As the Philippines celebrates a significant drop in birth rates, reproductive health advocates like Remy Cabello emphasize the need for continued education and resources. The decline, now below the replacement level, presents opportunities to shift societal views on family planning. With over a decade since the introduction of the reproductive health law, many families are now better equipped to make informed choices, thus fostering healthier generations.
The shrinking population presents a dual-edged sword for the Philippines, particularly with approximately 2 million citizens working overseas in critical industries. While these overseas workers significantly contribute to the global labor market, experts warn of the potential workforce shortage at home. The Philippine government now faces the challenge of retaining its skilled laborers while ensuring that local job markets can accommodate this demographic shift.
Remy Cabello's hope for the future is that migration will become a choice for Filipinos rather than a necessity. Despite the bustling recruitment avenues in Manila, the emphasis is now on creating local job opportunities. Policy responses from both the Philippine government and host countries will play a vital role in determining whether Filipino workers will stay at home or continue seeking opportunities abroad.
Remy Cabello has dedicated 15 years to volunteering in reproductive healthcare, advocating for women's rights and family planning in the Philippines. Growing up among 12 siblings and supporting her family from a young age, Remy understands the importance of empowering Filipino women to make choices about their reproductive health. She recalls a transformative moment when a woman with 18 children was introduced to contraceptives, ultimately helping her manage her family size. This generational change mirrors Remy's own situation, as she has two children and two grandchildren, reflecting the broader trend of decreasing fertility rates in the country.This is good news really.. our population is too much most of us cant get any jobs to sustain ourselves
Birth rate will never be an issue to the Philippines. I mean that country has been known for having gangbanginggg teen/young girls or older men getting young girls (mostly underage) pregnant since before 2000s š¤®š¤®š¤®. Birth rate is by far one of the least problem in the Philippines. Even if they are poor they would make 5 to 7 kids š
Iām from Hungary and there has been a pretty big influx of Filipino workers into our country recently after our government started giving out more visas. I would say that itās pretty telling that there are so many of them working here despite the fact that we are a relatively unknown and small country with wages way below Western European standards. As far as I know from Filipinos, while our salaries are way higher than what they could earn in their country, they are aware that they could earn better in Western Europe. But there are already so many Filipinos working in Western European countries, and they are virtually spread everywhere around the world as long as those countries are at least a little bit better than the Philippines. A lot of these workers are way too overqualified for the jobs they do here, which tends to be assembly work at factories or agricultural seasonal work, with many holding college degrees. But they simply cannot land a job with them at home, as education is subpar and there is such a huge number of graduates with so much of the population being young that many fall out and become underemployed, being forced to work in low-level menial jobs even with college degrees. And low-level menial jobs at least make a lot more money anywhere in Europe than in the Philippines. So I would say that at least that problem with the huge supply of labor and graduates will be solved with this, even if a falling birth rate has negative consequences.
Dont have a reductionist and non-growth mindset. More humans, yes, means less space, but more humans means more innovations, agglomerations, economies of scales, specialisations, coordinations/collaborations, more choices, more quantity, more competition, more supply and demand, more entrepreneurship, maybe even more evolution and less government control, with more social/collectivist culture. I spent years of my life studying this. Population growth is like money, you might use it to buy drugs or to invest. The choice is yours. In this case, the government is the main problem, the society is second, but the population is never the problem. People blame populations to distract criticisms from them. Have a growth mindset, dont think like the colonists who thought that because resources are limited, they had to ā ļø other nations, which is totally wrong. Humanity develops with more people, there was never that malthusian population growth threat, it was a hoax on the world. Now, the west is in decline, and they fear the world will be better than them, so they are ruining the world, so as to make sure that if they falter, everyone else falters with them, and they stay the strongest.
