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With more than 1.2 million members globally, the Roman Catholic Church is one of the oldest and ... more With more than 1.2 million members globally, the Roman Catholic Church is one of the oldest and largest religious institutions in existence. It has played an important role in
shaping western civilizations and, to date, remains one of the most influential organizations in the world – influencing both culture and politics.
Gender, sex, and sexuality has always been one of the major issues within the church. Mainstreaming gender and the empowerment of women has become important factors in development in the modern age through international consensus and policies acknowledging the importance of integrating women’s role in the equality and human rights discourse.
Reproductive health (RH) has been one of the highly controversial and polarizing issues in the Ph... more Reproductive health (RH) has been one of the highly controversial and polarizing issues in the Philippines. At the one end of the spectrum are the anti-RH groups, which are dominated by key leaders of the Catholic Church, and at the other end are the pro-RH advocates, mostly coming from
the women’s groups and civil society organizations.
Finding common grounds between church-mandated organizations and those who promote RH is important in discussing issues that affect the lives of people. The transcripts
of plenary debates in Congress and in the Supreme
Court attest to the many misconceptions on the medical and religious aspects of reproductive health, sexuality and women’s roles.
The religious sector is a major force for socio-cultural change and development. This study attempts to map out the structure, interventions, positions, and understanding of various congregations on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) concerns that would be helpful to C4RH in identifying challenges and opportunities in engaging them towards social change advocacy and development work.
With more than 1.2 million members globally, the Roman Catholic Church is one of the oldest and ... more With more than 1.2 million members globally, the Roman Catholic Church is one of the oldest and largest religious institutions in existence. It has played an important role in
shaping western civilizations and, to date, remains one of the most influential organizations in the world – influencing both culture and politics.
Gender, sex, and sexuality has always been one of the major issues within the church. Mainstreaming gender and the empowerment of women has become important factors in development in the modern age through international consensus and policies acknowledging the importance of integrating women’s role in the equality and human rights discourse.
Reproductive health (RH) has been one of the highly controversial and polarizing issues in the Ph... more Reproductive health (RH) has been one of the highly controversial and polarizing issues in the Philippines. At the one end of the spectrum are the anti-RH groups, which are dominated by key leaders of the Catholic Church, and at the other end are the pro-RH advocates, mostly coming from
the women’s groups and civil society organizations.
Finding common grounds between church-mandated organizations and those who promote RH is important in discussing issues that affect the lives of people. The transcripts
of plenary debates in Congress and in the Supreme
Court attest to the many misconceptions on the medical and religious aspects of reproductive health, sexuality and women’s roles.
The religious sector is a major force for socio-cultural change and development. This study attempts to map out the structure, interventions, positions, and understanding of various congregations on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) concerns that would be helpful to C4RH in identifying challenges and opportunities in engaging them towards social change advocacy and development work.