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BY ANA P. SANTOS KUALA LUMPUR, Malayasia – The enactment of the Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines was cited as one of the achievements made at advancing contraceptive access and improving maternal health at the Women Deliver 2013 Conference. Women Deliver is a global advocacy organization that calls for political commitment and financial investment to reduce maternal [...]

BY ANA P. SANTOS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The baby was still pinkish in color and wrinkled, barely able to open his eyes. The mother, Jeremy, sat on a narrow bed next to him, watching her newborn son. It may have been the exhaustion from the delivery or the warped hormones that had yet to normalize, [...]

GABRIELLE FITZGERALD May 29, 2013 Senator. Mom. Triathlete.  That’s how Senator Pia Cayetano of the Philippines describes herself on Twitter. There’s one thing missing: hero. Senator Cayetano was the youngest female Senator ever elected in the Philippines nine years ago.  At that time, the issue of reproductive health had been languishing in the Senate for [...]

Melinda Gates, Babatunde Osotimehin and others highlight progress in expanding contraceptive access Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  — On the second day of Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference on girls and women of the decade, global leaders announced progress and new commitments toward expanding contraceptive access for women in developing countries. They also outlined plans for sustaining [...]

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Decade’s Largest Global Conference on Women and Girls Begins Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur Thousands of international leaders and advocates to call for investments in women’s health and rights at Women Deliver 2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 27, 2013 – This Tuesday, more than 3,000 world leaders, policymakers and advocates representing over 150 countries will convene in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for [...]

When a woman of Angelina Jolie’s fame, beauty and influence does something, there is a noticeable and undeniable ripple effect. When that something is as drastic as an elective double mastectomy, it creates what TIME Magazine called  a “cultural and medical earthquake” and named it “The Angelina Effect”. There has been much commentary on what the Angelina [...]

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) is commemorated annually on 17 May to mark the landmark day in 1990 when WHO removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases. Criminalization, stigma, violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity are not only human rights violations but also negatively impact HIV prevention, treatment, care and [...]

Organizations and individuals representing various sectors and we are advocates of reproductive health have launched the Purple Vote campaign. The campaign urges Filipino voters to elect candidates who will stand by the Reproductive Health (RH) Law and ensure its implementation. Like the RH Law, the Purple Vote speaks of the right to informed decision making. [...]

Rappler Dash of SAS 09 April 2013 By Ana P. Santos Unprotected. Anal. Sex. That is what is driving the rate of HIV transmission in the Philippines. It is not “gay sex” that is driving the HIV epidemic because anal sex is not synonymous to gay sex. To use the term gay sex as a [...]