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RHAN Members
- Can't Live in the Closet (CLIC)
- Damayan ng Maralitang Pilipinong Api (DAMPA)
- Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (DRDF)
- Democratic Socialist Women of the
- DKT
- Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (FPOP)
- FriendlyCare Foundation, Inc.
- Gabriel Medical Assistance Group (GMAG)
- Institute of Maternal and Child Health (IMCH)
- Integrated Maternal Child Care Services and Development, Inc. (IMCCSDI)
- Kababaihan Laban sa Karahasan (KALAKASAN)
- Lesbian Advocates
- Linangan ng Kababaihan (LIKHAAN)
- Maralitang Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan (MAKALAYA)
- Philippine Federation for Natural Family Planning (PFNFP)
- Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare, Inc., (PNGOC)
- Philippine NGO Support Program (PHANSUP)
- Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
- Pinagsamang Lakas ng Kababaihan at Kabataan (PILAKK)
- Population Services Pilipinas, Inc. (PSPI)
- ReachOut Foundation International
- Remedios AIDS Foundation (RAFI)
- Reproductive Health, Rights and Ethics Center for Studies and Training (REPROCEN)
- The Resource Center Conference Room (RCCR)
- SAGIP
- Sento ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN)
- Trade Union Congress of the
- TRI-DEV Specialist Foundation, Inc.
- Woman Health Care Foundation (WHCF)
- Woman Health
- Women's
- Women's Legal Education, Advocacy and Defense Foundation, Inc. (WomenLEAD)
- Women Rage
- Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO)
About Us
The Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN) is a coalition of non-government and people’s organizations championing reproductive health, reproductive rights, and development concerns for the health, well-being and empowerment of the Filipino people.
RHAN envisions a Filipino society where every Filipino has access to safe, affordable and quality gender-responsive sexual and RH services they need in all stages of their life, achieved through the State’s promotion, respect, protection and fulfillment of sexual and reproductive rights as an integral part of human rights.
RHAN advances the sexual and reproductive rights of every woman, man and young person, free from violence, discrimination and stigma, through advocacy for gender equitable policy and program reforms, resource mobilization with key stakeholders and communities.
What we do:
- Legislative Advocacy
- Mass Media Campaigns
- Tit-for-Tat
- Media Conferences
- Education and Training
- Organizing
- Community Development
- Services
- Health
- Clinical/ Medical
- Legal
- Psycho-social
- Counseling and
- Support
RHAN is comprised of health service providers, women’s organizations, people’s organizations, party-list federation and academic institution who believe in the need for the adoption of a comprehensive policy on Reproductive Health; guaranteeing quality, and access to information and an array of RH services for all Filipinos.
1 comment:
Dear Ms. Beth Angsioco,
I wonder why you don't have any feedback portion in your blog?
In today's PDI, you said that "Ozamiz Archbishop Jesus Dosado’s stance not to give communion to politicians whom he considered as supportive of abortion was “very misleading” because it "seemed to equate reproductive health rights with abortion."
I wonder who is misleading whom? Go to any western country and one will immediately see that abortion is considered part and parcel of the reproductive rights of women. It is you and naive politicians like Mr. Edcel Lagman who are misleading the public by pretending that your contraceptive mentality will stop there and not lead to seeking for abortion rights in the future.
Tell us which country has adopted artificial contraception and has not gone on to legalize abortion down the road?
If artificial contraception was enough, why the need for abortion? But as it is, the abortion program is running parallel to artificial contraception because the latter has never been enough. If that fails, it ultimately leads to the more final solution of abortion.
Even worse, now they also practice partial-birth abortion where the fetus is partially taken out of the womb, killed and then flushed out. Where will it stop?
Planned Parenthood, which supports reproductive rights in the Philippines, prominently has Abortion as one of its methods in its advocacy--for those who want to read more (and I encourage you) just go to their website.
Lastly, the issue of denying communion to anyone who supports abortion belongs to the moral sphere, hence the bishops have every right to do their duty. Don't we have separation of church and state? So before you accuse the church of hypocrisy, may I suggest that you look at yourselves first?
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