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Published July 19, 2021, 11:57 AM
Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started a probe on the complaint of Karapatan, an advocacy group, against a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official who allegedly harassed women protesters last July 16.
Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Karapatan secretary general, posted on social media a photograph of the protesters and the DILG official she accused of harassing them. The protest was held outside the DILG offices in Quezon City.
In her post, Palabay said: “This certain Noel Dumalag of the Emergency Operations Command of the DILG (the guy in green) told me this morning (July 16) to eat his [expletive] after he harassed, pushed, harangued a majority of women protesters, including mothers, wives and sisters of drug war victims in the peaceful protest action which observed physical distancing and health protocols.”
The
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia and the Pacific called on government leaders worldwide to prioritize sexual and reproductive health rights in response to the population development and demographic challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“UNFPA encourages governments to invest in social services, including sexual and reproductive health rights to ensure that women, men, and young people have access and choices to sexual and reproductive health services, address gender-based violence, including its root causes founded in toxic masculinity and ensure services to gender-based [violence] survivors,” said
Björn Andersson, UNFPA regional director for UNFPA Asia and Pacific, in a webinar on
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