This week Global Breakthrough team members travel through Cambodia to gain understanding of the rampant sex trafficking operations at work there. Struck by poverty and desperation, this is a country where women and children are sold at large. Below, a team member presents in a form of free writing, a powerful depiction of their experience [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Trip Update: Cambodia
Posted by Casey on March 30th, 2012
Posted in Human Trafficking, Trip Updates 
Tags: Cambodia, Children, Get Involved, Global Breakthrough, poverty, sex trafficking, trip update, Women 
No Comments »How Early Marriage Targets Girls in Poverty
Posted by Casey on March 12th, 2012
At the intersection of poverty and gender discrimination lies early marriage for young girls. Early marriage can be both psychologically and physically detrimental, and one crippling result for some girls living in poverty is obstetric fistulas. Defining Early Marriage Early marriage is defined as the marriage of a girl between the ages of ten [...]
Posted in Poverty, Women Tags: early marriage, Global Breakthrough, maternal morbidity, obstetric fistulas, poverty No Comments »Water: A Crisis of Poverty
Posted by Casey on February 20th, 2012
At Global Breakthrough, we celebrate other’s efforts to alleviate poverty and to address other social justice concerns. Today we give props to charity:water. Charity: water is a non-profit organization designed to help the impoverished access sources of clean and safe water close to their homes. The Statistics According to water.org, one in eight people lack [...]
Unvoiced Diseases of Poverty Killing Millions
Posted by Casey on February 10th, 2012
Over one billion people suffer from what are called neglected diseases (WHO). Neglected diseases are conditions inflicting people in the poorest countries of the world. They are dubbed ‘neglected’ due to the fact that these diseases are often overlooked by pharmaceutical companies, the news media, government officials, and public health programs, and since these diseases [...]
Posted in Poverty Tags: elepantiasis, Global Breakthrough, malaria, neglected diseases, poverty, World Health Organization No Comments »Closer Look: Child Labor in Cambodia
Posted by Casey on February 3rd, 2012
At seven years old, Doung Paeaktra is the sole provider for his family. His father is dead and his mother is nursing a new born babe. He sits on the banks of a river sifting through trash and looking for plastics he can recycle and thereby gain a few cents. Doung is not alone; it’s been [...]
Posted in Poverty Tags: Cambodia, Child labor, Global Breakthrough, International Labour Organization, poverty No Comments »Let’s Talk Microfinance
Posted by Casey on January 14th, 2012
In recent years, the enthusiasm for microfinance has grown in leaps and bounds. The following is an up-close look at the good, the bad and the ugly of microfinance, and how to capitalize on the good. The Good: Opportunities for income, especially for women, are often limited in many developing countries, and microloan empowers the [...]
Posted in Business Training, Poverty Tags: economic growth, Global Breakthrough, India, microfinance, microloans, poverty, Pro Mujer No Comments »The Fight to Make Vulnerable Children our Greatest Priority
Posted by Casey on December 11th, 2011
Currently at Global Breakthrough, there are three major causes at the forefront of our work: human trafficking, children with disabilities, and global poverty. In a recent article published by States News Service, we see how aspects of these causes collide. The article states that UNICEF and other leading experts on child protection detail some of [...]
Power of Women’s Education from Women in the World Foundation
Posted by Casey on November 14th, 2011
The Women of the World Foundation has put forth powerful arguments as to how women’s education can impact both the global economy and public health. In economic terms, Women in the World write “For every year a girl spends in primary school, her earning potential increases by 15 percent, and she becomes more likely to [...]
