Michelle Abad is a multimedia reporter at Rappler. She writes about overseas Filipinos, the rights of women and children, and labour.

She was previously a researcher-writer at Newsbreak, Rappler’s investigative and research arm. 

In 2021, her story on abused sex workers became a finalist for the Society of Publishers in Asia award for Excellence in Reporting on Women’s Issues. The following year, her investigative piece on sexual harassment in a Catholic school became a finalist for the Lasallian Scholarum Awards’ Outstanding Online Feature Story on the Youth and Education category.

Michelle graduated with a degree in communication and an honorable mention at Ateneo de Manila University. 
 

Michelle Abad

Basic information

Name
Michelle Abad
Title
Multimedia reporter
Expertise
Human rights, human trafficking, forced labour
Country
Philippines
City
Manila
Links

Supported projects

Diplomatic immunity and impunity

  • Exploitation
  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Trafficking

MANILA - “Immunity & Impunity: How Diplomats Get Away with Exploiting Domestic Workers” is a multi-country, multimedia investigative series that examines how diplomats exploit their foreign domestic workers and escape prosecution because of diplomatic immunity. It also reveals the complicity of sending countries in protecting diplomats implicated in domestic trafficking and exploitation.

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Diplomatic immunity and impunity