Poverty

While Jolita Ladica is often seen frequenting Bankerohan, she is not one of those who haggle with vendors over vegetable prices, although her main business at the market is to bring food for her children.

Half of all Filipino women live below poverty line, according to a study conducted by the Center for Women’s Resources.

Poverty remains to be the top reason why many parents “surrender” their children, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said.

The armed forces conduct of Community Organizing for Peace and Development drove the indigenous peoples away from their community, said a humanitarian mission report.

Sixty-two-year old, Catalina Sinoy, a native of Pantukan, Compostela Valley, believes her life and that of her family were easier before compared this year.