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UN body: No woman should die giving birth

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) called for adequate reproductive health care in the Philippines as the country marks Mother’s Day today, citing how...

Orange for women

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) partners with SM to kick off this year’s 18 Days of Activism versus Violence Against Women and girls....

Gatchalian seeks probe on teenage pregnancies

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking a legislative inquiry on the rising cases of teenage pregnancies and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections among the youth. Gatchalian,...

‘Human rights crisis’: UN agency says half of global pregnancies ‘unintended’

Paris—Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, the UN reproductive health agency said Wednesday, warning that the war in Ukraine could further exacerbate...

World Population Day

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Let’s Keep Our Mothers Alive

MSD (known as Merck in the U.S. and Canada) has announced that Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organization based in the Philippines, is a...

‘Lockdown spurs baby boom’

The increase in babies born during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to boom within the first six  months of 2021, the chief...

Raise age of sexual consent, fight off child marriage­–senator

As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to force 2.5 million girls into early marriage, and the Philippines having the 12th highest number of child brides...

Terrified mothers-to-be adjust after Beirut blast

Seven months ago, Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh was ecstatic she was pregnant, but after a massive explosion at Beirut's port, she lives in constant...

PH population to grow by 2M next year–POPCOM

The Philippine population will have an increase of around 2 million by next year, the Commission on Population said Thursday. According to POPCOM executive director...

Senator urges men to fight for women’s rights

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UNFPA launches State of World Population 2019 report

Despite remarkable achievements in the past five decades, much more must be done to break the barriers that prevent women, men and couples from...

IWD summit features #DontTellMeHowToDress exhibit

The recent International Women’s Day Summit 2019 held at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura Premier featured talks and exhibit that tackled challenges women...

Oh, baby! Pinays most fertile in SE Asia

The Philippines has the highest fertility rate of 2.9 (number of children per woman) among the member-states of the Association of Southeast  Asian Nations,...
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