month this December, we should ponder upon the situation of many Filipinos who are deprived of the fundamental right to adequate food. Despite efforts to address hunger and malnutrition in the country, 15.7 percent of households or about three and a half million Filipinos went hungry at […]
January 10, 2016
The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) convened on Wednesday, December 9 development-oriented and human rights organizations to stand in solidarity with survivors of Supertyphoon Yolanda in the struggle to claim their right to adequate housing and recognize the contributions of ICCO Cooperation in rebuilding affected communities. ICCO Cooperation, an international non-governmental organization […]
