TEENAGE PREGNANCY AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY!

The Commission on Population (PopCom) called on President Rodrigo Duterte on October 23, 2019, to issue an executive order declaring adolescent pregnancy a national emergency, as incident rates remain alarming. According to PopCom, 24 babies are born to teenage mothers every hour and almost 200,000 Filipino teens get pregnant annually, most of them from ages 15 to 19. Popcom added that Filipino teens who were exposed to vice or the internet at an early age usually end up with unplanned pregnancies.

Join Empower 6.0 to know more about this issue and how to pave the way for youth and stakeholders to identify common ground, existing interventions and the formulation of platforms to continue policy advocacy and program implementation to address the concern.

Let's work together to build a community that provides education, resources and interventions to help break the ice and #EndTheStigma by talking about the facts and appropriate responses about the current health issues affecting the youth today.

Other issues to be tackled are: MENTAL HEALTH, HIV/AIDS and VACCINES.

Register here: bit.ly/empower60

DATE: APRIL 14-22, 2022

VENUE: MANSALAY, OR. MINDORO

PARTICIPANTS: Open to youth leaders, SK officials, students & student leaders, health & wellness advocates and young professionals (18 to 35 years old).

Contact 09083442590 or email empowersecreatariat@gmail.com for details.

#Empower7 #HopeKeepers #HealthWarriors

[Empower is the youth engagement and advocacy platform of Keep Hope Alive]

(Sources: UNAIDS, DOH, Inquirer).