Overpopulation

The Philippines has one of the fastest growing populations in Southeast Asia. From having fifty
million inhabitants in 1980, the Philippines today is home to around ninty million people with 11
million living in Manila only. Living place is becoming increasingly satuarated. This
overcrowding is causing a range of problems such as lack of education, lack of healthcare,
unemployment and general poverty. Photojournalist Mads Nisssen visited some of these
overcrowded areas in Manila and poses the question how will it be in thirty years time when the
Philippine population is expected to have doubled to over 180 million inhabitants.
With every passing second, there are more and more of us. By the year 2050, the global
population is expected to pass nine billion people, a significant increase from the six-and-a-half
billion today. In the Philippines, they are already running out of space. The capital of Manila is
one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world.
What to produce?
- Make a Family Planning.
How to produce?
How much to produce?
- It dont need a cost to prevent this problem. Because you just need to make a family
planning.
Whom to produce?
- To all the people who were over populated.

Poverty
Poverty remains a critical social problem that needs to be addressed. Philippines' poverty line
marks a per capita income of 16,841 pesos a year. According to the data from the National
Statistical Coordination Board, more than one-quarter (27.9%) of the population fell below the
poverty line the first semester of 2012, an approximate 1 per cent increase since 2009.This figure
is a much lower figure as compared to the 33.1% in 1991.
The decline in poverty has been moderate, much than neighboring countries who experienced
broadly similar numbers in the 1980s, such as People's Republic of China (PRC), Thailand,
Indonesia or Vietnam. This shows that the incidence of poverty has remained significantly
uneven as compared to other countries for almost a decade. The unevenness of the decline has
been attributed to a large range of income brackets across regions and sectors, and unmanaged
population growth.
The government planned to eradicate poverty as stated in the Philippines Development Plan
2011-2016 (PDP). The PDP for those six years are an annual economic growth of 7-8% and the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Under the MDGs, Philippines
committed itself to having extreme poverty from a 33.1% in 1991 to 12.6% by 2015.

Rape
Rape, in Philippine Jurisprudence, is considered a criminal offense. In Philippine society, it is a
heinous crime punishable by life imprisonment. The Anti-Rape Law of 1997, which amended the
previous definition of rape as defined in the Revised Penal Code of 1930, now defines the crime
of rape as follows:
Article 266-A. Rape: When and How Committed. - Rape is committed:
1) By a man who shall have carnal knowledge of a woman under any of the following
circumstances:
a) Through force, threat, or intimidation;
b) When the offended party is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious;
c) By means of fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority; and
d) When the offended party is under twelve (12) years of age or is demented, even though none
of the circumstances mentioned above be present.
2) By any person who, under any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 hereof, shall
commit an act of sexual assault by inserting his penis into another person's mouth or anal orifice,
or any instrument or object, into the genital or anal orifice of another person.