skl Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The skl Podcast was launched by the Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development to engage stakeholders in conversation about human development issues and how they affect our daily lives. Policy recommendations for addressing such are also discussed and put forward in these episodes.
Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities' Partnerships and Advocacy Advisor Mr. Francis Dela Cruz talks about why switching to renewable energy is the most logical and viable solution to rising electricity prices and the climate crisis.
RenewableEnergy #CleanEnergy
Facebook Philippines' Chris Kuzhuppilly shares some pointers on how to stay safe online, as well as other useful information for children and young people when using social media platforms in the final installment of this series.
Maya PKKK Youth's Ara Ocampo and MCPC-Mariveles' Teacher Weng Abrique discuss their efforts to combat online sexual abuse of children in the municipality of Mariveles in the second installment of this series.
In this first installment of a three-episode series, Ms. Kakie Pangilinan talks about the importance of actively engaging in issues such as online sexual abuse and child exploitation, as well as in ensuring that conversations are of a high standard in order to combat disinformation and the propagation of fake news.
Why and how should women and girls' rights be part of the national conversation surrounding the national elections? In this episode, PLCPD advocacy managers Au Quilala and Angie Ramirez discuss the successes as well as the unfinished business in forwarding women and girls' rights in the 18th Congress and how these should continue to be part of the 2022 electoral agenda.
NoMoreChildrenHavingChildren #ENDChildMarriage #EndVAWG #GirlDefenders #iChange #GirlDefendersVote
In this episode, Rep. Sarah Elago of Kabataan Party-list shares what Congress has been doing to address the urgent national priority that is adolescent pregnancy.
NoMoreChildrenHavingChildren #GirlDefenders #GirlDefendersVote #ENDChildMarriage #EndVAWG
PLCPD Advocacy Officer Erinn Flores discusses with Ka Teody Barquio of the SRCC Magic Circle Cooperative (urban poor sector), NAPC fisherfolk representative Ka Uper Aleroza, and De La Salle University Student Government President Maegan Ragudo (youth sector) their voting criteria for President in 2022.
How do vote buying, cheating, and premature campaigning affect the quality of our elections and our future? What can we do to help minimize these?
Ka Rene Cerilla of PAKISAMA, Kisha Beringuela of We Effect, and legal expert Atty. Benedict Nisperos sat down with us to share their experiences and thoughts on these issues.
One day, Aminah, a 15-year old girl, walks in on her parents Farida and Norhassim having a conversation about how she is already of ‘marriageable age.’ How does this conversation progress? Will Aminah share the fate of her older sister, Sitti, who was married off as a child?
“Si Aminah, nasa hustong gulang na?” is a comic book story produced by PLCPD in 2019 for the campaign to prevent violence against women and girls and end child marriage. Listen to the story come alive with the voice talents of youth #GirlDefenders who were participants in a recent learning event on using one’s voice for advocacy.
In 2019, the Philippine aquaculture’s production volume was 53.41% of the total fish production. While there is so much potential and competition in our aquaculture, the industry in “underrated,” according to Mr. Joseph “Jong” Borromeo, National President of the Philippine Association of Fish Producers, Inc., who sits down with PLCPD advocacy officer Erinn Flores to discuss the current state of the Philippine aquaculture industry and the future of our blue economy.
What will Tonette tell Joshua? Will she give in pressure or will she stand her ground?
In this concluding episode, UNFPA Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) coordinator Lav Oliveros joins PLCPD's Au Quilala for a discussion on the key takeaways from Tonette's story.
Tonette's parents discover that she bought condoms and this sparks a conversation... A new character offers her two cents.
Join Tonette in My Digital Jowa (Not a Love Story), a four-part series that follows her adventures (and misadventures) as she goes through this tricky, confusing but exciting and transformative stage in her life. This is PLCPD's Valentine's Month offering, which we hope will help raise awareness on adolescent sexuality and reproductive health. The episodes will air on February 17, 19, 22, and 24.
Tonette goes out to buy some condoms while in disguise. In the convenience store, she meets a friend from long ago...
Join Tonette in My Digital Jowa (Not a Love Story), a four-part series that follows her adventures (and misadventures) as she goes through this tricky, confusing but exciting and transformative stage in her life. This is PLCPD's Valentine's Month offering, which we hope will help raise awareness on adolescent sexuality and reproductive health. The episodes will air on February 17, 19, 22, and 24.
Tonette, a 16-year-old girl, faces a dilemma as her anniversary with online boyfriend Joshua approaches. Is she ready to do it with Joshua? How can she be prepared for it...and its consequences?
Join Tonette in My Digital Jowa (Not a Love Story), a four-part series that follows her adventures (and misadventures) as she goes through the tricky, confusing but exciting and transformative stage in her life. This is PLCPD's Valentine's Month offering, which we hope will help raise awareness on adolescent sexuality and reproductive health. The episodes will air on February 17, 19, 22, and 24.
In this year-end introspection, PLCPD's Executive Director Rom Dongeto reflects on lessons from advocating policy reforms during the pandemic and shares his hopes for the organization and its campaigns—in tobacco control, children's rights, women's rights and gender equality, reproductive health, and rural development—for 2021 and beyond.
As the commemoration of the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW nears its conclusion, we ask: what will help end all forms of violence against women and girls? #GirlDefender issue experts, advocates, government officials, and legislators will give us answers on we can amplify the call to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.
In this episode, let’s discover how our synergy and collective action will help us find answers toward VAWG-free societies and a better and safer future for all women and girls.
By February 2021, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act (RA) 11229 or the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act will take into effect. With this, the Philippines will become fully compliant with the standards in addressing the five risk factors in road safety, namely speeding, drunk-driving, motorcycle helmet and seatbelt use, and the use of child restraint systems.
Dr. Angelito Umali of UNICEF Philippines, Atty. Aminola Abaton of DOTr, and Atty. Antonio Salvador of BuckleUpKidsPH join our advocacy officer Mikaela Alfonso in this episode for a conversation on the importance of RA 11229 and its role in protecting the Filipino children from road traffic injury and fatality.
As Senate continues its deliberations on the budget for 2021, it is important to know how the government will prioritize spending for programs that will contribute to children’s well-being. In this episode, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, UNICEF Social Policy and Advocacy Chief Anjanette Saguisag, and 4Ps beneficiary Jocelina Trasmaño sit down with PLCPD Advocacy Manager Nitz Dalde in a conversation on what it means to prioritize children in the national budget.
See how the story of Pamela concludes, and listen to the commentary by Dr. Ulysses Dorotheo, Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance with our Advocacy Manager Au Quilala, in this second installment of the two-part podcast.
This podcast special is part of our online series in time for the celebration of National Children's Month: Making #TobaccoFreeGeneration Possible for Our Children.
Listen to the story of 11-year-old Pamela as she braves through online classes at home and her struggles with family members who are smokers.
The second installment of this two-part podcast will be available for streaming tomorrow, 19 November, at 4:00 PM.
This podcast special is part of our online series in time for the celebration of National Children's Month: Making #TobaccoFreeGeneration Possible for Our Children.
November 15 is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. In this episode, Dr. Angelito Umali of UNICEF, Atty. Rhoan Orebia of the Department of Education, and Reyver De Guia, child representative, talk about the importance of road safety in protecting the children from road traffic injuries and fatalities.This episode also features the song “Save More Lives” by Monica Fernandez and Eugene Montenero.
In this episode, we will bridge a difficult yet crucial conversation on how girls are at the intersection of vulnerabilities to sexual violence, adolescent pregnancy, and child marriage and talk about what everyone can to do turn the tide on violence against girls by amplifying their voices, recognizing their agency, and helping them have a fuller understanding of consent. Hosted by PLCPD advocacy officer Luisa Galicia, this episode's panelists are Nitz Dalde of PLCPD and Child Rights Network Philippines and Danica Shahana Magtubo of Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights, and features a special spoken poetry performance by Toni Flores.
The Philippines ranks 12th worldwide in terms of absolute number of child marriages where 1 out of 6 Filipino girls are married before their 18th birthday. Child marriage not only happens in our own backyard, it is in fact prevalent.
Listen in and get involved in our third episode of skl: the UHD Podcast as #GirlDefenders Ziah Macasilang and Babydoll Mohamad from Al-Mujadilah Development Foundation, Inc. join our very own Angie Ramirez in an important conversation on the imperatives measures needed to end child marriage now.
Patricia Tan opens this episode with an essay, and youth advocates Jona Turalde of SheDecides Philippines and Anzaira Roxas of the United Nations Population Fund sit down with PLCPD Advocacy Manager Au Quilala to discuss why (and how) children are having children, the consequences of this on their health and development, and what can be done to address the situation–in an urgent and impassioned plea to lawmakers to pass related bills on the prevention of adolescent pregnancy, raising the age of sexual consent, and ending child marriage.
In this pilot episode of skl: the UHD Podcast, PLCPD advocacy officers Erinn Flores and Gillian Garcia discuss the origin, meaning, and weight of #HijaAko in the advocacy to end violence against women and girls.