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The People of PIER: Susan Nurhasanah

July 16, 2020|post

What is your role in the PIER project? I’m the private finance consultant, focusing on the PIER project in Indonesia. I supported the country assessment for Indonesia, helped identify potential projects and, together with the project lead, developed a project implementation plan. I’m part of the on-the-ground team implementing the project, and I manage our […]

Return Migration Presents an Opportunity for Change in Nepal

July 15, 2020|post

Poverty, lack of domestic employment and increased income opportunities outside the country have driven Nepali youth to foreign employment. For a few years the numbers of female migrants have been steadily rising, too. The age restrictions the government places on women who want to migrate to India and the Gulf states for domestic work means […]

Trafficking Survivor Creates Fund for Migrants in Bangladesh

July 14, 2020|post

Saiful Islam grew up the youngest of seven children in a poor family in the Rangpur District of Bangladesh. He became a supervisor after completing his higher secondary education and he passed his bachelors exam, too. But after receiving his degree, he wasn’t able to find a job. With no other options, he began to […]

Student Unlocks Potential with Mushroom Short Course

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Even with a job as an extension worker, Nelson Lulanga could not financially support his large family. Being the only employed child in a family of eight children, the salary was never enough to care for his grandmother, support his younger siblings with school tuition, food and basic needs. He could barely make the ends […]

Mushroom Production Short Course Helps a Young Woman Realize her Dreams

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Qualified Adolescent Young Girls and Women (AYGW) and vulnerable young men in Malawi face many barriers to access Higher Education (HE) and safe employment. A country with one of the fastest growing populations and one of the youngest age structures in the world, where 45% of the 19.1 million total population is under 15 years […]

The People of PIER: Natalie Rice

July 2, 2020|post

What is your role within the PIER project? I am the communications intern. I’ve been working on blog interviews about the team (like this one), beefing up our social media footprint, designing creative infographics, and any other tasks that the team could use my help with. What excites you about the project? I never really […]

Surviving Human Trafficking

July 1, 2020|post

By Dinara Saliyeva Razia (name changed to protect her identity) crouched behind the bushes along a highway in Kazakhstan, hiding every time a car passed by. She was determined to escape, fearful that her “owner” was chasing her and that she might have to return to the meaningless existence she had been trapped in for […]

United States, Jamaica Engage in First Annual Child Protection Compact Partnership Bilateral Dialogue

June 30, 2020|post

June 16, 2020 – The United States and Jamaica continue to partner on efforts to combat child trafficking. Representatives of both governments convened an online discussion to mark progress and define next steps as part of the U.S. – Jamaica Child Protection Compact Partnership, a 4-year partnership signed by both governments on May 30, 2018. The […]

SWP Publishes Five Studies  To Support Evidence-Based Decision-Making in the Mara River Basin

June 25, 2020|post

As demand for water continues to grow and climate change makes water availability less predictable, water security is an increasing challenge  around the world. While many countries would like to adapt their water management strategies to respond to this challenge, a common hurdle is a lack of reliable data to support evidence-based decision-making. This problem […]

Winrock Issues Guidance for Monitoring & Evaluation During COVID-19