Panayam kay CPD Knowledge Management and Communications Division Acting Division Chief Mylin Mirasaol Quiray kaugnay sa young father o batang ama sa bansa

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00:00As the Young Fathers of Batang Ama sa Bansa,

00:05we will discuss with Ms. Mylene Mirasol Quiray,

00:09Acting Division Chief of Knowledge Management and Communications Division

00:13of the Commission on Population and Development.

00:17Mylene, good afternoon to you.

00:20Happy family, Nina and Yusef.

00:23Thank you very much again to the new Philippines and to you, Nina,

00:27for the opportunity that you always give to the CPD for our programs.

00:32You know, we miss you here in the studio, Ms. Mylene.

00:36So, Ms. Mylene is here.

00:38Yes, we are here in Rizal for our strategic planning.

00:42That's why I zoomed in.

00:46Mylene is in strategic planning, but she is here,

00:50she is serving in the new Philippines now.

00:53But this news, what is the age when it is said that a person is a Young Father or Batang Ama?

01:01And how big is this number in our country now?

01:05I heard that it is increasing.

01:08Alright.

01:09So, this Batang Ama, when we released it for the first time,

01:12but this data from the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics of the Philippine Statistics Authority,

01:19is actually from 2021.

01:22Nina, from pre-pandemic levels of 2018,

01:26so more than 5,000,

01:28that suddenly jumped from 2090 to more than 8,000.

01:33But in 2021, there was a slight dip of more than 7,000.

01:37But even if you think about the numbers, the absolute numbers,

01:42it seems to be very small.

01:44But let's imagine, these are young fathers aged 10 to 17.

01:48So, they are that young, they are already young fathers.

01:51So, Batang Ama, who is taking care of another child.

01:55So, there should really be no more children having children.

01:59That is really the core message.

02:00That's why this is a bit alarming, Nina.

02:03And the fact that, of course, when it comes to boys,

02:08this is one of the partners in the economic situation of the family.

02:14That's why the whole family is really affected because of this.

02:17Ma'am Maile, you said a range of 10 to 17 years old.

02:22Ma'am, what age is the youngest father in the country now?

02:27So, for now, the data that we have is 10 to 17 years old.

02:33We don't have a breakdown yet.

02:35But it starts at 10 to 17 range.

02:38There is no breakdown by single year.

02:41They are grouped into age.

02:44Okay.

02:45But they are minors, right?

02:46Yes.

02:47They are minors who are in their teens.

02:51Yes.

02:52I was a bit confused when you said 10 to 17.

02:56Does it mean that there is a high possibility that there is a 10-year-old Batang Ama?

03:02Because when I talked to you about Batang Ina,

03:05you also said as young as 10, right?

03:08Yes.

03:09Yes.

03:10That's true.

03:11We are sure.

03:12Because I have data of single year.

03:13So, we can see how many that is.

03:15But actually, 10-year-old is a rare event.

03:18Here, I cannot say for sure the single year,

03:21as long as the age group is 10 to 17.

03:24So, we will wait for this breakdown.

03:27This is the only thing that was released to us.

03:29I understand.

03:30The age rate.

03:31Yes, I understand.

03:32Okay, that's right.

03:33So, that's the range.

03:34We don't have a specific age yet.

03:37So, from your data and assessment,

03:39what are the factors as to why our statistics are like this for Batang Ama in the country?

03:47What are the reasons for this?

03:52So, like in our teen pregnancy,

03:56in our adolescent pregnancy for women,

03:58it is also like this.

03:59Because there are individual factors like

04:02the exposure to pornographic materials of our young Filipinos in 2021.

04:07According to the 2021 Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study,

04:12it is high.

04:13So, 18% in the Philippines are exposed to pornographic materials.

04:18That is one of the possible reasons.

04:21And next to that, social media is their source of information about sex and sexuality.

04:27So, we can see that those are the possible factors.

04:31And at home, they don't talk about sex and sexuality.

04:36Because we know that Filipino parents are usually not ready to talk about these things.

04:43And that is why we are calling for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill to be passed

04:50so that education is really a protective factor so that our adults will not get pregnant.

04:58And I hope that the focus, aside from our women,

05:02we will also focus on the young boys.

05:05So, as of now, we can see that there are a lot of controversial situations.

05:12So, maybe it's really time for us to focus also on the boys.

05:16Because they are the ones who are pregnant of our young Filipinos.

05:21Can you just comment, as a mother,

05:23I hope that parents can also educate their children to raise kind boys.

05:31Boys who do not take advantage of women.

05:35That is also up to the parents, right?

05:37Is that included in your ways to solve or address this problem?

05:45You are right, Nina.

05:48As parents, we really have a parent education on adolescent health and development.

05:54We urge our parents to be ready

05:59that they themselves will not talk about sex and sexuality to their children.

06:07Because this information should really come from home, Nina.

06:11I am also happy because I know that you are aware, servants,

06:16that parents really need to teach these things.

06:21That is why we have this program, parent education,

06:24for the sexuality education of our children.

06:27And at the same time, this program that we have,

06:31we also say that the communication between parents and children should be good

06:36because you cannot talk about sex and sexuality

06:40if you are not really talking about it at home.

06:42If you are not talking about simple things every day,

06:45how can you reach the sexuality discussion?

06:48So that is really our advocacy to the Commission on Population Development.

06:53I agree with you, Ms. Maileen.

06:55We should have a lot of conversations like this

06:58so that the children can open up to their parents.

07:02Ma'am Maileen, I am also curious.

07:04If we compare it to young mothers,

07:06what is the difference in the way of thinking of these young fathers?

07:10Is their awareness of having a child higher based on your studies?

07:16As of now, we have not yet conducted qualitative studies.

07:22But we know that sex for males in our qualitative data,

07:30it is a physical act.

07:32But for females, it is really an emotional attachment according to qualitative data.

07:39So that is probably the difference between males and females in terms of sex.

07:46Males can be physical, females can be emotional.

07:51And in the qualitative data of our studies,

07:54we also saw that sex is a monstery gift.

08:00It becomes a monstery gift.

08:02Because I don't have a gift for my boyfriend,

08:05so for our monstery, this is my gift to him.

08:08So that is one of the qualitative data conducted in our studies about sex and sexuality.

08:17And home.

08:19Home is the first venue for the first sex of our children.

08:25So that means it is unplanned.

08:28Because it is at home.

08:29So it means it is unprotected.

08:31Usually, the first sex of our young females and young males.

08:37This news is a bit worrying.

08:42But that is the reality that parents need to address.

08:48What do you think,

08:50especially to the parents who said that they don't know how to bring up this topic?

08:57How will they talk about reproductive health inside the home?

09:05So our tip to the commission,

09:08it really should start as early as we can.

09:12And as simple as we can.

09:15This is what I always mention in our interviews about this topic.

09:20Just teaching them about good touch, bad touch.

09:23It is a sexuality education.

09:25Because at least our children will not be abused.

09:29They know that if there is a touch that is not right,

09:33we need to teach them to protect themselves,

09:36protective behavior for them.

09:38At the same time,

09:39it could also start as what we always say in our interviews,

09:43calling our body parts.

10:02Of course, we are in the government.

10:05Our first core message is really abstinence.

10:09But if you are there in the situation, protect yourself.

10:13Because we don't want you to get pregnant early.

10:17We don't want you to stop your studies.

10:19We don't want you to have an infectious disease or sexually transmitted infection

10:25along with HIV AIDS.

10:27Because HIV AIDS is becoming younger and younger.

10:32This is males having sex with males or men having sex with men.

10:37It is becoming younger and younger.

10:39That is why sexuality education is really needed for our children,

10:43for our Filipino parents.

10:46Our core message is that we are connected.

10:49You can visit our Facebook account.

10:53We are connected.

10:54There are also children who are listening and watching.

10:58We have Facebook.

11:00If you want to ask questions that you cannot ask,

11:04there is also a website, ichoose.ph.

11:09Let's talk at fp.ph.

11:12If you want family planning methods,

11:14there is also our Facebook account,

11:16Commission on Population and Development.

11:18If you also want to ask questions that you cannot ask

11:22about family planning, sexuality education,

11:25you can message us.

11:27We will answer you.

11:29We will refer you to the service provider if you want family planning methods.

11:34Ms. Mylene, we just want to know,

11:37what are the programs of your commission for the issue of adolescent pregnancy in the country?

11:43Do you have specific programs for our children?

11:50We have Adolescent Health and Development.

11:53This is a package of programs.

11:57Our core message is that we have a unified government campaign

12:02of I Choose or Malaya Akong Maging.

12:05For our children, this is the core message that we are saying.

12:08We are educating and training our facilitators

12:14so that when they are in school,

12:18they can navigate or refer their classmates,

12:23friends, or if there is an issue on reproductive health,

12:26they can refer them.

12:28That is one of our programs.

12:30At the same time,

12:32we also want to build the capacities of our population officers.

12:38There are a lot of programs about adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

12:44For our children,

12:47we have I Choose.

12:49We have a Facebook page and website.

12:52At the same time,

12:53we have Parent Education on Adolescent Health and Development.

12:57We are also training parents groups.

13:00We are also training local government units and facilitators

13:05so that they can reach out to their parents.

13:08In the current government,

13:10we are channeling our national programs to our local government units

13:16where the action is.

13:18They are the ones who are the direct ones to our children and parents.

13:25So, you are free to be children.

13:27I Choose.

13:29Parents, we are connected.

13:31Let's talk.

13:33Let's talk about family planning.

13:36So, this means that you have available programs in our health centers.

13:45Yes.

13:46We refer our population officers who are in the local government unit.

13:50If there is a need for a family planning method,

13:53we refer them to the health center.

13:55It is linked.

13:57If there is a need for services,

14:00for example,

14:01if there is a sexually transmitted infection,

14:03we refer them to the health center.

14:05We have an information service delivery network

14:08where all the providers in a local government unit

14:11talk and meet.

14:13So, they know that if there is a problem at school,

14:15if there is a sexually transmitted infection,

14:20they will immediately refer them to the health center.

14:23If there is a need for mental health services,

14:27they will refer them to the health center.

14:29So, our program is for teen centers,

14:32school-based teen centers,

14:34community-based teen centers,

14:35where children can go to get information

14:39and refer to the service at the health center.

14:42Ms. Maileen Mensahe,

14:43can you please remind the youth

14:47who are listening to us now?

14:50Young people,

14:52really,

14:54you should have the ability to say no.

14:57And if you are in a dangerous situation,

15:01protect yourselves.

15:02Know where to run,

15:04to tell,

15:05whatever you are going through.

15:08And at the same time,

15:09let's not hide it.

15:11You need to expose everything to the light.

15:15Because if you are exposed to the light,

15:17half the battle is won.

15:19Because you can address

15:21whatever situation you are in.

15:23And at the same time,

15:25you can be free.

15:26You can choose.

15:28Let's dream.

15:30Let's choose our dreams.

15:32Let's not exchange them for a moment of pleasure.

15:35But to those who are abused,

15:37protect yourselves.

15:39And at the same time,

15:40to our Filipino parents,

15:43our reminder is that

15:45you are the first communicator

15:48of sex and sexuality to your children.

15:51But we need communication at home

15:54so that we can have a discussion on sexuality.

15:57And to our senators,

15:59we are calling for the adoption

16:03of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill

16:05which is currently in the interpellation stage

16:09in the Senate of the Philippines.

16:11That is our call.

16:12We are also thankful

16:13because our President

16:15knows about this situation

16:17because he strengthened the Executive Order 141

16:21which is the teenage pregnancy

16:23or adolescent pregnancy

16:25of women aged 10 to 19

16:27as an urgent national priority.

16:29And the government agencies have a technical working group

16:32to address this issue.

16:34And thank you very much to Bagong Pilipinas,

16:37Nina Yusek,

16:38thank you very much for the logging space

16:40that you are providing for the commission

16:42and for our programs.

16:44The state of well-being of our youth

16:48can really be improved.

16:50They can be empowered.

16:52Sexually healthy and empowered adolescents,

16:54that is our call.

16:56Thank you very much to you and your family.

16:58Bagong Pilipinas.

17:00Mylene, wait.

17:01You mentioned the bill.

17:02I want to know, what is this bill

17:04that you want to pass by the Senate?

17:06Quick details about it, please.

17:10Okay.

17:11So this Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill

17:14really strengthens the programs

17:17to address adolescent pregnancy

17:21in our local government units

17:25so that our Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program

17:31and this Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill

17:34is also for pregnant women

17:36to have access to family planning.

17:40Especially for our minors

17:42who are pregnant and have children,

17:44to have access to family planning.

17:46Because we know that if you are below 18,

17:48you will not have access

17:50if you do not have parental consent.

17:52So this bill strengthens it

17:54so that it is easier to protect our young mothers.

17:58Incidentally, Nina,

18:00we also have a program on Social Protection

18:02for Adolescent Mothers and Their Children.

18:04So for those who are pregnant,

18:06we have piloted together with DSWD

18:10Protect Teen and Pagkalinga Program

18:12where we reach out to our young mothers,

18:15we NAP them,

18:17we give them a package of services

18:19and we ensure that they return to school.

18:21We ensure that their livelihood is developed

18:23and they have a conditional cash transfer

18:26when they return to school,

18:28they have a livelihood session

18:30and a family planning session.

18:32So that is the content of the

18:34Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill.

18:36Once it is passed, it will be easier

18:38for our young people

18:40to have access to family planning.

18:43And the information for them

18:46is really protected

18:48because it will ensure that the local government

18:50has a program on how to prevent

18:52adolescent pregnancy

18:54which is really very alarming

18:56because our ages 10 to 14

18:58their number of pregnancies

19:00is really increasing.

19:04Okay, thank you very much for your time.

19:08Mylene Mirasol Kiray,

19:10Acting Division Chief of Knowledge Management

19:12and Communications Division

19:14of the Commission on Population and Development.

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