Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Philippines'
Survivors of Sex Trafficking in Global South Need IT Skills Training Rather than Sewing Lessons
by Katie Palmer -Canada- Child sex trafficking is rampant throughout the Philippines. Both anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies estimate that 60,000 to 100,000 Filipino children, a majority between the ages of 14 and 17, are trafficked each year...
Philippine Historical Amnesia: Reflections on Marcos’ Authoritarian Rule
by Tess Bacalla -Philippines- Thirty-nine years ago this month, the Philippines found itself plunged into darkness when then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. Ostensibly to modernize the country and prevent a communist takeover, the multi-headed hydra that was the brutal...
From One System of Control to Another for Philippine Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution
by Katie Palmer -Philippines- Nicki* was eight when her mother sold her to a local pimp in Southern Luzon, Philippines. She was forced to have sex daily with different pedophiles in a seedy brothel. Every night she danced on a...
Reproductive Health Bill Sparks Controversy between Catholics and the Church in the Philippines
by Katie Palmer -Philippines- What happens to a country where there is a tight marriage between the State and the Catholic Church as well as an absence of a national population policy and nationwide inaccessibility to contraceptives, particularly among the...
India Sets Its Sights on Higher Education
by Priyanka Bhardwaj - India - Education remains an emotional subject in a poor and developing country like India, where it is seen as the primary means for social and economic mobility. Indian families are known to sell land and...
The First Shift: Domestic Workers Deserve Basic Rights
by Brittany Shoot - Denmark - In Demark, despite strict immigration laws, it isn’t uncommon to see large groups of young Filipina women congregating on train station platforms or giggling together in public. In Copenhagen, state-sanctioned domestic workers are often...
Alberta’s Government Fills the Province’s Labor Force Shortage with Temporary Foreign Workers
by Jasmin So-Armada - Canada - Walk into a convenience store, coffee shop or supermarket in Calgary and chances are you’ll be waited on by a temporary foreign worker (TFW). Though they come from many countries, they share one story:...
The Hard Truth Behind Asia's Health Care Worker Exodus
by Imelda V. Abaño - The Philippines - For decades, the Philippines, one of the poorest countries in Asia, has provided skilled medical professionals primarily to wealthy places such as the United States, Europe and the Middle East. But as...
Poverty and Food Crisis: from the Philippines to Haiti
by Imelda V. Abaño - Philippines - Hunger is the most crucial manifestation of poverty. In many parts of the world, the soaring prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have triggered social unrest and a growing sense of...
Saving Mothers, Saving Children: The 2008 Mother’s Report
by Marianne Taflinger - USA - In Sweden, a doctor delivers Sari, and her family celebrates what will be the beginning of a long life, probably 83 years or more. She’ll attend at least 17 years of school and if...
Marriage & Domestic Violence: A Fatal Combination in the Philippines, Yet Divorce Is Illegal
by Tess Raposas - Philippines - Maria was 16 when she first came to visit the Philippines from California and decided to remain here. Witty and talented, she became a popular movie icon. Then barely in her twenties, she plunged...
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Crisis: Their Stories from the UN Conference in Bali
by Imelda V. Abaño - Philippines - At the December UN conference in Bali, Indonesia, experts and concerned people alike discussed how poor women in developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in a wide range of ways. They...
Corruption Reduces the Basic Need for Water and Adequate Sanitation to an Elusive Dream for Billions
by Tess Raposas - Philippines - In coastal communities all over the Philippines, it is ironic that seawater is abundant everywhere but effectively, there’s not a drop of clean water to drink. But the problem exists throughout the country, and...
In Ongoing War in Muslim Mindanao, Women Are Peacemakers and Breadwinners
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines In times of war and during the peace process, women have played key roles, particularly in the protection of their rights and those of their children. • Cultures clash in the Philippines as US military...
Philippine Fertility Rate Is One of the Highest in Asia: Santa Clara, Segundina and Other Stories
by Tess Raposas Philippines • Thousands flock to Obando Bulacan for its annual fertility festival. Photograph by Darwin Go. •In this predominantly Catholic country, people often pray for divine intervention from Santa Clara (Saint Claire), the patron saint of the...
The Right to Food on World Food Day
by Imelda V. Abano Philippines When I visited a dumpsite last week to do a story about scavengers, I saw a group of children sifting through mountains of trash and asked: "What do you do when you're hungry?" They stared...
Can the Struggle for Philippine Democracy Be a Lesson to Burma?
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines The bloody military crackdown in Burma (also known as Myanmar) was bound to happen. Some people called it "pure democracy" as hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters joined with 10,000 of the Buddhist monks the...
Women in the Philippines Demand a Solution: Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities Threatens Their Children and Their Lives
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Women like this 70-year old landfill dweller in Baguio City must find water wherever they can. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño. •For Edna Dela Cruz, water is life, but it's also backbreaking work. As...
In a Landmark Case, Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada Gets Life in Prison on Corruption Charges
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Anti-Estrada protestors in 2001. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño. •"It is a political decision…I am innocent!" cried the 70-year-old already ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada after he was convicted of corruption on a massive...
Climate Change: An Urgent Issue for Poor Countries Like the Philippines
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • A child living in poverty on the island of Boracay, Philippines. Photograph by Jenny Webber •Nowhere will the impact of climate change be felt more than in the world's poorest nations where people live...
Saving the Grain of Culture: Historic Rice Terraces In Danger
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • A native farmer atop the Ifugao Rice Terraces. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño •For centuries, rice has sculpted the culture of Asia. In fact, more than 2,000 years ago in the Philippines, tribal farmers...
Newly Developed Technologies Designed to Assess and Mitigate Geo-Hazard Risks Could Effectively Save Thousands of Lives in Southeast Asia and Beyond
by Imelda V. Abano Philippines "I was working on our small vegetable farm in our backyard when I felt the earth tremble. I looked up and saw the landslide coming towards me. • Typical home in the mountainous Mangyan village,...
Breast-feeding Rates Decline Across Asia and the Pacific Posing Health Risks to Infants and Children
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Photograph courtesy of IRRI •Susan Luknas, is a 26-year old mother from a small village in Bontoc, Mountain Province in the Northern Philippines. All six of her children were breastfed and never tasted anything...
Body Tattooing - a lost tradition
by Imelda V. Abaño Phillippines Body tattooing is one of the world's oldest art forms having been widely practiced for thousands of Lagya Aturba remembers her mother who bore intricate tattoos all over her body. years in many cultures. By...
Philippines to Give Highest Award to Slain Woman US Peace Corps Volunteer
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines The Philippine government will award its highest decoration to slain United States Peace Corps volunteer, Julia Campbell, describing her as a "martyred volunteer." Campbell, 40, of Fairfax, Virginia went missing April 8 during a trek...
Women Power in the Philippine Elections
by Imelda Abaño Philippines On May 14, 2007, as the Philippines is scheduled for national elections. For this year's general mid-term elections, 87,000 candidates are running for 17,000 national and local positions, which include all of the 250 seats in...
Asian Nations Urged to Shift to Clean Energy
by Imelda V. Abano Philippines Environmental group Greenpeace called on Asian governments to work in mitigating the impacts of climate change by shifting to renewable energy sources. The challenge to Asian governments was made April 28, at the launch of...
The New Face of AIDS—Young Asian Woman
By Imelda V. Abaño, Philippines Philippines --- HIV/AIDS, like other life-threatening illnesses, can open a path of reflection for many, redeeming them from living in dread of death, allowing them to relish, instead, each day as a gift of life....
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