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Young people in the Philippines demand more involvement and support for child and youth-led programmes in Disaster Risk Reduction
MANILA, 14 October 2024—Over 50 children and youth, 10 to 24 years old, and representing various organizations, call for increased investment and support for child and youth-led community and school safety initiatives. In a collective statement, the children and youth declare: “We, children and youth of the Philip...
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Young Moro Voices Can Now Be Heard
Cotabato City, 03 October 2024 –Despite their lack of formal legislative power, young people in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have created a platform where their voices can be heard. The Bangsamoro Youth Parliament, now in its third year, has emerged as a new way for young Moros to ra...
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Young people in the Philippines want more action in climate change, education, health, and jobs
MANILA, 16 September 2024 – Climate change, education, health, and jobs are the top concerns for nearly 3,000 young people in the Philippines, who took part in the latest U-Report poll , organized by the United Nations. About 26 per cent of young people in the country believe that “climate change and natural disa...
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Young people in the Philippines invited to make their voices heard in nationwide U-Report poll, ahead of Summit of the Future
MANILA, 13 June 2024 – Young people between 13 and 24 years old in the Philippines are invited to join the latest U-Report poll on what they think about their prospects for the future. They can click in this link: http://m.me/UReportPhilippines?text=KINABUKASAN , or search U-Report Philippines on Facebook Messenge...
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COP28's Legacy for Children and Youth in the Climate Struggle
Before the United Nations Climate Summit, formally known as the COP28 or 28th Conference of Parties, even started, there were already reservations and a lot of suspicion from climate advocates on how a climate summit situated in a country producing fossil fuels could deliver the desperately needed decision and act...
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The Future Speaks
The climate crisis is not just changing the planet, it is changing children. It infringes on the most fundamental rights of every child – to health, survival and development, education, an adequate standard of living and their right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment . Without the opportunity to me...
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Young people in the Philippines are leading the fight against climate change
QUEZON CITY, 19 November 2023 – The Quezon City Government and UNICEF Philippines recognized the voice, agency, and leadership of children and youth in climate change efforts during this year’s World Children’s Day celebration. Despite being the global epicenter of the climate crisis, having the highest levels of ...
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Children and young people want a society that leaves no one behind
MANILA, 20 November 2022 – Landmarks around the Philippines turn blue today to celebrate World Children’s Day—a day by children, for children. The Rizal Monument, the SM MOA Globe, the Office of the Bangsamoro Chief Minister, the Maasin City Park, the Provincial Capitol of Dinagat Island and major expressways unde...
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Be brave and dare to dream
Faye Bandilla, through UNICEF Philippines, attended the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia as the youth representative of the Philippines. Faye Bandilla, through UNICEF Philippines, attended the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia as the youth representative of the Philippines. Every year,…
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Waves of protests around the world are reminder that voices of children and adolescents must be heard and their rights protected
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore NEW YORK, 18 December 2019 – “Children and young people from around the world have taken to the streets in recent months to demand their rights. “Although every context is unique, from the Middle East to Latin America to the Caribbean, and in Europe, Africa and Asia, young people are calling…
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Five years after Typhoon Haiyan
When I was 13, I experienced the wrath of Typhoon Haiyan. I held on to the window grills during the storm surge and got separated from the rest of my family. I can still remember how freezing cold it was. After the storm passed, our house was partly destroyed. We spent days sleeping in wet clothes and shared one p...
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Children take over the Senate, voice out their needs and concerns, call to action
MANILA, 23 November 2017 – A large portion of Filipino children are yet to benefit from the fast economic growth achieved by the Philippines as a middle income country. Efforts to lift Filipinos from poverty has been slow and uneven, particularly compared to other countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. In commemoration of World Children’s Day,…