An

Overview
Presented by:

Lourdes PalomoNacionales
06 September
2012
Commission
on Population

DOH, POPCOM and LGUs to take full

charge of the implementation of the
Responsible Parenthood and Family
Planning (RP-FP) Program.

DOH and POPCOM to formulate and

carry out an aggressive and systematic
strategy to promote RP-FP.

DOH and POPCOM issued Responsible

Parenting Movement guidelines for the
aggressive and systematicCommission on Population

To empower the Filipino Families

through responsible parenthood by:
making couples aware of their basic responsibilities as

parents;
awakening in them a sense of responsibility and

commitment towards their family, neighbors,

community, society and nation as a whole; and
considering responsible parenthood as a way of

life towards the attainment of sustainable development.

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1. Organize and train RP-FP teams/groups;

2. Conduct and facilitate RP-FP bgy
classes/sessions;
3. Act as the lead advocates and mobilize
other partner agencies to support the
RP-FP;
4. Generate resources for the effective and
sustained conduct of the RP-FP Bgy.
classes;
5. Install/maintain data bank (Couples
profile) for RP-FP for easy
data/information storage and retrieval;
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Regional
Level

POPCOM/CHD

CITY/MUNICIPAL RPM TEAM

Provincial/Cit
y/Municipal
Levels

Team Leader: Provincial/City/Municipal Population /

Health Officers
Members: Population, Health, Social Welfare &
Development NGOs, Nutrition,
Agriculture, Religious Groups, Others
RPM GROUPS

Barangay
Level

Community Volunteers
FP Acceptors
Church-based organization
Peoples organization

RPM Classes
(couples)
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1. POPCOM and DOH in coordination with Provincial/City

Population Officers launch RPM at the regional/ provincial

level to drumbeat and promote public awareness on the
significance of the movement.
2. POPCOM and CHD regional officers organize and train

RPM teams.
3. POPCOM and CHD regional officers facilitate RDC/LGU

endorsement and support for RPM through resolutions.

4. POPCOM and CHD regional officers monitor RPM

implementation.
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1. Organize and train RPM groups.

2. Act as the lead advocates and mobilize other partner agencies to

support the RPM.

3. Conduct and facilitate RP-FP classes/sessions.
4. Generate resources for the effective and sustained conduct of

the RP-FP classes.

5. Install/maintain data bank for RPM (couples profile) for easy

data/information storage and retrieval.

6. Submit required reports to concerned agencies.
7. Implement and sustain RP-FP Classes.
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1. The community health workers in coordination with

RPM team leader perform the following:
Set the date, time and venue of the RPM class;
Confirm availability of RPM group members especially those who will
lead/facilitate the RP-FP class;
Invite eligible couples and confirm their attendance to the RP-FP class;
Prepare logistics for the RP-FP class IEC materials, supplies, food.
2. Participants fill up information sheet (profile) and
attendance sheet.
3. RPM team members conduct/ facilitate the RP-FP
class.
4. For those who want to use any FP method, they will
be referred to the nearest health center (RHU)
where the health personnel will evaluate the
person, then provide the service.Commission on Population

Commission on Population

 MR GAD Project

is a
package of interventions designed by
the Health Management and Research
Group Foundation, Inc. (HMRG).

It is intended at transforming pilot

communities to become more

responsive to gender and RH concerns
of men and boys.
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 is a project that is aimed to

transform communities/ barangays,
to become more responsive to
gender, RH (RP-FP) concerns.
package of interventions to
influence behavior and attitude
towards:

Gender Equity/Equality
Non-Violence
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The Mr. GAD project has enriched the

POPCOM-led RP-FP initiatives in the
following ways:
1.facilitate the mainstreaming of gender
concerns in the RP-FP modules and other inputs;
2.the engagement of men advocates and
champions lead to enhanced LGU and
community support to the recruitment and
conduct of RP-FP classes;
3.with the establishment of effective linkages at
the barangay level, Mr. GAD services can be
tapped as complementary services for RP-FP
couples/beneficiairies.
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1.Working with key

leaders
2.Working with service

providers
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 men - talking to men

peer - to - peer

counselling
conduct of small group
discussions/
barangay
To influence
behavioral, rational
and attitudinal
modifications towards gender equity /equality and
assemblies
non-violence.
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 To instill and develop the Gender, RH and RP

knowledge and skills of the different Bgy. Officials/

Lupon Tagapamayapa and community service
providers;
To improve the handling and processing of the

victims and doers of violence by bgy. officials and/or

community-based service providers.
To reach out to other significant males in the

community for gender equity and non-violence.

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To provide enabling skills to men and

manage their gender and RH problems:
By reducing violence and risky
lifestyle behavior (alcoholism,
smoking, substance abuse, etc);
By adapting practice of safe sex,
Responsible Parenthood and family
planning.
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 Harness the respectability of men in key

positions in the communities to advocate

reforms in gender;
Reach out to male constituents in the

communities to become gender and RH (RPFP) champions; and

Influence men/husbands towards the

importance of gender equality towards

responsible parenting and family
planning/reproductive health (RH).
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Knowledge

Skill
s

Attitud
e
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Knowled
ge
Basic gender

concepts
Laws on GAD

Skills
Interpersonal

Communication Skills
(ICS)
Ability to conduct

Small Group
Discussions (SGDs)
Mobilize resources

Attitude
Believe in

equality
between men
& women
Non-violence
Equal

opportunities
(human, financial,
in education,
issues in the
structures, institutions
health
locality / barangay to address GAD
services,
issues.
(cause &
employment,
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Understand GAD

. . . Improving governance
. . . Influencing local policies for GAD and RH
. . . Breaking the silence of

gender-based

violence

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Health
and
Counseling Services

Current
state of
RH
(RP/FP)
and
Gender
concerns

Clinic-Based
Services:
RH &
Counseling

Mens Advocacy
Group

Breaking the
Silence
of VAW and
Role Modeling

Grassroots
Interventions

Awareness
Raising

Peer Counseling

RH Services

Improved RH (RP-FP)
Situation
&
Reduced
Gender-Based
Violence
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