This ground-breaking, flagship project aims to contribute to research and policymaking on the impacts of migration on development. Six commissioned research teams will each undertake a study examining the impacts of international migration on development in their chosen country of study.

Each study involves two key components:
* Household survey examining developmental impacts of international migration on the country in question.
* 50-100 page country report analyzing both the developmental impacts and the role of policy in enhancing the positive effects of migration while minimizing negative impacts.

Budget: US $500,000

Deadline: November 26, 2007

Special weight will be given to cost-effective studies. Read the rest of this entry »

In theaters September 28. See trailers on Trade website

When 13-year-old Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), sets off on a desperate mission to save her.
Trapped by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana’s only friend throughout her ordeal is Veronica (Alicja Bachleda), a young Polish woman captured by the same criminal gang. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl’s abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally. Read the rest of this entry »

In a recent project, I accidentally came across the list of most influential 50 Moldovans in the VIP magazine. Much to my surprise, but probably reflective of the patriarchic society, only 6% of these influential people are women.

(11) Zinaida Greceanii/ politics
(39) Maria Postoico/ politics
(48) Natalia Vrabie/ banking system

Notice, that women don’t even make it in top 10, as the first woman lands on the 11th place. Read the rest of this entry »

Re-posted from StopTraffickNow website

We are seeking panelists from diverse backgrounds, including activists, legislators, academics, NGO representatives, religious groups, and victim advocates. We are also seeking booth and art display proposals that focus on issues relating to human trafficking from individuals and organizations.

We are particularly interested in panel, paper, and booth proposals on the following issues as they relate to trafficking in persons: labor, gender, sex, children, US foreign policy, militarization, economics, politics/policy, the EU, activism, religious perspectives, prevention/protection/prosecution/best practices. Read the rest of this entry »

The World Bank Independent Evaluation Group has recently published a study on How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government.  The author of the study is Keith Mackay, and the book is divided six chapters covering a wide variety of topics:

• monitoring and evaluation for governments (M & E concepts, methods, strategies, and plans);
• monitoring and evaluation country experiences and good practices (Chile, Colombia, Australia, and the special case of Africa);
• lessons learned from experience on building M&E systems, as well as ways to persuade governments to set up M&E Systems;
• ways to strengthen a government’s M&E system and ways to set up action plans;
  commonly asked questions and lessons on how to ensure evaluations are influential. Read the rest of this entry »