Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)

What Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) does

Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) is a non-profit legislative coalition founded in 1989 and headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines. It operates as a membership-based organization of Philippine legislators (senators, representatives, and local government unit members) that develops policy champions and advances six priority legislative areas: children's rights, women and girls' rights, tobacco control, inclusive and sustainable rural development, clean air and renewable energy, and protection of stateless persons and refugees. Its core operational products are its convening infrastructure (the Child Rights Network, Civil Society Network on Statelessness – Philippines, Alliance of Local Legislators for Human Development, and Bangsamoro Parliamentarians' Committee on Population and Development), policy briefs, the 'Spotlight on Human Development' podcast, the iChange and GirlDefenders Vote electoral campaigns, the Young Leaders Program on Tobacco Control, and the Linking and Learning Hub resource center.

PLCPD does not develop proprietary technology and does not sell commercial products or services. Its 'platform' is its convening authority and direct access to the halls of the Philippine Congress from the 17th through the 20th Congress, supplemented by a digital presence on its website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X/Twitter, and Spotify. It has no app, SDK, or API. Its business model is grant-funded: revenue is sourced from international development partners and donors including the European Union (DISCERN Project Phase 2), UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, We Effect, Oxfam, Vital Strategies, and others, with co-funding arrangements with strategic partners such as Gabriela Women's Party, HealthJustice, ImagineLaw, and Plan International. Pricing is not applicable as PLCPD does not charge for its advocacy, research, or convening outputs.

PLCPD's customer base is institutional rather than commercial: its primary downstream stakeholders are Philippine legislators and legislative staff at the national and local levels, executive agencies including DOH, DepEd, DILG, NEDA, CHED, DOLE, TESDA, CHR, and the Council for the Welfare of Children, and civil society coalition members. Quantifiable outputs to date include the passage of Republic Act 10354 (Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law, 2012), Republic Act 11596 (prohibiting child marriage, 2021), and Republic Act 11648 (raising statutory rape age).

Name

Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)

Legal name

Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development

Website

https://plcpd.org.ph

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PLCPD is a non-profit legislative coalition founded in 1989 that convenes Philippine national and local legislators to develop and pass people-centered policies on children's rights, women's rights, tobacco control, rural development, clean energy, and stateless persons protection.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legislative Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Governance, Democracy & Rule of Law (BPAGABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC), Civil Service & Public Administration (HR, Org Dev, Workforce Policy) (BPAIAAAD)

Keywords

• Legislative policy advocacy
• Population and development
• Human development legislation
• Coalition building
• Budget advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Quezon City

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

PLCPD is a non-profit legislative coalition that works within the halls of the Philippine Congress and with local government units to develop policy champions and generate viable, responsive, and people-centered public policies on population and human development. Its core activities include legislative advocacy, capacity building for legislators, budget advocacy, coalition convening (e.g., the Child Rights Network), and policy research across six priority areas: children's rights, women and girls' rights, tobacco control, rural development, clean air and renewable energy, and protection of stateless persons.

Product overview

PLCPD is a policy advocacy organization that does not offer commercial products or services. Its primary offerings include its website platform for disseminating advocacy updates and legislative agenda information, the Linking and Learning Hub for resource materials, Policy Briefs on population and development issues, a Podcast Series on child protection and reproductive health, the Young Leaders Program for youth advocacy training, and the iChange Electoral Campaign for voter education. These offerings work together to advance PLCPD's mission of developing policy champions and generating people-centered public policies on population and human development in the Philippines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Child Rights Network (CRN): An alliance of organizations and agencies pushing for children's rights legislation in the Philippines, convened by PLCPD.
• Alliance of Local Legislators for Human Development (ALL4HD)
• iChange
• #GirlDefenders Vote
• Young Leaders Program on Tobacco Control

Products and services

• Linking and Learning Hub Online resource center providing educational materials, policy briefs, and knowledge resources on human development topics for legislators, civil society organizations, and stakeholders.
• Young Leaders Program on Tobacco Control Capacity building and advocacy training program for youth leaders focused on tobacco control, public health policy, and youth empowerment.
• Spotlight on Human Development Podcast Series Audio content series featuring policymakers and advocates on issues including online child sexual exploitation, adolescent pregnancy prevention, and women's rights.
• Policy Briefs Published policy research briefs addressing key population and development issues including adolescent pregnancy, online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC), children's rights legislation, and reproductive health.

Quantifiable outcome

• Passage of Republic Act 11596 (Law Prohibiting Child Marriage) in 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNFPA PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Longitudinal Cohort Study on the Filipino Child (LCSFC), a landmark 15-year study following 5,000 Filipino children. UNFPA supports policy action to prevent adolescent pregnancy through data and research.
• Gabriela Women's PartycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to convene consultative forum on 2027 national budget for SRHR, women's rights, and children's rights. Joint advocacy for gender-responsive budgeting and women's health priorities.
• We EffectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for the DISCERN Project (Developing and Strengthening CSO Capacities for Empowered Representation), capacity building for partners on policy and budget advocacy, rural development forums.
• UNHCR PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for Civil Society Network on Statelessness - Philippines (CSNS-P), official launch and public forum hosting, advocacy for refugees and stateless persons protection.
• UP College of Law – Institute of Human RightscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost of CSNS-P official launch and public forum, academic partnership for human rights advocacy and stateless persons protection.
• Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional forum where PLCPD participates in Standing Committee Meeting on Investing in Youth, engagement with parliamentarians from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Lao PDR on youth policies.
• Child Rights Network (CRN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPLCPD serves as Convenor of CRN, the largest child rights alliance in the Philippines. Joint advocacy on tobacco control, children's rights legislation, and youth protection.
• HealthJusticeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on tobacco control advocacy, Smoke-Free Philippines campaign, joint initiatives for public health protection.
• Parents Against VapeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition partner in smoke-free advocacy and youth protection from tobacco and vaping, joint campaigns and awareness activities.
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free KidsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner in tobacco control advocacy, youth empowerment campaigns, and smoke-free generation initiatives.
• Action for Economic Reforms (AER)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on tobacco taxation advocacy, economic policy reform, and public health financing research.
• Lao Youth UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudy visit partner during AFPPD meeting, exchange of best practices on youth engagement and policy programs.
• Plan International PhilippinesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Down-to-Zero Project for online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) awareness and advocacy.
• ImagineLawminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical partner on tobacco control legal advocacy, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) policy expertise.
• Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SATCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Tobacco Industry Interference Index reporting, regional tobacco control advocacy coordination.
• Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco ControlminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Asian Tobacco Industry Index research and advocacy, good governance in tobacco control initiatives.
• Manila Local Government UnitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on smoke-free policy enforcement, photo exhibit on 'We need food, not tobacco' at Manila City Hall.
• UNICEF PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on infant and young child feeding practices advocacy, documentary photography workshop for CSO capacity building.
• World Food Programme (WFP) PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for food and nutrition security advocacy, evaluative study on landmark laws on food and nutrition security, policy forum hosting.
• Oxfam in the PhilippinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for SDG advocacy and resilient human settlements policy forum, sustainable development partnership.
• Vital StrategiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for tobacco control research and advocacy, 'Where There's Smoke' report on tobacco industry influence in Philippine policy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• UNFPA Philippines: United Nations Population Fund country office that funds and partners with PLCPD on the Longitudinal Cohort Study and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Closely adjacent rather than competitive: shares the same population and SRHR policy agenda with PLCPD but as a multilateral convening body.

Direct peers

• Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD): AFPPD is the regional parliamentary forum on population and development where PLCPD is an active member and participant. The two share the same operating model: facilitating parliamentarians to champion population and human-development legislation across Asian jurisdictions.
• Plan International Philippines: International NGO working on children's rights and equality for girls, partnered with PLCPD on the Down-to-Zero Project for online sexual exploitation of children. Operates in the same Philippines child-rights advocacy and legislative-influence space.
• Population Reference Bureau (PRB): Policy research organization focused on population, health, and development. Highly comparable to PLCPD's evidence-led legislative advocacy, especially via the LCSFC cohort study and policy briefs driving Philippine legislative action.
• Guttmacher Institute: US-headquartered research and policy organization producing evidence on reproductive health and rights that supports legislative advocacy. PLCPD uses a similar research-to-advocacy pipeline to influence Filipino legislation, especially on adolescent pregnancy and family planning.
• Family Planning Association of the Philippines (FPAP): The Philippine IPPF affiliate delivering sexual and reproductive health programs and policy advocacy. Operates in the same Philippines SRHR/legislative-advocacy niche as PLCPD, frequently as partner organization in RH-related coalitions.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Reproductive Rights: International legal-advocacy organization pursuing reproductive rights through litigation and legislative engagement. Highly comparable to PLCPD on the rights-based legislative advocacy frame for SRHR, with overlap in priority issues such as child marriage and adolescent pregnancy.
• FP2030: Global family planning partnership supporting country-level commitments on reproductive health. Comparable to PLCPD's coordination role among Philippine SRHR stakeholders and engagement with the Department of Health and Commission on Population and Development on family-planning policy.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF): Global SRHR advocacy and service-delivery federation. Compared to PLCPD, it is larger and operationally broader, but shares the strategic priority of advancing population, reproductive rights, and legislative reform through civil society channels.
• The Asia Foundation: International development organization working on governance, civic engagement, and inclusive development across Asia. Comparable to PLCPD through its governance and policy-reform focus and shared institutional donors (e.g., partners in EU-funded governance work).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PLCPD
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@plcpd
• Facebookfacebook.com/PLCPD1989
• Instagraminstagram.com/plcpd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/philippine-legislators-committee-on-population-and-development

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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