"These statistics are disguised as teenage pregnancies, when in fact each of these pregnancies is likely evidence of statutory rape," says Paul Potsane, the Head of Programs at Shout-It-Now.
The bedrock of achieving of this strategy is rapid fertility decline, arising mainly from young people delaying marriage and childbirth as they complete their education and build their careers.
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte Early childbearing is seen to become more prevalent anew in the Philippines, as it breeds an alarming new trend post-pandemic, when restrictive health protocols on social or physical distancing is no longer in effect, following the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Philippine government’s declaration of the end…