major issues

• Poverty


  to the state of being extremely poor and lacking the means to meet one's basic needs
• United Nations Country Team


  two factors on why poor remain poor

  • the persistence of social inequalities
  • political uncertainty
• Other issues of the poor and marginalized

  • Violation of indigenous people's rights
  • Housing concerns
  • Violation against children
  • Violation against women
  • Extrajudicial killings
  • Limited access to technology for distance learning
• Republic Act 9262


  act to support violence against women and children
• Republic Act 7610


  protection for children against exploitation, abuse, etc