Reproductive Health

THE QUEZON City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has junked a petition seeking to stop the implementation of sex education in elementary and high school.

TWO advocates of reproductive and women’s rights on Tuesday asked a Quezon City court to allow them to intervene in the case that aimed to block a program on sex education in select public schools.

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Members of gays and lesbians groups here danced to disco music along downtown Baguio on Sunday, celebrating the 4th Baguio Pride Week by preaching gay rights in their colorful costumes and wigs.

Extreme positions aside, many parents— and some teachers too—do have valid reasons for worrying about the possible impact of the new sex education modules being pilot-tested by the Department of Education. We can classify these various anxieties into three concerns: preparation, parental privilege and promiscuity.

Maternity protection has been a primary concern of the ILO since its creation, in 1919, when the first International Labour Conference adopted the first Maternity Protection Convention No. 3. A new publication on the state of maternity protection in the world (“Maternity at work”) has just been released by the ILO. It sheds light on…

MANILA, Philippines – Some lawmakers score what they call attempts to blur the issue of incorporating sex education into the elementary and high school curricula.

Unknown to the Catholic Church, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been teaching “Sex Education” to students but under a different name.

As hard as it is to imagine, nationalist and Filipino tour guide Carlos Celdran made it possible during his Second Transitio 1945 tour. Together with good friend and columnist Ana Santos, the duo initiated the concept of having Maria Clara advocate reproductive health. Both believe that Maria Clara, being the epitome of Filipina purity, innocence,…

The Department of Education (DepEd) decided to “hold in abeyance” integration of sex education in the basic curriculum. Education Secretary Mona Valisno on Monday said, however, that they will implement the program after consultation with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and others opposed to the plan.

MANILA, Philippines—This year, the country’s population growth rate has been pegged at 1.9 percent.

MANILA, Philippines – A class suit against the teaching of sex education in public schools was filed yesterday by several individuals led by losing Ang Kapatiran senatorial candidate and Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines legal division chief lawyer Jo Aurea Imbong.

MANILA, Philippines – This year, the country’s population growth rate has been pegged at 1.9 percent. The government needs to bring it down further to 1.3-1.4 percent for the population to stabilize, said Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – The former legal  officer of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Monday sued the Department of Education for incorporating sex education in the curriculum of elementary and high school students.

The debate over sex education in public schools is getting sillier and sillier with every passing day. I suspect that much of the conflict has to do with the failure of both sides to come up with a common frame of reference.

Legislators of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) lambasted the planned pilot testing in the region’s schools of the sex education module of the Department of Education (DepEd), which they deemed as a “unilateral imposition on the people of the Muslim autonomous region.” Officials and members of the ARMM’s Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) said…

Ex-CBCP president urges DepEd to consult parents on sex education plan MANILA, Philippines – The former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to inform parents of their methods of teaching sex education in elementary and high schools.         

MANILA, Philippines – The United Nations on Friday backed a move by the Philippines to introduce sex education among primary and high school students that has sparked a row with the influential Catholic church.

Every year at this time, we are reminded about the critical state of education in the country, with news reports repeatedly showing jam-packed classrooms, many of them still in a dismal state of disrepair, the perennial lack of books, teachers, and facilities all over the country. While the Department of Education tried to put on…

PARIS—Obese women are likelier to neglect contraception, obese men are more prone to impotence and both are far less sexually active than counterparts of normal weight, a study said on Wednesday.

MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to continue to respect the position of the Church in going against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill.

MANILA, Philippines – Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), bared yesterday that the controversial issue on sex education might be taken up in their plenary meeting next month.

MANILA, Philippines—Besides worrying about classroom shortages, textbook errors, and large classes, some teachers will now also have to worry about teaching sex education as more than 23 million students go back to schools on Tuesday.

AFTER the controversy surrounding the introduction of “sex education” to elementary and high-school students, the Department of Education is mulling on replacing the word “sex” in sex education to “gender” or “sexuality” to avoid clashing with the Roman Catholic Church. According to Education Undersecretary Franklin Sunga, he will be making such recommendation to Education Secretary…

MANILA, Philippines – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is considering to file legal actions against the Department of Education’s move to teach sex education in public schools, an official said.

Catholic bishops have expressed their desire to talk with President-elect Benigno Aquino III on the proposed module for sex education for public school students from the fifth grade to fourth year high school. The Education Department has earlier announced its intention to start its sex education program, on a pilot-test basis, in 79 high schools…

Among people in their 20s, high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections are reported Over the last few decades, the period between the time when young adults leave their parents’ house and when they settle down to start families has grown substantially. In 1970 21 percent of 25-year-olds were unmarried; by 2005, the…

BAGUIO CITY: Reproductive health (RH) activists and health department leaders are looking forward to the possibility of the reproductive health bill being passed in Congress, especially with the proclamation of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd.

MANILA, Philippines – Pro-life Philippines Foundation, Inc. is deeply saddened and extremely concerned of the decision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to integrate in our primary and secondary educational system a course on sex education.

BARELY an hour after he was proclaimed president-elect, Benigno Simeon Aquino III distanced himself from imposing a national policy on two major issues: reproductive health and freedom of information.

With the school opening almost upon us, the debate continues to rage about that age-old question: Should sex education be taught in schools?