Underage pregnancy mostly from rape
Cases of adolescent pregnancy among girls below 15 are increasingly tied to statutory rape, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) told lawmakers…
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Cases of adolescent pregnancy among girls below 15 are increasingly tied to statutory rape, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) told lawmakers…
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Cases of adolescent pregnancy among girls below 15 are increasingly linked to statutory rape, the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) told lawmakers…
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Arestado ang isang 17-anyos na ina dahil umano sa pagbebenta ng kanyang isang buwang gulang na sanggol sa halagang P55,000 sa pamamagitan ng Facebook sa Quezon…
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The agency has yet to publicly release consolidated findings from the pilot areas, including data on program coverage, outcomes or cost-effectiveness.
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UNFPA estimates that $1.5 billion additional investment is needed to scale up interventions.
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The project is designed to ensure that an adolescent mother’s situation does not impede her access to education, livelihood opportunities, or the chance to…
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Parents and local government units can have a huge participation in reducing cases of teenage pregnancies and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in…
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Urgent call for action as adolescent births rise; CPD pushes for stronger protection policies
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About 47 percent of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in 2024 were from young key populations aged 15 to 24.
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Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Monday emphasized the need to strengthen the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012 (RH…
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The Child Rights Network (CRN) on Monday reiterated that the proposed Senate Bill (SB) 1979 or the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2025 is "needed"…
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Despite a significant increase in child pregnancies, Department of Health (DoH) Secretary Ted Herbosa expressed reservations on Sunday about the need for a new…
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The majority of female and male adolescents want to get general information about sex, a University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) poll found.
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Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed hope that her colleagues in the upper chamber would give the Prevention of Adolescent…
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Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Thursday expressed hope that her colleagues in the upper chamber would give the Prevention of Adolescent…
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At least six senators on Wednesday withdrew their support for Senate Bill No. 1979, also known as the controversial Anti-Adolescent Pregnancy Bill, dimming its…
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At least four senators on Wednesday withdrew their support for Senate Bill No. 1979, also known as the controversial Anti-Adolescent Pregnancy Bill, making its…
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The House of Representatives and the Senate were urged on Tuesday to strike out some provisions considered violative of the law in the controversial…
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