The government now believes that the country's birthrate of 2.92 births per woman - among the highest in Asia - is holding back economic development. "We made a decision in this country that population is a problem," said Perez. Yet the current government wants to see changes. Joan can't imagine a different kind of life. The family is often hungry and thirsty, and survives by begging sailors for food and water. Her father brings in some money doing odd jobs at the port. Her mother occasionally finds a day of work cleaning mussels on the concrete floor of the fish port. No woman close to her has ever had a good job. Like Joan, her older sisters had babies when they were young and left school before they graduated. Sisters Joan (left) and Jossa Garcia (right), both teen mothers, are seen in their home in the Navotas fish port with their children, Angela and JM, respectively.
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