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  • A group of janitors started a movement to stop sexual abuse

    January 16, 2018 |

    Reveal |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After a documentary brought to light the prevalence of sexual assault experiences by women janitors, a California janitors union decided it was going to do something about the issue. Women leaders within the union convinced leadership to take on the issue, got a state representative to sponsor a bill to curb sexual harassment in the janitorial industry, and workers held a hunger strike at the state capitol. Every janitor must now have "anti-sexual harassment training," and employers must integrate the law into practice in order to do business.

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  • Energy Democracy: People Power for a Cleaner Planet

    January 11, 2018 |

    Colorlines |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    As the United States grapples with the already-occurring effects of climate change, there is a growing call from the energy democracy movement to make sure energy efficiency remains equitable and affordable. Initiatives like Mississippi’s One Voice or the South Bronx’s Mothers on the Move recognize that climate change hits low-income first and most and are working to address the unequal power dynamics through shared, power-powered energy initiatives.

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  • These young women are raising awareness about sexual health in Iran

    January 10, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Iran

    After studying in the U.S. and observing the prevalent amount of information about STD’s on university campuses, two Iranian women decided they wanted to focus on sexual health in Iran, where sex is a taboo subject. They started a sexual health website for Farsi speakers, and run sex-ed workshops in Iran. “They also run a nongovernmental organization — registered in the US as RAH Foundation and in Iran under Ctrl+S. They have an Instagram account with over 12,000 followers.”

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  • Iceland hopes to get rid of the gender pay gap with a revolutionary new law

    January 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland

    Iceland is hoping to become the first country to eliminate the pay gap between men and women after it imposed a law that mandates companies get an equal pay certification or face a fine.”This law is thought to be the first of its kind.”

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  • What Can New York Learn from New Jersey's Bail Reform?

    January 04, 2018 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In 2017, New Jersey eliminated the cash bail system – meaning that potential offenders awaiting court could not be held in jail for money. Instead, judges use an algorithm that considers the individual’s criminal history, flight risk, and threat level to the community. As New York considers doing the same, it looks the impact it has made in New Jersey.

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  • In push to end child marriage in Guatemala, young women are on the front line

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Guatemala, Tierra Blanca

    In some rural parts of Guatemala, "more than half the girls...marry before the age of 18." While a coalition of organizations was able to lobby lawmakers, and raise the legal marriage age to 18, real changes happened at the community level when mentors engaged with girls.

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  • Lifting Up Community Voices to Tackle Injustice

    December 26, 2017 |

    Truthout |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    This article uses the stories of five different activist women across the United States as examples of successes using the human-centered design strategy of centering the people most directly affected in the decision-making and healing process. The women work in a variety of justice areas (from housing equity to incarceration), but they all testify to a community justice model as being the most effective and empowering solution to past and current injustices.

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  • Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students

    December 22, 2017 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Bentonville, Arkansas

    The state of Arkansas cares deeply about the wellbeing of its students, as evidenced by its flourishing system of alternative schools that provide extra counseling in academics, social and mental support, and research-backed techniques that reduce bad behavior, poor grades, and absenteeism. The schools even work to dismantle the taboo around alternative schools, presenting them as an intervention rather than a punishment. The introduction of these schools correlates with a decline in Arkansas' overall dropout rate from 2002 to 2012, and nearly 10% of its graduates have spent time in alternative education.

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  • What Chicago is learning from Cuba when it comes to fighting infant mortality

    December 22, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Income inequality and limited access to healthcare contribute to high rates of infant mortality in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago. The University of Illinois has partnered with the Cuban Ministry of Public Health to model Cuba's approach to combating infant mortality; one that has been successful in bringing down the rate of infant mortality in Cuba to lower than the U.S. national average. The team makes home visits to women of childbearing age in Englewood to ask them screening questions for a $50 stipend to try to get to the root of the infant mortality problem.

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  • The ‘Frequent Flier' Program That Grounded a Hospital's Soaring Costs

    December 18, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Sharing data between health care centers and community social services lowers health care costs and increases access to vital assistance. A software platform developed by the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) allows social service organizations such as homeless shelters and food pantries to coordinate with the Parkland Memorial Hospital. By identifying patients who are frequently admitted to Parkland’s emergency room, PCCI’s shared Iris system helps agencies manage individual cases and makes more efficient use of limited healthcare resources.

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