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Philippines
Show me all types of advances during COVID-19
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| Davao’s LGBT Community Completes Rice Distribution | Equality, LGBTIQ+ |
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The “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community” of Davao City, as part of its involvement in Davao City’s COVID-19 response, distributed “sacks of rice to the barangays.” The community “was… |
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| POPCOM Launches COVID-19 Helpline | Equality, Reproductive rights |
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The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) sought to address the interruption of “access and delivery of family planning (FP) information and services” due to limited mobility as a result… |
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| QC Opens Shelter for Abused Women, Children and LGBTs | Children, Equality, LGBTIQ+, Violence against women |
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The government of Quezon City “opened one of the first local government unit (LGU)-run shelters for abused women, children and LGBTs.” The shelter “will serve as a temporary shelter for… |
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| Guidelines for the Implementation of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers Program (TUPAD) | Employment, Social-economic rights |
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The Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers Program “is a community based (municipality/barangay) package of assistance that provides temporary wage employment.” Qualified beneficiaries of the program include “the underemployed, self-employed… |
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