Analyn: Pursuing education, overcoming prejudice
In the face of financial constraints, prejudice and constrictive gender norms, 25-year-old Analyn pursues her dream of finishing school and creating a better life for her family.
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Online safety starts with better online habits
When Sabel learns of the risks associated with her online habits, she quickly turns them around and becomes an advocate of online safety.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Protection from violence
Tags: LGBTIQ+, Safeguarding
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Categories: Protection from violence
Tags: LGBTIQ+, Safeguarding
A cleaner community starts with me
Christine Joy, 12, leads a group of youth to raise awareness on the effects of climate change and benefits of a cleaner community.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Youth empowerment
Tags: Climate change, Climate change activism, girls' leadership
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Categories: Youth empowerment
Tags: Climate change, Climate change activism, girls' leadership
In menstrual health matters, access to information makes a difference…
Student leader and mental health advocate Antonet shares how using the Oky period tracker app has been instrumental in helping her debunk period myths and learn more about sexual and reproductive…
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
Menstruation is ‘nothing to be ashamed of’
Meet Catherine, a young student from West Samar who advocates for girls and women to escape the stigma surrounding menstruation. With the Filipino-designed Oky period tracking app in her pocket,…
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
Silent mode off: The importance of letting girls talk about…
Growing up in a conservative Islamic community, Almairah has long observed how taboos surrounding menstruation affected girls and women. In joining the process of developing the Oky period tracker…
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights, Youth empowerment
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services
How Jeya became instrumental in making a period tracker app…
When Jeya, 16, became involved in developing the Oky period tracker app, she used her voice to push for the inclusion of accessibility features.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development
Ameyrah: Learning more about periods from a local period tracking…
Ameyrah's community has had limited access to informational resources, especially about menstrual health. To share the correct information on menstruation with girls in her community, Ameyrah…
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: child marriage, Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development, Teenage pregnancy
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: child marriage, Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development, Teenage pregnancy
Defri’s journey: Empowering indigenous girls through a period…
Defri, an 18-year-old girl belonging to an Indigenous Community, helps shape an inclusive, girl-friendly period tracking app designed for Filipino girls.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: child marriage, Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development, Teenage pregnancy
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Categories: Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Tags: child marriage, Comprehensive sexuality education, Menstruation, Sexual and reproductive health services, Technology for development, Teenage pregnancy
Irish’s small start to success
With the small start and simple training she received, Irish was able to put up a sari-sari store and help contribute to her family's daily expenses.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Skills and work
Tags: Lifeskills training, Livelihoods
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Categories: Skills and work
Tags: Lifeskills training, Livelihoods
A young mother’s dream to venture into business
Crisjah, a young mother, fulfills her dream of starting her own business to support her family and siblings.
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The roots of an empowered educator
A new project proposal unearths a backstory for School Principal Carolyn Simon, who apparently was a participant of the Sponsorship Programme herself.
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Plan International Philippines
Categories: Education, Youth empowerment
Tags: Livelihoods, Sponsorship, Technology for development
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Categories: Education, Youth empowerment
Tags: Livelihoods, Sponsorship, Technology for development