promote adolescent health either in schools or in communities. This strategy also allows the tapping of young people as influencers or peer educators imparting correct and appropriate information on ASRH. For the year, POPCOM conducted SHAPE Orientations and Training of Facilitators for 1,041 participants nationwide. • Parent Teen Talk. The Parent Teen Talk (PTT), an updated and streamlined version of the Learning Package on Parent Education on Adolescent Health and Development (LPPEAHD), is a three-hour interactive platform to equip parents with critical information on adolescent health and development. The session aims to empower parents to communicate on sexuality and impart proper values and guidance to their children, and in the process, bridge communication gaps between them. POPCOM, through its partners, conducted trainings for facilitators using the learning package. Facilitators, in turn, rolled-out the sessions on Parent-Teen Talk in their own groups and networks. Overall, the strategy has reached 15,592 in-school and out-school youth for the whole year. Local level • The roll-out of the ALSRHE included the conduct of the rapid psychosocial screening for its participants to elicit relevant information about the young person’s functioning in key areas of their life. Psychosocial risks identified were referred and coordinated accordingly to agencies that respond to the needs of the adolescents, such as the barangay Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Desk, Department of Social Welfare and Development and Adolescent-Friendly Health Facilities, among others. • ASRH in Emergencies. To address young people’s sexual and reproductive health needs during emergencies, UNFPA in partnership with Magungaya Mindanao Incorporated (MMI), Mindanao Organization for Social and Economic Progress (MOSEP) and United Youth of the Philippines-Women (UNYPHIL) conducted demand generation activities in Lanao Del Sur, Marawi City and North Cotabato, reaching a total of 4, 084 (boys: 1,751, girls: 2,333). These activities include intergenerational dialogues, peer education sessions and health information sessions in schools and in the community for out- of -school youth. • POPCOM-led activities at the local level were as follows: Adolescent Health Summit/ Congress, Summer Youth Camp, Partnership with Parent-Teachers’ Associations (PTAs), Population Awareness Mother and Daughter Class, RAGE talks on teenage pregnancy, Teenage Ninja Roll-out and lectures and talks on prevention of engagement to early sex. These also include Reproductive Health Sessions and Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) learning sessions. Over-all, POPCOM reached 48,560 adolescents through these events. • CSOs organized IEC activities on ASRH including the conduct of RH sessions and ASRH orientations in high schools; ASRH and SOGIE learning sessions in selected areas of Batangas, Benguet, Bulacan, Caloocan, Cebu, Laguna, Malabon, Manila, Navotas, and Palawan. Through these activities, CSOs reached a total of 54,621 adolescents and young people. Usapang Kabataan: Adolescent Life Skills and Reproductive Health Education (ALSHRE. With support from USAID and in partnership with the Provincial Health Office of Cavite and DepEd, the Integrated Midwives Association (IMAP) rolled-out the Adolescent Life Skills and Reproductive Health Education (ALSRHE) initiative in three pilot schools in Cavite Province. ALSRHE is a Comprehensive Sexuality Education(CSE) strategy that provided correct information and counseling and referral services to the youth for their reproductive health and sexuality-related concerns. The ALSRHE in school covered 5,692 students from grades 9 to 10 from 3 big schools in Tanza, Cavite as of June 2019. 66 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012

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