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Below are resources available on Philippines, listed by theme, for your convenience. Critical Cross-Country Indicators Critical Cross-Country Indicators on Philippines (as of January 2009) HIV/AIDS The Philippines has large numbers of women migrant workers abroad and this article shows how initiatives can empower women migrant workers to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. Read more... International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD) Monitoring government commitment to ICPD and advocating changes is an important part of the work of Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Non-Government Organisations. These articles record the work of NGOs in the Philippines in 1996 and in 2004. Laws & Pollicies Affecting Women's Reproductive Lives The Philippine Constitution declares as state policy that “[t]he State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.”It also mandates the state to “provide adequate social services” and “adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall … make essential goods, health and other social services available to all the people at affordable cost.”This book is intended to give advocates and policymakers a more complete view of the laws and policies governing women’s lives to better enable legal and policy reform, to speed the implementation of laws that will improve women’s health and lives, and to assign accountability when governments fail to implement the laws designed to protect women in the Philippines. Read more... Religious Fundamentalism Religious fundamentalism is a barrier towards achieving realization of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Philippines as shown in this article. Read more... Reproductive Health Services Women still find many difficulties accessing reproductive health services in the Philippines as shown in this article. Read more... Violence Against Women For victim-survivors of violence, it is important to ensure not only services but also counseling, especially feminist counseling. Read more... Young People's Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Policies and programmes which relate to adolescent and young people’s Sexual & Reproductive Health need effective conceptualization and implementation as shown in this article. Read more... Young people’s sexuality is an important area of work in the Philippines especially understanding young people’s views and perspectives on relationships. Read more… Young women especially face many barriers to controlling their fertility especially with regards to accessing contraception as seen in this article and accessing abortion services.
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