Coffee and cocoa are important global commodities, generating $17.9 billion for coffee-producing countries from October 2019–September 2020 (ICO 2021) and $9.6 billion for cocoa-producing countries in 2019 (OEC 2021). Approximately 70% of coffee (Alba 2019) and cocoa (IISD 2019) is produced by smallholder farmers (SHFs) who cultivate fewer than two hectares (ha) and who are […]
Đăng tải ngày 30 tháng 6 năm 2022 – Tác giả: Phan Thị Nhung, Cán bộ Chương trình Tác động tập thể, Dự án Giảm thiểu Ô nhiễm do USAID tài trợ tại Việt Nam. Trước khi quyết tâm theo đuổi tấm bằng Thạc sỹ Biến đổi khí hậu của Đại học Quốc Gia Hà […]
According to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) human trafficking is “a crime that uses force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploiting an individual for profit through forced labor or sexual exploitation” (USAID, 2021). Despite the recognition of human trafficking as a devastating social injustice and an international crime as well as […]
Every year, countless people become victims of human trafficking. The number is countless because the vast majority of those cases go unidentified and unreported. As a result, victims remain invisible, go unsupported, continue to suffer abuses, and continue to face stigma and trauma even after finding their way out of trafficking. This lack of visibility […]
SafeStep is created for Bangladeshis seeking safe, reliable overseas employment. The goal is to empower people relocating overseas for work with the necessary knowledge and tools to ensure their recruitment and employment experience is safe, transparent and ethical. SafeStep is a product developed by a consortium of partner organizations – Diginex Solutions, ELEVATE and Winrock […]
This private sector engagement (PSE) learning paper was developed to document lessons from the current Winrock programming and to inform future counter-trafficking in persons (CTIP) initiatives in Thailand.
Malaysia has been employing millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers since the 1980s. In 2012, the governments of Malaysia and Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labor migration. The memorandum, known as the G2G (government to government) program, allowed Bangladesh to send migrant workers to Malaysia’s plantation sector. The G2G program was later reformed […]