Single parenthood in the Philippines
Authorities found that there were some 14 to 15 million single parents in the country in 2021. A staggering 95% of them were women, according to a study done by the Department of Health and University of the Philippines-National Institute of Health. Moreover, every eight in 20 women were in “vulnerable employment positions.” Needless to say, the pandemic aggravated the challenges a single parent family normally faced. Therefore, lawmakers passed a bill that seeks to give them monthly cash aid, automatic health insurance, and other benefits.
Under the measure, single parents can be:
- Women who give birth after rape
- A parent whose spouse had died
- One whose spouse is detained or serving jail time for at least one year
- A parent carrying responsibility due to legal or de facto separation from their spouse for at least one year
- One whose marriage is annulled and has custody of children
- Those abandoned by their spouse for at least one year
- An unmarried parent who chose to raise their child
- Anyone who provides parental care and support alone
- A family member taking responsibility as breadwinner due to death, abandonment, disappearance, or prolonged absence of the biological parent
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