Women’s partylist group Gabriela called for an urgent reexamination of the country’s national policy on coal mining and coal-fire power plants, stressing that its continued operation adversely affects the health of women and children in coal mining communities.
In a privilege speech, Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said that the Aquino government should very well take heed of the experiences of mining communities in various countries where women and children suffered reproductive health diseases, low birth weight and high incidence of sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS. read more »
