IN celebration of the 8th National Family Week (NFW) from Sept. 21 to 27, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom), together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other government partners, call on all sectors of society to do their utmost in securing Filipino families against economic difficulties and violence stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sharing the common mandate of the development for the basic unit and structure of Philippine society, PopCom and DSWD underscore the strengthening of Filipino families against outside forces which result to the loss of income, employment and livelihood as well as internal ones that unsuspectingly creep from within, such as violence among their own members, especially against women and children.