June 20, 2025
In continuation of the efforts to promote restorative justice for children in conflict with the law (CICLs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will lead the inauguration and blessing of the first Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) exclusively for girls on Friday (June 20) in the municipality of Consolacion, Cebu. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWD’s spokesperson, said the new RRCY is necessary to create a separate gender-sensitive facility to help in the rehabilitation and reintegration of girls in conflict with the law. “Young women and girls face distinct challenges that are different from their male counterparts. […]