Sex Tourism: My Father's Secret
Join us either in-person or online for a co-hosted event with Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram and investigative journalist Grace Tobin who will speak about their project in relation to Sex Tourism in the Philippines.
📍 If you are attending in-person, please arrive at Holding Redlich at 5.30pm for registration and drinks.
💻If you are attending online, you will receive a follow-up confirmation email on the day containing further details on how to join the webinar.
🎟️ AIIA QLD members are entitled to free in-person entry. The price for other tickets can be found after clicking the 'register' button.
📷 Please note that you may be photographed or filmed for public consumption.
ⓘ If you arrive after 6:00pm, the lifts may not be accessible. Ring 0477 610 083 for assistance.
Sex work is big business in the Philippines, but with contraception often not used in the country and abortion illegal, there can be long term consequences. Men from overseas — including Australia and New Zealand — are estimated to have fathered tens of thousands of children to Filipino sex workers. Most of these children have never been acknowledged and are raised in poverty by their mothers. Now, thanks to a trailblazing Australian-led project, the children's DNA is being used to identify their sex-tourist fathers, track them down, and demand child support.
Co-hosted by Dr Kiriloi M. Ingram and investigative journalist Grace Tobin this event will examine this unique DNA project that has complex legal and ethical hurdles for all involved. The discussion will also explore Dr Ingram's research into how sexual exploitation and violence are key drivers of Filipino women joining local extremist groups such as the Islamic State.