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A Study on Service Provision for Gender Minorities in Shelters for Human Trafficking Survivors in Thailand
This study on Service Provision for Gender and Sexual Minorities in Shelters for Human Trafficking Survivors in Thailand aims to: understand the existing policies and procedures for providing services to this group in specialized TIP shelters in Thailand; and provide recommendations on how to meet their needs better.
Volunteering Abroad with Winrock International
We are looking for volunteers with a wide range of experience, including but not limited to: Technical areas: agribusiness, entrepreneurship, marketing, international trade, food processing, access to credit, farming, agricultural sciences, nutrition, livestock development, natural resource management, community development, renewable energy, gender, education and training, engineering, and information communications technologies. General capacity building: business planning, […]
Final Report: Efficient Electric Cooking Market Uptake in Nepal (EECMU)
The overall objective of the study is to gather and disseminate information to increase adoption of Electric Pressure Cookers (EPCs) and their impact on load management and grid design. The specific objectives include: To determine consumer’s preference on the use of EPCs, willingness to pay, preferred business models, economic benefits of EPCs, and impacts of […]
Indebted Before Departure: Information Arbitrage and Financial Exploitation by Philippine Migration Intermediaries
Labor migration is currently the most common predicate action leading to human trafficking and forced labor, and debt bondage is the most common indicator of forced labor. Based on Migrasia’s first hand experience with directly assisting thousands of migrant domestic workers per year, instances of collusion between migration intermediaries in migrants’ pre-departure phase have been […]
Nepal’s Human Trafficking Routes: Mapping Destinations for Migrant Labour
Nepal has a longstanding history of outward migration, predominantly resulting from a lack of economic opportunities at home. Migration for foreign employment, therefore, has become a lucrative industry, with families becoming heavily dependent on foreign employment as their major source of income.
Trees to Revive farmland in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, desertification is on the rise. More than 9 million hectares of agricultural land, representing one third of the country, are degraded, with an additional 360,000 hectares degrading every year fueled largely by climate change. Rains are rare and when they occur, they wash away the soil […]
Local Conventions Pave Way to Community-Based Conflict Prevention in Niger
In West Africa, farmers and herders have been in competition for centuries. But violence involving pastoralists in West and Central Africa – as perpetrators and victims – has increased in recent years. Since 2010, there have been more than 15,000 deaths related to farmer-herder violence. Half of them have occurred since 20181.
Measurements of Vulnerability to Human Trafficking: Literature Review to Understand Current Approaches and Identification of Further Research Needs
Numerous international instruments emphasize that individuals vulnerable to human trafficking need to be better protected (e.g., UN Trafficking Protocol and UNODC Model Law against Trafficking in Persons). Yet, the question that emerges is whether the current substantial body of research provides a solid enough foundation upon which to reliably determine vulnerability of individuals to human […]
Private Protection Centers to Assist Human Trafficking Survivors in Thailand: Obstacles to Registration and Recommendations for Mitigation
The Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons project commissioned this study to understand why, despite the efforts and benefits, only three (3) organizations in Thailand have successfully registered privately-run protection centers for survivors of human trafficking with the Division of Antitrafficking in Persons (DATIP). The report provides actionable recommendations, including alternative policies or initiatives to promote […]