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YAFS4 Regional ReportsPosted on Wednesday, 8 May 2019 |
UPPI Conducts Two Trainings for PSAPosted on Thursday, 19 January 2017 Trainers and participants in the “Training on Techniques of Demographic Analysis” at the conclusion of the activityThe UP Population Institute recently conducted two lecture and hands-on training sessions at the UPPI for staff of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). |
DRDF study bares impact of social pension on the elderlyPosted on Friday, 24 June 2016The elderly is one of the sectors which is most disadvantaged in the country today. In response, the government has been trying, through policies and programs, to improve their conditions especially regarding access to goods and services, affordability of medicine, and availability of recreational centers. In relation, the latest law to be passed and enacted by the government after active lobbying from elderly welfare groups Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens’ Act of 2010. Among the law’s key provisions is a social pension amounting to P500.00 per month. |
NGO clinics and government hospitals fill family planning needs of urban poor womenPosted on Friday, 24 June 2016 For families living in the slums of Manila who can barely make ends, contraceptives are one more burden which compete with their basic needs of food, utilities, housing, and education for their children. This puts the poor families in a quandary forcing them to make tough choices like food or utilities versus pills or condoms. |