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JDR3 Spotlight: Kaniz Fatema
August 8, 2019
Can you tell us a bit about yourself — where you come from and how you came to work in your current field?Hello, I am Ms. Kaniz Fatema, born in Rangpur, in the northern part of Bangladesh. I have completed a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) from Rangpur in the […]
JDR3 Spotlight: Hafijul Islam Khan
July 25, 2019
Can you tell us a bit about yourself – where you come from and how you came to work in your current field?I am a lawyer and climate change negotiator. I have been working for 16 years. I am leading an organization called the Center for Climate Justice as an executive director. What are your […]
Empowering Women Leaders in Water Basin Management
July 23, 2019
As in many countries, women in Cambodia are the primary collectors, users and managers of water. In addition to overseeing household water use, women comprise a significant portion of the roughly two-thirds of Cambodians who work in smallholder farming, and who thus depend on water for their livelihoods. Yet at the same time, social norms […]
NowaraCo: A Grandmother’s Legacy Empowers Young Refugees
July 23, 2019
In 2019 the Arkansas Women’s Business Center at Winrock International piloted Momentum, a first-of-its-kind business accelerator targeting minority women in Arkansas. Momentum provided 10 minority woman-owned businesses with professional development training, mentorship and $500 in seed funding for business development. The five-week accelerator led to the launch and expansion of 10 new minority woman-owned businesses […]
Speaking Her Mind
July 23, 2019
When word filtered through To Dy’s village in 2009 that she planned to build a latrine in her aging house, her neighbors struggled to suppress their laughter. Like her, they had never used a latrine growing up. When people saved extra money, they used it to renovate or enlarge their homes. What was she thinking? […]
Mother, Farmer, Leader
July 23, 2019
For decades, Rom Sareun balanced a life split between work and family, farming rice with her husband and caring for her six children. When her husband unexpectedly died in 2002, she shouldered his responsibilities, harnessing their cow and tilling the fields behind a heavy plow. Her youngest son was only seven. The hard work of […]
Putting New Skills to Use for Her Community
July 23, 2019
A bright afternoon sun blankets the village of Chanlahorng as visitors approach a cluster of wood-frame houses surroundinga dirt courtyard. Wearing a black T-shirt and a yellow patterned skirt, Sin Phally sets out a tea pot, drinking glasses and bottles of water for her guests. Then Phally, a rice farmer and mother of two, begins […]
Underground Escape: A Social Justice Escape Room
July 23, 2019
In 2019 the Arkansas Women’s Business Center at Winrock International piloted Momentum, a first-of-its-kind business accelerator targeting minority women in Arkansas. Momentum provided 10 minority woman-owned businesses with professional development training, mentorship and $500 in seed funding for business development. The five-week accelerator led to the launch and expansion of 10 new minority woman-owned businesses […]
Tren Al Sur: Coming to America – And Bringing Food
July 23, 2019
In 2019 the Arkansas Women’s Business Center at Winrock International piloted Momentum, a first-of-its-kind business accelerator targeting minority women in Arkansas. Momentum provided 10 minority woman-owned businesses with professional development training, mentorship and $500 in seed funding for business development. The five-week accelerator led to the launch and expansion of 10 new minority woman-owned businesses […]
An Award-Winning Partnership in Ghana Strengthens Land Tenure and the Global Cocoa Supply
June 28, 2019
The vast majority of cocoa consumed in America comes from only two countries – Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. What happens there has an outsized influence on America’s chocolate supply. Yet in Ghana, the supply has been under threat like never before, as up to 40 percent of cocoa farms suffer from low productivity, with many […]