Provincial Consultative Meeting on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) @ 15 (Part 11)

The participants divided into four groups for them to come up with plan of action, insights, good practices, lessons learned and good practices for the attainment of ICPD PoA and MDGs. The major topics being discussed and should be addressed are the following; reduction of maternal and newborn mortality, adolescent sexuality and education, unmet need or low family planning use, population, poverty and development. After the brainstorming activities, each group pushed to illicit strong support from the public as well as lawmakers to pass the RH bill to be able to come up with national population policy in the country. Pursue massive information and education campaign in the localities through public fora. Solicit support from media for thorough awareness program, continuous counselling and to encourage or appeal to politicians and political aspirants to include in their political agenda important programs under the ICPD and MDGs to meet the target set by the United Nations. To urged local government officials to allocate funds for family planning, poverty eradication, reduction of infant and maternal mortality in their respective localities as priority programmes. The participants also decided to make a petition papers seeking the assistance of all stakeholders to urge lawmakers and President Arroyo to enact into law the proposed RH care bill as national policy before her term of office ends. Each group presented its findings and recommendations.