Tag: women health

Women’s bodies being turned into ‘battlegrounds’: UN

By Agnès PEDRERO GENEVA, April 17, 2024 (AFP) – Women’s bodies have become political “battlegrounds”, putting at risk 30 years of progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls, the UN warned Wednesday. Though maternal mortality rates and unwanted pregnancy rates have been steadily falling, progress is now slowing or even flatlining on key measures, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency. Thirty years ago, at […]

Women empowerment: Family planning seminar isinagawa sa Lipa City

Nagsagawa ng libreng seminar para sa mga buntis at bagong nanganak pa lamang ang Philippine Business for Social Progress sa Lipa City. Ang seminar–na isinagawa sa pakikipagtulungan ng City Health Office at inisponsoran ng Lima Organization of Pollution Control Officers, Inc. (LOPCO Inc.)—ay naglalayong mabigyan ng kaalaman ang mga kababaihan ukol sa tamang pagpaplano ng pamilya, kabilang na ang wastong paggamit ng mga contraceptives. Humigit-kumulang 200 kababaihan mula sa iba’t-ibang barangay sa Lipa ang dumalo sa nasabing seminar. Kabilang na dito […]