FSTIP Newsletter Issue 1

The five-year (July 2021 – June 2026) Fight Slavery and Trafficking- In-Persons (FSTIP)

project is the culmination of a 12-year partnership between Winrock, USAID, and

Bangladesh’s government and civil society to pioneer and expand interventions to

combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and child marriage (CM). Our joint success enabled

the government of Bangladesh (GOB) to make significant progress towards meeting the

minimum standards for the elimination of TIP, resulting in the United States Department

of State (USDOS) upgrading the country from Tier 2 Watchlist to Tier 2 in its 2020 TIP

Report. Bangladesh retained this status in the 2021 and 2022 reports.