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Emerging Patterns in the use of Technology for Labour Trafficking in Southeast Asia
This report was originally conceived to be an exploratory analysis of case data on trafficking and exploitation in Southeast Asia that begins online, trying to understand if recruitment is occurring via social media, messaging apps and websites and, if so, in which countries and to what extent. We attempted to examine and analyze information on […]
Advancing Organic Agriculture in the Mid-South: Evaluating Systems and Reducing Barriers to Entry
The U.S. Mid-South region has seen only nominal growth in organic production due in part to the lack of geographically specific production information. The most significant barriers include complex organic crop management and pest control, and the organic certification process.
Introduction to USDA Organic Certification
What is Organic? A labelling term indicating that food or products were produced by approved methods. Farming practices that Integrate biological, cultural, and mechanical practices to foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. Excludes synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, irradiation, GMOs. Differs from other industry labels: free-range, cage-free, natural, grass-fed, pasture raised, humane.
ATLAS Snapshot: Contributing to Thailand’s National Referral Mechanism
In Thailand, the National Referral Mechanism provides guidelines and mechanisms for the provision of protection and assistance to human trafficking victims and potential victims to agencies across the Thai government. Its completion was a significant advance in combatting human trafficking in the country and contributed to the removal of Thailand from the U.S. State Department’s […]
ATLAS Snapshot: Expanding Law Enforcement Actions in Thailand
ATLAS aimed to improve enforcement of laws at the organizational and systemic levels and did so by working with and supporting government agencies holistically. One such agency is Thailand’s Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA), an arm of the Ministry of the Interior that leads law enforcement operations outside Bangkok and training of provincial law enforcement […]
ATLAS Snapshot: Improving Police Training in Paraguay
Across countries, ATLAS prioritized working with justice-sector training academies to improve enforcement of laws through education of police, prosecutors, judges, and other enforcement actors. These academies have the capacity and mandate to train police and other officials year after year and are well positioned to appropriate and replicate training programs developed by ATLAS into the […]
ATLAS Snapshot: Reactivating and Supporting Human Trafficking Commissions in Paraguay
The NGO Partner of the Americas (POA) led implementation of ATLAS in Paraguay. There, the project worked to strengthen coordination and responses to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking at the local level by supporting Departmental Human Trafficking Commissions in five departments: Caaguazú, Itapúa, Guairá, Ñeembucú and Boquerón.
ATLAS Snapshot: Approving Hazardous and Light Work Lists in Liberia
In Liberia, child labor remains an all too common phenomenon with many boys, girls, and adolescents working under hazardous or unsafe conditions. Winrock has been supporting Liberian efforts to address child labor through a series of projects since 2012. This work came to fruition when on June 13, 2022, the nation’s Minister of Labor officially […]
ATLAS Snapshot: Strengthening Local Coordination in Argentina
Winrock’s partner Desarrollo y Autogestión (DyA) led implementation of ATLAS in Argentina, where the project successfully strengthened coordination to address child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in Buenos Aires province at the local level.