by Katie Palmer –Canada– Like for many Canadian children, the 1993 Warner Brothers classic Free Willy fueled my love of orca whales, colloquially known as “killer whales.” I begged my parents to give me a “whale name.” They dubbed me…
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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…
Tagged with: NGO's, Philippines, Sex Trafficking, Technology, women's empowerment
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Advocacy Tours Transform Local Development Issues into Tourist Spectacles
by Katie Palmer –Canada– Recently I partnered with a colleague from OneChild, a children’s rights organization, to travel throughout Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand for several weeks to investigate prevalent social issues affecting children and youth in the region. Such issues…
Tagged with: Economic Inequality, NGO's, poverty, Southeast Asia, Tourism
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Generation ‘Y’ Leads the Way in the Rise of Active Global Citizenship
by Katie Palmer –Canada– In recent years, there has been a slight yet noticeable shift among many Western young adult travelers. Once adventurously backpacking across Northern Europe and other parts of the world, they now combine cheap travel to the…
Tagged with: human rights, NGO's, poverty, Social Change, Tourism, Travel
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
New Integrated Resorts Source of Social and Environmental Problems in Singapore
by Katie Palmer –Canada– At first glance, it seems as if the Government of Singapore has developed a brilliant plan to create jobs for local Singaporeans, to boost tourism, and to generate large amounts of revenue. By opening two world-class…
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…
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
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…
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
A Home Away From Home: Filipina Nannies Create Spaces of Belonging in Canada
by Katie Palmer –Canada– In 2009, the Toronto Star published a series of investigative reports on the widespread abuse and exploitation of Filipina live-in caregivers. The newspaper repeatedly pegged migrant women as victims: victims of ungodly employers; victims of provincial…
