All they really wanted—at first—was a conference for all the graduates of the Women and Child Protection Specialty training, shares Dr. Bernadette Madrid, the current Pres…
Ako Para Sa Bata 2019: Rainbow Connection–A Colorful Correspondence
More young people are starting to question the foundations of concepts like gender and sexuality, especially the rules and conventions it entails. Upon questioning long standi…
Ako Para Sa Bata 2019: Comprehensive Sexuality Education–Beyond the Birds and the Bees
Sexual behavior is one of the most common health concerns experienced by young people in the Philippines. With a continuing increase of teenage pregnancy, where one out of ten fro…
Ako Para Sa Bata 2019: Women and Child Protection Training Graduation
“The training we went through armed us with empathy.” These were the words of one of the training graduates, Dr. Maria Margarita Fabella, from Cardinal Santos Medical Center…
Ako Para Sa Bata 2019: Day 1 Plenary Sessions
“It is this group of young people who are considered as the most valuable resource of the country,” shared Secretary Rolando Bautista of the Department of Social Welfare and D…