Online petition launched: Stop child marriage in PH
Multi-sector groups have joined forces to press for the abolition of child marriage in the Philippines. They launched on Tuesday, May 11, an online petition on Change.Org and can be accessed via www.change.org/endchildmarriageph. The petition was spearheaded by the Child Rights Network (CRN), the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), Plan International Philippines, and the nationwide coalition #GirlDefenders Alliance. The groups called on Congress to pass a law that will repeal all laws, decrees, executive orders, issuances, rules, and regulations that leg...