Filipino Children in the Midst of the Storm
October is dubbed as National Children’s Month as declared in the Presidential Proclamation 267 of the then President Fidel V. Ramos on September 30, 1993.
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A Year after Ondoy
Last Year, in September 26, 2009, the Philippines was devastated by Typhoon Ondoy (International name: Ketsana) and followed by typhoon Pepeng. Many of the communities in Metro Manila, especially homes in Quezon City, Marikina, and Rizal are stricken by typhoon Ondoy while typhoon Pepeng mainly struck regions and provinces outside Metro Manila.
A VISIT TO A NURTURING MOM: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BREASTFEEDING MONTH
In accordance to Sec. 16 of the Republic Act 10028 also known as the “Breastfeeding Awareness Month”, the Association for the Rights of Children in Southeast Asia (ARCSEA) along with PGH Doctors, Breastfeeding and Child Rights Advocates, visited Judilyn Oliveros and her baby last August 31 at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) after the Morong Regional Trial Court granted her plea on the 25th of August for the continuation of her breastfeeding for only a period of three months in the hospital.
BREAST FEEDING ADVOCATES SAY: 3 MONTHS IS GOOD BUT INSUFFICIENT!
Judilyn and her baby boy have been transferred from Camp Bagong Diwa to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). The court granted her appeal to continue post-natal care and breastfeeding of her newborn outside of prison for three months.
STUDIES & PUBLICATIONS
• Globalization and Infant Nutrition (2006) [click to download]
• The Situation of Early Childhood Care and Development (2005)
• Child Protection Training Manual (2005)
• Brigadang Palaban Komiks on Child Abuse Prevention (2005)
• Small Steps, Great Strides: Doing Participatory Action Research with Children (2002)
• Trust and Power: Child Abuse in the Eyes of the Child and the Parent (2001)
• Jamin, Ang Batang Manggagawa (2001)