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Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) 2021: The Year in Review
February 11, 2022|post
The progress ART achieved in 2021 with collaborators significantly broadened opportunities to unlock inclusive, large-scale solutions from forests that support achievement of the ambitious climate and sustainable development goals of the Paris Agreement. We would like to acknowledge the continued leadership from ART’s independent board of directors, who provide ongoing strategic guidance and help to […]
Concordia Live: Supporting Underbanked Small Businesses in the U.S. South and Southeast
February 7, 2022|post
My colleague Tonitrice Wicks and I recently participated in the first Concordia Live event of 2022. Concordia’s monthly live webinars spark global conversations and highlight innovative partnerships across the Concordia community. The topic for this first webinar of the year was chosen intentionally because it lasers in on one of the root causes of the […]
Winrock-Led USDA Project to Improve Worker Health in Delta Communities
January 31, 2022|post
North Little Rock, Ark. ─ Jan. 31, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $974,978 to improve the health and wellness of the rural workforce in four Arkansas counties that currently experience higher rates of chronic diseases, health risk factors and other health disparities. The USDA Supporting Health Advances for Rural Employees […]
Connected, Creative, Central: The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Serves All
January 26, 2022|post
In late 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, conspiring to keep us from friends, family, and new opportunities, 26-year-old Melanie Leill bucked the trend. After learning about ceramics classes offered by the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock, she signed up and set herself on a personal mission: to design and craft […]
PULASKI COUNTY AWARDS $289,000 TO INNOVATION HUB, EXPANDING ACCESS TO STEAM LEARNING
January 18, 2022|post
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Pulaski County announced today that it awarded $289,000 to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub at Winrock International to bring STEAM (science, technology, engineering and math) hands-on field trips to students. “We are excited about what this grant can do to expose so many youths to STEAM and will continue to fund […]
The United States and Bangladesh Combat Human Trafficking
January 13, 2022|post
Dhaka, January 12, 2022 – Ambassador Miller and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Anisul Huq, M.P., inaugurated a counter-human trafficking workshop for tribunal judges in Dhaka. The event was jointly organized by Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) and the Fight Slavery and Trafficking In-Persons (FSTIP) project and funded by the United States Agency […]
2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: Jamaica
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The Government of Jamaica does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Jamaica remained on Tier 2. These efforts included […]
NATFATIP Handbook
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This handbook contains the definition of trafficking in persons, indicators of trafficking in persons, how to identify a potential victim of trafficking in persons and the national referral mechanism. It is designed to increase your knowledge of trafficking in persons. It will not only advise you on what you can do to assist and protect […]
Child Trafficking Screening Tool (Narrative Version)
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Child trafficking is an extreme form of child abuse and a modern day form of slavery. Jamaican law prohibits child trafficking through its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act.
The Climate Q&A
January 10, 2022|post
What is an engineered solution for climate change? An engineered solution is a technological intervention to address a specific problem or challenge associated with climate change. Most engineered solutions usually focus on reducing or preventing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or removing GHGs already in our atmosphere. One good example is the methodology that the American Carbon […]