Philippines
This page features the news on disability from Philippines in the Debrief Library. See also news from other countries.
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Accessibility and Design
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The Accessibility Law: 40 years of disappointment (Nov, The Manilla Times)
COVID-19
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Response
Supporting OPDs Covid-19 response: reflections from the Philippines (Dec, CBM Australia)
Civil Society and Community
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On the Debrief: “I'm not rebellious” an interview with Abner Manlapaz, lifelong activist. (May)
Data and Research
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Functional Difficulty in the Philippines: results from the 2020 census of population and housing. “Nearly nine in every 100 persons (8.7%) had at least one domain of functional difficulty. Females accounted for 55.6 percent.” (Oct, PSA)
Economics and Social Protection
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The Cost of Raising Children with Disabilities. Not only do children with disabilities cause expenditure 40-80% greater than those without, poverty rates are 50% higher in households with children with disabilities. (Sep, UNICEF)
Humanitarian, Migrants and Refugees
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The Humanitarian Needs and Priorities identified after Super Typhoon Rai includes mentions of persons with disabilities. (Dec, Relief Web)
Super Typhoon Rai leaves widespread destruction (Dec, CBM Global)
International Cooperation
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CBM partners with women leaders to create movement of change for disability “we are supporting the establishment of a federation of disability organisations in the Philippines to collect comprehensive data related to disability inequalities”. (Mar, CBM Australia)
Policy and Rights
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