Church, presidents and the RH law
11 January 2013 Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines – The Reproductive Health bill (RH bill) had the numbers to pass in the previous 14th Congress, according to RH bill...
Reproductive Health
Child Rights
Worries K-12 program may fail persist at House
By Karen Boncocan INQUIRER.net 5:34 pm | Thursday, October 18th, 2012 MANILA, Philippines — The proposed bill which would become the enabling law for the K-12 basic education...
Human Development
UN: Involve women in disaster efforts
By Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) Updated October 14, 2012 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines – Women should be allowed to participate in the crafting of policies designed to...
Social Enterprise and Development
Social entrepreneurship to help poor out of poverty
Philippine Star October 15, 2012 04:40 PM BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – “Social entreprenuership” is being pushed to complement the government’s poverty reduction...
Media Releases
Purple Vote wins in mid-term elections
PRESS RELEASE The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD), one of the core organizations which pushed for the enactment of the landmark universal health measure in Congress, lauds the victory of the wining pro-RH candidates. Data from Comelec’s partial tally shows that 94% of more than a hundred pro-RH...
With the latest Ph population count, RH advocates urge Congress anew: Pass the RH bill now
PLCPD Media Release, 11 April 2012 Following results of the 2010 Population and Housing Survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO), a group of leading reproductive health (RH) advocates calls on Congress anew to pass the highly clamored RH bill. Ramon San Pascual, Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development Foundation (PLCPD) Executive...
For Women’s Sake, Make RH see the light of day, says authors and advocates
20 March 2012 With black and purple ribbons tied in their arms during a press conference today, authors and supporters call on Congress to pave the way for the passage of the decade long pending Reproductive Health (RH) bill and make it see the light of day. Ramon San Pascual, Executive Director of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and...
Annual PopDev Media Awards
PLCPD and organizers recognize the 7th PopDev Media Awards winners
In a simple ceremony last November 29, PLCPD and the organizers recognized the winners of the 7th Population and Development Media Awards. Now on its 7th run, the PopDev Media...