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37 Asia-Pacific countries affirm commitment in advancing women’s rights

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 09:12 AM

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thirty-seven countries from the Asia-Pacific have voted to adopt an outcome document which the Philippines led in reviewing and drafting, as the 3-day ministerial conference came to a close Friday. Read more »

Scientists back wider family-planning access to ease climate threats

Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 16 07:31 AM

Making affordable contraception available to women who want it would be a cheap, effective way to curb climate change and fast-rising risks in a hotter world, scientists said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Around 530 women aged 10-19 give birth daily: Commission on Population

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 08:04 PM

An average of 530 women aged 10 to 19 give birth every day, an official of the Commission on Population (POPCOM) said Thursday. Read more »

'Do not go to your religion': Duterte wants family planning revival

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 12:34 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte proposed Tuesday the revival of family planning in the country, saying religion cannot help in the reproductive health of women.  Read more »

From Marcos to Duterte: An ever-changing Philippine population policy

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 11:59 PM

Official surveys say that on average, Filipino women only want 2 children. Many families, however, have more than that. Read more »

'Bilang ng mga mahihirap tataas pa sa paglobo ng populasyon'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 09:31 PM

Posibleng lumobo ng 2 milyon ang populasyon ng bansa kada taon, at nagbabanta itong magpalala ng kahirapan. Read more »

PH population to reach 109 million by end of 2019

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 06:56 PM

From 107 million in 2018, the population is likely to reach 109 million by the end of the year, the Commission on Population (POPCOM) said. Read more »

Cash for kids: S. Korea seeks to raise falling birthrate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 07 06:35 PM

The population of the world's 11th largest economy, currently 51 million, is expected to start falling in 2028. Read more »

Where are the men? Experts target missing link in contraception

Ellen Wulfhorst, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 15 07:47 AM

Ask Esther Imaniragena to name her top challenge as she doles out contraceptive advice and supplies at a Rwandan health clinic and the answer comes short and fast - men.  Read more »

Italy wants to reward fertile families with state land

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 09:03 PM

Italy has the lowest birthrate in Europe, leaving Italy with a significantly older population and a demographic time bomb. Read more »

China does away with family planning offices

Reuters
Posted at Sep 11 01:17 PM

BEIJING - China's health commission is getting rid of three offices that were previously dedicated to family planning, it announced late on Sunday, the latest signal that Beijing may further reduce restrictions on childbirth to combat an aging population. Read more »

Average Pinoy family spends almost half of funds on food: study

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 08:26 PM

MANILA - The average Filipino family spends nearly half of its monthly resources on food, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. Read more »

Abortion to avoid birth defects is like Nazi eugenics -pope

Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 08:46 AM

Pope Francis on Saturday called the practice of having an abortion after pre-natal tests have discovered possible birth defects a version of Nazi attempts to create a pure race by eliminating the weakest. Read more »

Condom na gawa sa China, 'minamaliit' ng mga taga-Zimbabwe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 11:31 AM

Pinuna ng health minister ng Zimbabwe na tila "maliit" ang inaangkat nilang condom mula China para sa mga kalalakihan ng Africa. Read more »

Slum mum woes as PH birth control plans fail

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 03:33 PM

MANILA - At age 33 and raising six children in a slum named "Paradise Village", Myrna Albos is Exhibit A for the Philippines' serial family planning failures. Read more »

UN aims to get more PH companies in family planning project

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 06:38 PM

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is aiming to partner with nine more Philippine companies to educate women about family planning and reproductive health care.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Paano magplano ng pamilya?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 09:30 AM

Mahalaga ang yamang-tao sa pag-unlad ng bansa at dapat lang na pinangangalagaan ang bawat isang mamamayan. Mas madali ito kung matitiyak ang kalusugan, edukasyon, at kabuhayan ng bawat tao. Read more »

Bakit 50% lang ng kababaihan ang nasisiyahan sa pakikipagtalik?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 04 09:07 PM

Hindi nakararanas ng orgasm ang lahat ng babaeng nakikipagtalik, ayon sa isang pag-aaral. Bakit nga ba kalahati lamang ng kababaihan ang totoong nasisiyahan sa pakikipagtalik o nagkakaroon ng 'orgasm'?  Read more »

TRO sa contraceptives, apektado ang mga may problema sa hormones

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 02:18 AM

Hindi lang ang paglobo ng populasyon ang inaalala ng Commission on Population dahil sa TRO ng Supreme Court sa mga contraceptive kundi na ang epekto nito sa mga babaeng may problema sa hormones. Read more »

Duterte reiterates support for family planning but not abortion

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 06:47 PM

Duterte believes abortion happens due to lack of opportunities to support the child. Read more »