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MAKING PHILIPPINE CITIES CHILD FRIENDLY Voices of Children in Poor Communities PHILIPPINE-GBcover 21-12-2005 18:27 Page I UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Innocenti Insight MAKING PHILIPPINE CITIES CHILD FRIENDLY Voices of Children in Poor Communities INSTITUTE OF PHILIPPINE CULTURE ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY PHILIPPINE-GB 21-12-2005 18:33 Page i Innocenti Insight MAKING PHILIPPINE CITIES CHILD FRIENDLY Voices of Children in Poor Communities Mary Racelis and Angela Desiree M. Aguirre with Liane Peña-Alampay Felisa U. Etemadi Teresa Banaynal Fernandez Rosemarie Matias Fernandez Marita Castro Guevara and Jerome A. Serrano Ching Li Ye Eunice Anne M. Enriquez Careza P. Reyes With the assistance of United Nations Children’s Fund Innocenti Research Centre, Florence Philippines New York PHILIPPINE-GB 21-12-2005 18:33 Page ii Acknowledgments Making Philippine Cities Child Friendly: Voices of Children in Poor Communities was undertaken by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, through its Child Friendly Cities project, in partnership with the Institute of Philip- pine Culture (IPC), Ateneo de Manila University. Eliana Riggio helped formulate the research problem and methodology, and provided comments to the various research drafts. The action-research study was conducted under the dynamic leadership of Mary Racelis, who acted as Pro- ject Director and Angela Desiree M. Aguirre, who assisted as Co-project Director, in partnership with individuals and institutions in two regional cities. Cebu City partners were Felisa U. Etemadi, affiliated with the University of the Philippines-Cebu, and Teresa Banaynal Fernandez of Lihok Pilipina, and for Davao City, Rosemarie Matias Fer- nandez at the Social Research, Training and Development Office (SRTDO) of the Ateneo de Davao University. Heartfelt thanks go to the children and youth in the five Child Friendly Cities – Cebu, Davao, Manila, Pasay and Quezon Cities – who made their voices heard by contributing neighborhood focus group discussions. Wor- thy of particular mention are the five young people who articulated these perspectives with great effectiveness at the Inter-City Meeting on the Child Friendly Cities Initiative, held in Lapu-Lapu City, Metro Cebu, on 24-26 Sep- tember 2003. They are Ethel Sayson and Jhanice Salazar of Cebu City, Philip Boyose of Davao City, Romulo Panding of the City of Manila, Annalyn Bohol of Pasay City, and Rowena Paclibar of Quezon City. Many adult residents of the informal settlements served as key informants or joined focus group discus- sions. Their cooperation and valuable insights are highly appreciated. Local government officials and other gov- ernment personnel in the five Child Friendly Cities likewise contributed significantly to the study. In particular, Zenaida Sta. Ana-Villaluz, Social Welfare Officer and CPC V Co-ordinator of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Pasay City; and Aida L. Zipagan and Flordeliza D. Legada, Barangay Councilors of Pay- atas, Quezon City, and Apelo, Pasay City, respectively are recognised with appreciation. Supportive throughout were former DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman and former Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). UNICEF Philippines helped deepen the investigation and further enhanced its value by incorporating major findings and recommendations into the Government of the Philippines (GOP)-UNICEF Sixth Country Pro- gramme for Children, 2005-2009. Leopoldo Moselina facilitated communication between the researchers, UNICEF staff, the government and civil society partners engaged in the Child Friendly Cities Programme. The then UNICEF Representative Terrel M. Hill encouraged him as well as the research team. Nicholas Alipui, Rep- resentative, UNICEF Philippines supported the research project and promoted its findings among programme partners. UNICEF Headquarters Programme Division also partnered in the study. The research process was assisted by the IPC research team: Liane Peña-Alampay, psychologist-consultant, who developed the modules for the children’s focus group discussions in the case study communities, and did the data analysis for Payatas B, Quezon City, and BASECO, Manila; Eunice Anne M. Enriquez, Junior Research Associate, and Careza P. Reyes, Research Assistant, who undertook the quick appraisals in the Cities of Manila, Pasay, and Quezon, and the community case studies in Manila and Quezon City; and Marita Concepcion Castro Guevara who edited and rewrote significant portions of the report. A vote of thanks goes to IPC’s research partners in Cebu and Davao Cities for their social science expertise and familiarity with the sites that added significantly to the study outcomes. The quick appraisals of Cebu City were done by Felisa U. Etemadi, sociologist-consultant at the University of the Philippines-Cebu, and Teresa Banaynal Fernandez, Executive Director of Lihok Pilipina. Other members of the Cebu City research team whose contributions are mentioned appreciatively include Senior Researcher Ching Li Ye, along with Research Assis- tants Cresencio Bermudez and Jacqueline de la Peña. The quick appraisals in Davao City and the case studies of Barangays Sasa and Leon Garcia were conduct- ed by the Social Research, Training and Development Office (SRTDO) of the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU). Rosemarie Matias Fernandez led the Davao research team and wrote the Leon Garcia case study. Several oth- ers provided effective assistance, notably Jerome A. Serrano, who wrote the Sasa case study, and Gail Ilagan, who edited the reports. Albert E. Alejo, S.J., Director, Office of Research and Publications, ADDU, gave strong support to the research partnership. Jeanne Frances I. Illo of the IPC, Exaltacion E. Lamberte of the De La Salle University-Manila, and Leopoldo Moselina of UNICEF Philippines, helped deepen the researchers’ insights acting as readers. IPC Director Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr. encouraged the research team throughout. Technical services in copy- editing were rendered by the IPC’s Maria Donna Clemente-Aran, Editor, and Engracia S. Santos, Information, Communication, and Technology Officer. IPC staff and the Ateneo de Manila University played an affirming role by creating an environment conducive to carrying out research on poverty and wellbeing. Layout: Bernard & Co, Siena, Italy Front cover picture: Ed Gerlock © 2005 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ISBN: 88-89129-36-0 ii Innocenti Insight PHILIPPINE-GB 21-12-2005 18:33 Page iii The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence, Italy, was established in 1988 to strengthen the research capability of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and to support its advocacy for children worldwide. The Centre (formally known as the International Child Development Centre) helps to identify and research cur- rent and future areas of UNICEF’s work. Its prime objectives are to improve international understanding of issues relating to children’s rights and to help facilitate the full implementation of the United Nations Conven- tion on the Rights of the Child in both industrialized and developing countries. The Centre’s publications are contributions to a global debate on child rights issues and include a wide range of opinions. For that reason, the Centre may produce publications that do not necessarily reflect UNICEF poli- cies or approaches on some topics. The views expressed are those of the authors and are published by the Cen- tre in order to stimulate further dialogue on child rights. The Centre collaborates with its host institution in Florence, the Istituto degli Innocenti, in selected areas of work. Core funding for the Centre is provided by the Government of Italy, while financial support for specific projects is also provided by other governments, international institutions and private sources, including UNICEF National Committees. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and editors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of UNICEF. All correspondence should be addressed to: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Piazza SS. Annunziata, 12 50122 Florence, Italy Tel: (+39) 055 20 330 Fax: (+39) 055 20 33 220 Email general: [email protected] Email publication orders: [email protected] Website: www.unicef.org/irc and www.unicef-irc.org Website Child Friendly Cities Secretariat: www.childfriendlycities.org (downloadable version of this report is available online) Innocenti Insight iii PHILIPPINE-GB 21-12-2005 18:33 Page iv PHILIPPINE-GB 21-12-2005 18:33 Page v CONTENTS Acknowledgments . .ii List of Figures and Tables . .viii Acronyms . .ix Foreword . .xi Executive Summary . .xiii Chapter 1. Being Poor in the City . .1 Bituin Assesses Her Community . .1 Informal Settlements: Problem or Solution? . .1 Child Friendly Cities: A Conceptual Framework . .3 The Government of the Philippines – UNICEF Country Programme for Children and Its Urban Dimensions: From CPC I to VI (1979-2009) . .5 Urban Poor Children’s Access to Their Rights . .6 An Overview . .6 Initiating Research on Urban Poor Children . .8 Chapter 2. Studying Poor Children in Urban Settlements . .11 The Research Design . .11 Research Objectives . .12 The Research Team . .12 Phases . .12 Quick Appraisal . .13 Case Study . .13 Analysis, Report Writing and Stakeholder Consultations . .14 Selection of Research Sites . .14 Quick Appraisal Sites . .14 Case Study Sites . .15 Research Methods and Techniques . .15 Interviews . .15 Focus Group Discussions . .15 Observation . .15 Secondary Data Collection . .15 Research on and with Children . .16 Recapitulation . .17 Chapter 3. Survival, Development, Protection and Participation Rights: A National Overview . .19 Poor and Nonpoor Urban Children . .19 Right to Survival . .20 Child Health . .20 Maternal Health . ..
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