Nearer the Church, Farther From MDGs
BANGKOK, Sep 4 2012 (IPS) – When Philippines President Benigno Aquino III delivered his annual state of the union address in July, he appealed to the country’s lawmakers to break a deadlock on progressive birth control laws in this predominantly Catholic nation.
An estimated 15 Filipina women currently die from pregnancy-related complications every day up from a daily average of 11 a decade ago – and many of these are teenagers from among the urban and rural poor, according to a government survey.
In the decade after the law was originally proposed, unintended pregnancies have risen by 54 percent, according to the government’s ‘Family Health Survey-2011.’ The bill seeks to addresses this situation by offering contraceptive options, reproductive health ca…
Child Protection: the Pandemic has Left the Most Vulnerable Children Invisible
During the lockdown, the plight of migrant children, who walked hundreds of miles to reach home, aroused national consciousness. But what happened after that? | Picture courtesy: Needpix.com
Oct 22 2020 (IPS) – A right is an entitlement and it has three basic principles, without which rights cannot be enjoyed. The first principle is that of universality: A right has to be enjoyed by all citizens, including all children. There cannot be a distinction between a Dalit or an Adivasi chi…