Youth & Children

Indigenous peoples’ group Kusog saKatawha ng Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumara n) continued its advocacy to defend and uphold the rights of the lumads, particularly the children, who have been long victim of abuses brought about by militarization in tribal areas.

Juvenile crimes here are on a decline and the city agency catering to the welfare of children ascribed it to the various social interventions.

Members of children’s rights organizations were allegedly harassed by state forces on Thursday night, a national alliance of children’s rights groups said.

Advocate groups for women and children are not agreeable to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's order of arrest of parents of three street children.