SRHR

Oxfam releases teenage pregnancy study showing importance of accepting pleasure, sexuality education among Filipinos

September 7, 2022

Oxfam Pilipinas on Tuesday released the findings of its study on teenage pregnancy, which shows the need for Filipino society to accept the reality and the power of teen pleasure and sexuality. The findings of the qualitative study “Saying Yes to Whose Pleasures? A Feminist Study on the Acceptability of Pregnancies for Young Women” were […]

Transforming women’s silent or silenced issues

December 5, 2021

As we usher in a new world, we must choose what to bring and what not. Using Sarah Longwe’s women empowerment framework, there are five basic aspects of empowerment: welfare, access, conscientization, participation, and control. Welfare Let’s visualize these five levels of empowerment with our hands. First is our pinky finger (hinliliit) to represent our […]

Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health care starts with robust data

January 4, 2021

Blog post by Ces De Castro-VillaMore from Ces De Castro-Villa Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s choices and rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care have been deprioritized and ignored. Additional contraception methods and SRH information, while identified by the Department of Health as essential life-saving devices, are not evenly implemented as essential requirements of both national […]