MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Philippine Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) on Wednesday (May 19) launched the latest State of the World Population (SWOP) report that highlights bodily autonomy, or a person’s right to decide what to do with his or her body.
It’s a rarely discussed issue but one that’s highly important, especially for women.
In the report “My Body is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination,” UNFPA detailed the situation of women in 104 countries, including the Philippines, in relation to bodily autonomy.
Before diving into UNFPA’s findings, we should first know more about this human r…
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