2024 National Children's Month Celebration (blog #1)

 "Break the Prevalence, End the Violence: Protecting Children, Creating a Safe Philippines."

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In this age of modern computer technology, the Internet and the ubiquitous gadgets that are already in the hands of many children, there is a felt need for parents to be trained on how to recognize red flags when something is amiss in this area of parenting, the better to take timely or preventive measures.

The council also called for a unified approach to Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC), pointing out that government officials, parents, families, communities, and media influencers must work together to ensure that children’s rights are respected and upheld at all times.

The action plan will feature a multi-sectoral, rights-based approach aimed at progressively advancing children’s rights to survival, development, protection, and participation across the Philippines.

This November, government offices and schools will once again cite and reiterate the 10 key children’s rights, which are the fundamental right to life and identity, family, education, development, food, shelter, leisure, protection from abuse and violence, a peaceful community, governmental assistance and expression.

Reference:

https://malaya.com.ph/opinion-of-the-day/editorial/protecting-children/

Climate Change and Resiliency of Filipinos. (blog #2)

  A report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines, Framing the Human Narrative of Migration in the Context of Climate Change: A Preliminary Review of Existing Evidence in the Philippines, identified farmers and fisherfolks, women, older persons, and the urban poor as the most vulnerable to climate impacts due to slow and rapid onset events, physical constraints to move, and low capacities to adapt.

 

Climate Change and Resiliency of Filipinos. Retrieved at:

<https://www.afd.fr/en/actualites/climate-finance-helping-philippines-cope-climate-change>

The report particularly sheds light on the state of environmental migration in the Philippines, engaging the cities of Manila, Malabon, Iloilo, and Davao, as well as Samar Province, in the community consultations conducted for this report. The areas were selected due to their high exposure and vulnerability to climate impacts.

 

Jerome Ilagan, Chief of the CCC Policy Research and Development Division, said that “This is a long fight against the climate crisis. All institutions must unite and have the collective resolve to really ensure that across generations, we create champions from the communities. Our government is all prepared in terms of policy and programming support mechanisms and this IOM study is a policy-support decision tool. We know that the road towards resilience may be long and bumpy, but if we are together knowing that our mission is to make sure that no one is left behind, we will survive and thrive in this era of climate change.”

 

The report defined an environmental migrant as “persons or groups of persons who, predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affects their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, and who move either within their country or abroad.” It also provided an initial framework for in-depth policy research on climate migration, building on the existing evidence on migration and climate change in the Philippines strengthened by interviews with local governments and vulnerable sectors and communities who have been impacted.

Reference:

https://climate.gov.ph/news/505