I volunteered with the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) during the summer of 2020 and was asked to create educational health campaigns for Barangay health workers (BHWs) ...

ILOILO CITY (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) recognized the outstanding rural women in the region through its 2024 Gawad Parangal sa Katangi-tanging Kababaihan sa ...

In the uplands where mornings break slowly over gardens, fields, and riverbanks, food is rarely just food. It is seed, ...

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has underscored the need for stronger protection systems for women and girls in the ...

In Mabini, Davao de Oro Province, indigenous peoples (IPs) used to manually produce only a few hundred kilograms of abaca fiber, which is used for making ropes, twines, fishing lines, and other marine ...

BALINTANG, Philippines, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - D espite the ravages of storms, seaweed farming is transforming the lives of Filipino families in traditionally male-dominated fishing ...

Rural women and girls play vital roles in their families and communities. They produce food, gather water, provide care, and navigate myriad challenges from poverty to environmental disasters, due to ...

Where you live — in a city versus a rural area — could make a difference in how old you tend to be when you first have sex, what type of birth control you use and how many children you have. These are ...

FARGO - Living in the big city has its perks. For Iraq war veteran Brad Aune, it means walking just down the street to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center for both mental and physical health care, a ...