Community Organizing
Contraceptive use up but responsibility for family planning still mostly on women
Geela Garcia - Philstar.com
March 13, 2022 | 1:00pm
For women like Paunil, birth control methods were accessible because she lives close to a clinic of Likhaan Center for Women's Health.
"I decided to get an implant because there was no way we would survive [if we have] another child," said Paunil. A birth control implant is about the size of a matchstick. It is inserted inside a woman’s upper arm and releases hormones to prevent women from getting pregnant.
39,742
Women 15-49 in very poor communities served in the current year
227,471
Health consultations performed annually by Likhaan in the last 5 years
786
Community health volunteers organized and mobilized to help their neighborhoods in the current year
Happy Women’s Day!
For women who continue to struggle against poverty and gender discrimination in the margins, ano nga ba ang kasiya-siya sa araw na ito? Their family incomes are dwindling, prices are soaring, and government social services, such as housing, are patingi-tingi. Many of the laws that women pushed for women’s rights and wellbeing – like the VAWC and RH Laws - continue to be token promises as government fails to follow up with budget and earnest implementation.
Indeed, what is there to celebrate?
