Philippines

This country profile has the objective to document the state of policy and programming to support menstrual health in the Philippines.

New research shows why bisexual and pansexual youth need comprehensive sexuality education that meets their needs. Comprehensive sexuality education (often referred to as CSE) is important to prepare young people for safe, productive, and fulfilling lives.

Out-of-school CSE holds the promise of reaching those left behind. In each of the countries, locally adapted interventions consider the needs, life experiences and vulnerabilities of left-behind groups of young people.

The merging of physical education (PE) and health is becoming increasingly popular. This is due to the recognition that these two subjects are interconnected and that a holistic approach to health education is necessary for students to develop healthy habits and lifestyles.

The Philippines has adopted reproductive health education (RHE) in schools with the passing of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law in 2012 which promised multi-dimensional support on reproductive health (RH) including RHE.

Since 2007, the longitudinal and qualitative ‘Real Choices, Real Lives’ (RCRL) study has been tracking the lives of girls and their families in nine countries around the world.

This case study is part of a series covering Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines that highlights findings from a research study which explores how teachers in the Asia-Pacific region can be supported to provide comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to learners with disabilities.

This paper examines the effect of teenage pregnancy (early childbearing) on education and lifetime earnings using data from national surveys.

A job aid for school teachers, homeroom advisers and CSE educators to introduce the basic concepts of CSE to parents and guardians. It aims to provide the teachers different tools to transform PTA/homeroom meetings into a creative and participatory orientation sessions on CSE.

A 16-part orientation session on the awareness of teachers on CSE to be implemented as part of school’s Learning Action Cell (LAC) initiative. The Orientation Module is divided into three parts - Learning New, Learning Now, and Learning Next.