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Child Development
In early childhood care and development, participation rate in center-based programs
among 3 to 5 year old children has slowly increased over a 10-year period from 29
percent in 2000 to 39 percent in 2010. In basic education, there is a steady decline
in school enrolment; there is an observable reduction in completion rate; and there
is significant increase in the number of school leavers and out-of-school youth. The
Child Protection
Growing numbers of children are vulnerable to and have become victims of various
forms of abuse, violence, and exploitation. Data from various agency reports and
studies reveal the presence of working children (4.1 million as of 2001); street
children (246,000 as of 2002); sexually abused and exploited children, trafficked
children; children in armed conflict; children in drugs; children in conflict with the law;
and children without parental care and at risk of losing parental care.
The situation of children in Mindanao deserves special attention
considering that several regions and provinces in Mindanao are
worse off in terms of child protection indicators especially those
related to children in especially difficult circumstances such as
those affected by armed conflict and displacement as a result of
disaster, both natural and man-made.
Due to the continuing conflict, families experience a diminished
capacity to protect and care for their children resulting in
increased deprivation of basic services and lack of opportunities
for normal growth and development. One other consequence of
this frequent and continuing emergencies and disasters is the
overstretched capacity of service delivery system in the area.
Child Participation
The Philippines is a pioneer in the promotion of children and young peoples
participation as various innovations to institutionalize children and young peoples
participation preceded the CRC. The rich variety of experiences from the country
continues to contribute to the discourse and practice. The establishment of the
Sangguniang Kabataan or the youth councils, the formulation of the National
Framework on Childrens Participation, Child 21 (the Philippine National Strategic
Framework for Plan Development for Children), and the National Anti-Poverty
Commission Children Basic Sector representation are among the significant efforts
of government to engage young people to participate in the deliberation of matters
concerning them.
The fourth progress report on the MDGs admits that while the MDGs are top
priorities for the government, progress made towards achieving them has been
uneven. It mentions that the country has already surpassed the targets improving
access to sanitation, increasing tuberculosis case detection rate and providing equal
opportunities for girls. It also reports significant progress made in reducing mortality
rate among children aged 5 and below and reversing the incidence of and death rate
associated with malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases. The report further projects
that the country is likely to meet the targets on proportion of population below food
threshold (hunger reduction), and access to safe drinking water. There is, however,
need to double or triple efforts towards achieving the following MDG targets: poverty
reduction; reduction in malnutrition rates; meeting dietary energy requirement;
improving elementary participation rate, elementary cohort survival rate, elementary
completion rate; reducing maternal mortality ratio; and increasing access to
reproductive health services, and HIV/AIDS.
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SM Foundation on the
other hand, has adopted
Safeguarding our Future:
Creating Child-Friendly
Malls as their corporate
social responsibility (CSR)
mission. As such, the SM
Supermalls Program on
Youth and Childrens Welfare
is committed to help future
generations reach their
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Inadequate allocation for the social services sector (Budget deficit for social
sector spending)
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