Gov’t working to make issue of teenage pregnancy in PH a nat’l priority
Gov’t working to make issue of teenage pregnancy in PH a nat’l priority
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00:00 The Commission on Population and Development or CPD
00:03 asked to implement more measures that will address the rising number of
00:07 adolescent pregnancies in the country.
00:09 Chariza Espargo has the full details.
00:12 Luz Tolentino finds herself more than 200 kilometers away from her home in Bicol
00:20 as a house helper in Manila because at the young age of 20,
00:23 she is taking care of a five-year-old son.
00:26 Luz became a young mom at the age of 14 when an older man began courting her
00:32 and eventually impregnated her.
00:34 Eventually, she had to stop her studies,
00:36 especially after he walked out only two months into her pregnancy.
00:40 Luz only gets to see her son through video calls
00:54 because she works hard for his future.
00:56 Luz is one of the over 150,000 who become teenage mothers in the Philippines every year.
01:16 The administration aims to strengthen its efforts to make the issue of adolescent pregnancy
01:22 an urgent national priority.
01:25 This is to give young Filipinos hopes of a brighter future despite being a young or single parent.
01:32 The Commission on Population and Development or CPD,
01:36 with the aid of several government bodies,
01:38 hope to improve sex education and awareness for adolescents under the age of 15
01:43 and provide health care as well as reproductive care services
01:47 and institutionalized social protection of young parents.
01:51 We say that the Philippines is a gold medalist in teen pregnancy cases.
01:56 Chariza Espargo, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Republic.