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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According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), “bodily autonomy” refers to women’s right to make independent decisions involving their bodies, ranging from reproductive health, when to have sex, and when to have children.
So, where do women in the Philippines stand when it comes to this critical decision?
Last May 19, 2021. UNPFA and the Philippine Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) released the 2021 State of World Population (SoWP) focusing on bodily autonomy. The study, titled “My Body is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination,” gathered data in 104 countries, including the Philippines.
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