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JDR3 Spotlight: Kaniz Fatema
August 8, 2019|post
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 […]
USDA Launches $1 Million Effort to Prevent Opioid Abuse in Five Counties
August 7, 2019|post
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – August 7, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $998,834 to launch a proactive program to prevent opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas, a region that has high rates of opioid abuse and overdose deaths. The two-year Delta Understanding and Preventing Substance and Opioid Abuse […]
Winrock CEO Named to Export-Import Bank Advisory Committee
August 1, 2019|post
WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 1, 2019 – Winrock President and CEO Rodney Ferguson has been named to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) 2019 Advisory Committee. He will be joined by senior leaders from Hewlett Packard, the AFL-CIO, and other luminaries from business, government, labor and finance. The Honorable Stevan Pearce, small business […]
Hamro Samman Activity Launches Two New Initiatives to Promote Greater Private Sector Engagement in Combating Human Trafficking in Nepal
July 30, 2019|post
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – July 30, 2019 – Today, at a program to mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) supported Hamro Samman Activity, which is implemented by Winrock International, launched two initiatives: the Hamro Samman Innovation Challenge and the Responsible […]
JDR3 Spotlight: Hafijul Islam Khan
July 25, 2019|post
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|post
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|post
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 […]
Mother, Farmer, Leader
July 23, 2019|post
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|post
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|post
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 […]