BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) - - Teenage pregnancy remains to be a challenge, and is becoming an emerging crisis in this Coronavirus disease pandemic, according to the Commission on Population.
POPCOM, in partnership with the Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Foundation Inc., led a virtual Dissemination Forum on the latest data on adolescent pregnancy and top concerns of women in the Philippines during the COVID – 19 pandemic last Feb. 17
Social Weather Station Deputy Director Vladimir Licudine shared that a nationwide survey on women’s concern and family planning that SWS conducted last November 21 – 25, 2020 showed that of the 1,500 respondents (18 years old and above), 59 percent said early teenage pregnancy is the current priority concern among women. It is followed by physical violence and unexpected pregnancy both at 11%; sexual violence and emotional violence at 7% , and lack of access to family pla
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SunStar Cebu Zonta 2 seeks end to underage marriages
DISCUSSION. Members of Zonta Club of Cebu 2, Z Club of Childlink High School and the Golden Z Club of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Inc. and other guests listen to the discussion of Maria Aurora Quillala of the Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development about child marriages. / CONTRIBUTED
+ January 17, 2021 THE Zonta Club of Cebu 2, in its cause to empower and advance the status of women, has embarked on the challenge to end child marriages among Filipina girls who are often on the receiving end of the adverse consequences of these underage unions.