pregnancy and presented to another group of
teenagers and supportive adults during a 2-day
interactive “Imagine Workshop” in October
2019. Participants created simple, low-tech
prototypes of five prioritized solutions, which
were then rapidly tested by the team from
USAID’s ReachHealth project with over 140
individuals in Tanauan City and Davao City.
These five solutions are #TheBestICanBe
Movement, Digital Resource, #SoConnected,
Teen Terminal, and Teen Fest which emerged
as viable interventions with support from
teenagers, adults, community leaders, and
other key stakeholders.
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Bangsamoro Youth Transition Priority Agenda.
The Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC),
with support from UNFPA, developed the
Bangsamoro Youth Transition Priority
Agenda (2019-2020), which is the BARMM’s
regional translation of the Philippine
Youth Development Plan (2017-2019). The
Bangsamoro Youth Transition Priority Agenda
(BYTPA) highlights health as one of the
core pillars for youth participation. It also
underscores the need for BARMM youth to
participate in multi-sectoral and inclusive
programs, projects and activities that promote
youth health and well-being and reduce their
sexual and reproductive health risks and nonsexual risk taking behaviors.
Study on the Filipino Child. On the area of
data and generation of evidence to strengthen
the responsiveness of impact of development
policies, programs and initiatives, UNFPA
provided substantial technical and financial
support to the Government-led 15-year
Longitudinal Cohort Study on the Filipino
Child. The study has completed the third wave
of data collection in 2019 and was able to
provide DOH with data related to adolescent
pregnancy. Data from the Cohort Study showed
significant correlation between adolescent
pregnancy and poor socioeconomic, health
and education outcomes of both the mother
and the index child, where index children born
from mothers 15 to 19 years old were almost 45
percent less likely to be in school compared to
those born from mothers aged 20 to 35.
Capacity Building
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
Resource Materials. With support from
the UNFPA and CHSI, DepEd conducted a
workshop to develop teaching and learning
modules on Comprehensive Sexuality
Education (CSE). The resource materials
included Detailed Lesson Plans (DLPs) for
teachers integrating CSE key concepts and
messages to the different learning areas.
DepEd subjected the DLPs to field validation
in selected elementary and secondary schools
in Regions I, III, CALABARZON and NCR
to ensure alignment of content, objectives,
age and development appropriateness and
development of life skills.
DepEd also conducted a consultative forum
on CSE, providing an avenue for national,
regional and division coordinators and
development partners to share their good
practices on ARH Education/CSE; learn about
new options, researches and latest innovations
in ARH/CSE; determine roles and actions
of DepEd and partner agencies to expedite
the implementation of ARH Education/CSE;
share relevant government efforts on ARH
Education/CSE; and discuss relevant ARH/
CSE legislative and policy initiatives; and
recommend viable actions to advance ARH
Education/CSE in the country`.
Moreover, DepEd, with UNFPA, is developing
a multi-year Costed Implementation Plan (CIP)
identifying the activities to be undertaken,
timelines, and responsible persons/entities
that will implement the CIP for five years;
and a CSE M&E Framework. This Plan details
DepEd’s strategies and key interventions and
actions for CSE integration in the curriculum.
The CIP defines the priorities for strategic
actions; identify the activities and inputs
needed to achieve them; and estimates the
costs associated with each as a basis for
budgeting and mobilizing resources required
for implementation at different levels of
organizations and institutions over a five-year
period. The CIP also identifies the gaps which
can be addressed through partnerships with
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