Classes were disrupted in a Davao del Norte indigenous peoples schools as its teachers were allegedly restricted by a fanatic paramilitary group.
Most cases of violence against women reported in Davao City were economic abuses, or depriving of financial support or opportunity to work for women.
On the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), various child rights advocates here criticized gpvernment for not doing its obligation as one of the signatories.
About 20 students of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Incorporated (MISFI) Academy in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, were reported to have been in the group who were fired upon by members of the tribal militia, called Alamara.
Poor girl children stay at home at take a rest instead of buying medicines, says a research by women and children advocate Talikala Incorporated.