Rebecca Root

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Journalist covering aid, global health and human rights. Bylines @Guardian @Devex @NewHumanitarian @Telegraph @NikkeiAsia @AttitudeMag

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Southeast Asia trafficked cybervictims freed but far from home

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Rebecca Root

FEATURE 30 May 2025 - 11:52 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. A highly publicised operation earlier this year by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in Myanmar where they were forced to trick and scam people worldwide. File photo. Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution.
SE Asia trafficked cyber victims freed but far from home

1 week ago | telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com | Rebecca Root

BANGKOK: Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca's anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution. Now, survivors of cyber-scam compounds dominate his time as founder of the Thailand-based Immanuel Foundation. Hundreds of thousands of victims are trapped in cyber-crime scam farms that sprung up during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia, according to the United Nations. Conditions are reported to be brutal, with the detainees ruled by violence.
SE Asia trafficked cyber victims freed but far from home

1 week ago | bilyonaryo.com | Rebecca Root

SOURCE: Thomson Reuters FoundationHundreds of thousands of victims trapped in scam compoundsCyber-crime economy contributed to $8 trillion losses in 2023Experts concerned that rescue efforts will discontinueBy Rebecca L RootBANGKOK – May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution. Now, survivors of cyber-scam compounds dominate his time as founder of the Thailand-based Immanuel Foundation.
Trafficked cyber scam victims in SE Asia freed but cannot get home

1 week ago | context.news | Rebecca Root

What’s the context? Rescued from cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia, trafficking survivors find themselves mired in process of getting back home. Hundreds of thousands of victims trapped in scam compoundsCyber-crime economy contributed to $8 trillion losses in 2023Experts concerned that rescue efforts will discontinueBANGKOK - Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution.
6 avenues open to someone who lost their job due to the USAID crisis

1 week ago | devex.com | Rebecca Root

As thousands search for work, Devex asks the experts what other options those impacted by USAID layoffs have. At a time when many development and aid organizations are putting a freeze on hiring, it can feel, to those who have lost their jobs due to the USAID crisis, that they have limited options.
Godfather of soft power leaves legacy of diplomacy at time of volatility

3 weeks ago | devex.com | Rebecca Root

International affairs scholar and author Joseph Nye, affectionately known as “the godfather of soft power,” died May 6 at the age of 88 in a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The political figurehead and education advocate leaves behind a legacy of diplomacy and peacebuilding at a time of geopolitical turmoil. Nye’s enduring concept of “soft power” transformed how the U.S. and other nations approach global development and international aid.
Amid Disappearing Federal Funds, Could New York Be a Model for City-Level Health?

3 weeks ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Rebecca Root

Over the 12 years that Mike Bloomberg was mayor of New York City, he centered public health in city policy, with a series of initiatives reported to have contributed to a three-year increase in life expectancy of city residents. Cities around the world are trying to duplicate these initiatives and emulate New York’s success.
Nutrition issues to watch at the 78th World Health Assembly

3 weeks ago | devex.com | Rebecca Root

Nutrition will take the spotlight at next week’s 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, with two nutrition-related resolutions set to be presented for adoption. “This WHA needs to be a wake-up call: nutrition is not just a humanitarian issue. It’s a matter of public health, human rights, and global equity,” Caroline Antoine, deputy director of technical expertise and research atAction Contre La Faim, or ACF, told Devex..
Indigenous rights: 4 things all development workers should know

3 weeks ago | devex.com | Rebecca Root

An often marginalized group, Indigenous peoples the world over are a key demographic of development assistance. This is what experts say every development professional should know about the communities. From the Karen hill tribes in Thailand to the Maasai in Kenya and Tanzania, there are over 5,000 Indigenous groups all over the world, entirely distinct from one another and comprising 6.2% of the global population.
Escalating conflict between India and Pakistan threatens crucial long-standing agreements

4 weeks ago | ibanet.org | Rebecca Root

On 7 May, India launched missiles at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which it says hosted ‘terrorist infrastructure’. Pakistan, in response, claims to have shot down Indian aircraft and drones and has warned of further military action. These developments mark a significant escalation in recent tensions between India and Pakistan, which stem from an attack by militants on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-administrated Kashmir.