{"id":186008,"date":"2018-10-18T05:07:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T09:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186008"},"modified":"2018-10-18T05:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T09:07:30","slug":"family-planning-bolsters-economic-social-success-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/18\/family-planning-bolsters-economic-social-success-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Family planning bolsters economic, social success: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186009\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186009\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44102152_1958770264215632_599448920510169088_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citing the State of World Population 2018 report, Kato said the Philippines is the second largest among the 10 ASEAN member countries with the highest fertility rate. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNFPAph\/photos\/a.230912670334742\/1958770257548966\/?type=3&amp;theater\">photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNFPAph\/?tn-str=k*F\">UNFPAPhilippines<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Effective family planning is key to a country\u2019s economic and social development, an official of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEconomic progress will arise if couples have the power to choose having fewer children,\u201d UNFPA Country Representative Iori Kato said in a press briefing in Pasay City.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the State of World Population 2018 report, Kato said the Philippines is the second largest among the 10 ASEAN member countries with the highest fertility rate.<\/p>\n<p>He added that 49 percent of unmarried and sexually active Filipino women and 17 percent of married Filipino women have an unmet need for family planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a woman has the power and means to prevent or delay a pregnancy, for example, she has more control over her health and can enter or stay in the paid labor force and realize her full economic potential and contribute to the country\u2019s economic growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kato suggested that the government invest more on health, education and employability of young people and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must have a policy committed to (the) promotion of reproductive rights, meaning all couples have the right to information and means to decide on the number, space and timing of their children, free from discrimination and violence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure the realization of such right, he said the government must prioritize reproductive health care in the health care system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government must also provide universal and comprehensive sex education because people need to know how to exercise their right to make choices on their pregnancy, this should be imparted to young people before they get sexually active,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kato said age-appropriateness and content of sex education materials must be considered to avoid misconceptions about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex education is also about relationship, respect, self-esteem, negotiation and communication. All these should be part of the curriculum, so the young people would understand and respect themselves and plan their future well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Effective family planning is key to a country\u2019s economic and social development, an official of the United Nations Population &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":186009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}