Tortured, Killed and Chained: International Trade & Tourism May Cause Extinction of Elephants Within...
By Jameela Freitas
The total number of elephants is rapidly decreasing globally as elephants are continued to be poached for ivory, and tortured and killed for tourism and entertainment.
Tourism for Change: An Inspiring Example from Cambodia
By Jenna Ke
With “adventurous living, responsible giving” as its tagline, PEPY, a non-profit organization based in Cambodia, aims to inspire people to become more responsible donors, travelers, and global citizens through educational tourism.
Lessons from a Summer Sojourn in Pakistan
"Our education is inefficacious if we cannot serve our communities and make a difference. If we are free, we need to free someone else as well; and if we have power, it is our job to empower others" argues Saad Ali Baloch.
José Manuel Ramos-Horta: “We resisted the temptation of violence”
"We never resorted to extremist tactics like kidnapping and killing innocent civilians; we had a very strict code of conduct that never allowed us to descend to the barbarity of the other side", says José Manuel Ramos-Horta, a freedom fighter, Timor-Leste's ex-president and a Nobel laureate.
A Dedicated Journey: One Man’s Commitment to Children’s Rights in Cambodia
by Gareth Mace
"We don't know when we will die, I like to do as much as I can. I want to try to...
Child Labour in India: The Missing Data & The Informal Economy
By Harris Zargar
Despite various efforts, child labour in India is still a common practice. Poverty forces children to seek jobs in undisclosed service sector and many are forced into prostitution, while many other become victims of human trafficking.
Gross National Happiness of Bhutan and its False Promises
Some foreign observers claim that GNH provides ideological cover for repressive and racist policies. Love it or hate it, one thing is clear, the pursuit of GNH does not appear to be helping the people of Bhutan rise to a higher standard of living.
CCPCR Cambodia: children’s anti-trafficking NGO as vital as ever
“People are products here. But now, I am a survivor", are the words of a 14 year old sex trafficked survivor in Cambodia. NGO in...
Who will win the Power Struggle for Tajikistan in the Central Asian ‘Great Game’?
By Adil Khan
Tajikistan is the poorest piece in the multifaceted jigsaw of Central Asia, being pulled by all corners of the globe. With the political elite apparently drowning in ‘cronyism and corruption’, if Tajikistan becomes too dependant on its foreign partners, it could perhaps lose its ability to function as an independent State, and ultimately, its sovereignty.
As pandemic deaths pass 1 million, COVID-19 survivors from 37 countries write to pharmaceuticals...
Survivors of COVID-19 from 37 countries are among almost 1,000 people who have signed an open letter to pharmaceutical industry leaders calling for a ‘people's vaccine’ and treatments that are available to all.
