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SOURCE: PH tops teenage pregnancy in SEA | Inquirer NewsPH tops teenage pregnancy in SEA
2:28 pm | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
TEENAGE pregnancy cases in the Philippines rose by 70 percent in the past 10 years.
This was revealed by Percival Cendaña, Commissioner of the National Youth Commission (NYC) in Cebu last Saturday.
Cerdeña was referring to the study conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that ranked the country first in terms of teenage pregnancy in Southeast Asia.
Ceredeña also cited the NYC’s National Youth Assessment Study that revealed that unplanned pregnancy was one of the main reasons young people do not complete their education.
The UNFPA study indicated the rate of teenage pregnancy in the country at 53 out of 1,000 Filipino women aged 15 – 19.
“We are not surprised with these figures because for the longest time we don’t have a policy about educating the youth on reproductive health,” said Cendaña.
“Teen pregnancy is a broad issue and its strongest impact is on the young mother whose future will be jeopardized because she needs to take on the responsibilities of motherhood at a very young age,” said Cendaña.
The youth official is recommending “Age-appropriate reproductive health education” to address is problem.
Though they are pushing for the passage of the RH bill in response to the growing cases of unplanned pregnancy and risky behaviour of teens, Cendaña said that they are also pushing for values education and age-appropriate RH education. /Correspondent Tweeny M. Malinao
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May 3rd, 2012 04:40 PM #1
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May 3rd, 2012 04:56 PM #3kaya kailangan turuan ang mga teenager gumamit ng contraceptives
di mo naman mapipigil sila mag *** eh
ang simbahan naman gusto abstinence
teaching kids to use contraceptive is like telling them it's ok to have premarital *** daw
abstinence my a$$
as if teenagers can control themselves
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May 3rd, 2012 04:50 PM #6not surprising
like i said animal instinct ang dominant sa pinoy
pag reproductive age na magse-*** na
walang isip isip
kahit wala pa hanapbuhay, kahit di pa tapos ang pag aaral
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May 3rd, 2012 05:15 PM #9education = thinking about future, discipline, civilized behavior
lack of education = no thinking about future, no discipline, animal behavior
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May 7th, 2012 03:22 PM #11kaya sabi ng mga prof. namin sa min, kasi nga meron ng ilan na nabubuntis while they're still pursuing college education . "Pag-Libog pinairal sira ang Pag-aaral."
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May 3rd, 2012 05:28 PM #12ger ger kasi masarap....
Fasten your seatbelt! Or else...
Driven To Thrill!
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May 3rd, 2012 05:34 PM #14pinoys...
sarap daw magka-anak
when reality comes in, they find out how hard it is.
very expensive. food, medicine, etc.
time consuming. attention all the time.
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May 3rd, 2012 05:35 PM #15instant millionaire
uy 2 words
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May 3rd, 2012 05:38 PM #16which describes what?
Originally Posted by Ry_Tower
instant millionaire
uy 2 words
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May 3rd, 2012 05:43 PM #17Kapag may pera waldas, tapos biglang hirap... Originally Posted by uls
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May 3rd, 2012 05:52 PM #19dude alam ko meaning ng instant millionaire Originally Posted by Ry_Tower
pero it doesnt describe typical pinoy life
most never even get to become one day millionaires
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May 3rd, 2012 05:55 PM #20
Hindi naman siguro one-day millionaires, bro...
Iyon bang kumita(earn) ng medyo malaki sa isang araw,- say P1,000 - tapos painom na sa tropa....
Kahuli-hulihan,- pag-uwi sa bahay may utang pa...
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