Malacañang Palace
12 March 2009
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo conferred honors to the most Child-Friendly Municipalities in the country today, right after signing into law Republic Act 9523, which prescribes as a pre-requisite for adoption a certification from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) affirming the availability of a child for adoption.
The municipalities awarded support the Philippine Strategic Framework for Plan Development for Children, which was developed in 1999 under then Vice President Gloria Arroyo who was concurrent DSWD Secretary.
The awards were conferred to local government units who evidently upheld the rights of the children on survival, protection, development and participation.(VGT/RJU)
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