UHD Podcast

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.