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In observance of the 2021 National Children’s Month (NCM), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured it will continue to address the needs and rights of the children amid the coronavirus pandemic. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE During the Talakayan Makabata 2021 virtual f

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) together with its partner agencies and organizations expressed commitment to continue safeguarding and promoting the rights and welfare of the children amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (DSWD/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Th

South Africa has historically attracted immigration (economic and labour migrants), first from countries such as Zimbabwe and Lesotho with the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in the 19th century, and later displaced migrants due to conflict from countries such as Somalia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This has continued to date, but concurrently, the country also experiences emigration of its skilled population to more developed countries, an overlooked fact in migration d...

SunStar + February 15, 2021 CLARK FREEPORT -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with other member-agencies of the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (ICACP), led the celebration of the Safer Internet Day Philippines (SIDPH) on February 13. The SIDPH celebration, mandated through Presidential Proclamation 417, is one of the strategies of the government, through the ICACP, to create public awareness on the need to ensure the protection of c...

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 9 — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with other member-agencies of the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (ICACP), will lead the celebration of the Safer Internet Day Philippines (SIDPH) on February 13 with a virtual kick-off...

Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has urged the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to ensure domestication of the Act in all states.

Published January 12, 2021, 11:07 PM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured the public that it maintains its close partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to run after the perpetrators of child pornography. The DSWD as chair of the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP) made the assurance after the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) released a report showing that from January to June 2020, ...