More than four million poor families in the Philippines benefit from the government’s flagship conditional cash transfer initiative, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Behind this nationwide effort are the Parent Leaders (PLs), the steady hands that connect 4Ps beneficiaries with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), ensuring that support and information reach even the farthest barangays. In most communities, these Parent Leaders are women, over 143,100 female PLs across the country who have become the nurturing force ...