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Teaching women to fight today could stop rapes tomorrow

Tamara Straus

June 11, 2015 |

Quartz |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

“Empowerment self-defense” teaches women how to defend themselves against sexual assault, psychological awareness, and how to be verbally assertive. A study showed that women who took empowerment self defense classes saw a “46% reduction in completed rape and a 63% reduction in attempted sexual assault.”

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Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs

Jean Trounstine

May 15, 2015 |

Truthout |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

From state to state, officials are grappling with how to improve how children experience the criminal justice system. The process is highly variable – each state varies on the age that children can go to court, and a child’s race also plays a large role in how they’re treated by everyone from law enforcement to judges. States like Massachusetts are trying to pass laws that take a more holistic, transparent approach to juvenile justice, and organizations like their Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative are helping parents recognize their power in the system.

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Teaching Law in a Country Where Justice Hardly Exists

Jessica Carew Kraft

April 22, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Advocates are on a quest to improve the quality of life in Haiti through legal education.

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A New Way to Commemorate Atrocity

Tanya Paperny

April 14, 2015 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Memorials are being created at rapid rates these days, but they seem to lack a long-term effect on the public. The Chicago Torture Justice Memorials project seeks to change this pattern by putting out an international call for memorial proposals, wanting a variety in visions and a collective memorial, in order to remember the torture of black detainees and racialized police misconduct.

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In sexual misconduct, data offer limited guidance

Vivan Wang

April 13, 2015 |

Yale Daily News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

As campuses across the country race to address a burgeoning nationwide conversation about sexual assault, policymakers, politicians, university counselors and students alike are faced with a lack of quantitative information. But Yale University has taken significant steps to collect and distribute information that may finally change the toxic culture of campus sexual assault.

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Arkansas Becomes Fifth State to Regulate Re-Homing in Wake of High-Profile Case

Stefano Montanari

April 10, 2015 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Re-homing, or a family giving away their adopted child without the permission of the authorities, was a problem in Arkansas - nine different cases involved children being abused by their new, unapproved families. Two bills in state government have sought to tackle this problem by making re-homing a felony as well as providing post-adoption services to families.

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Education lessons from Maine, New Hampshire

Jane Lindholm Patti Daniels

April 07, 2015 |

Vermont Public Radio |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

As Vermont struggles to create legislation regulating school district management and financial efficiency, the state looks to models in Maine and New Hampshire for guidance. In Maine, school districts have tried to save money and resources through consolidation; in New Hampshire, officials have reworked the way schooling is financed altogether.

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iPads < Teachers

Peg Tyre

April 06, 2015 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Well-trained teachers cannot be replaced solely by technology, as has been increasingly apparent at Carpe Diem schools, where students learn largely via computers enabled with educational software.

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Female Veterans pose homeless challenge for VA

Léa Bouchoucha

April 01, 2015 |

Women's eNews |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Female veterans are more likely to have a history of trauma, be unemployed, and be homeless. To address this disparity, the VA has started awarding grants to organizations that help female vets.

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Out of Debtors' Prison, With Law as the Key

Tina Rosenberg

March 27, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Norwalk, Ohio

Rampant misconduct by judicial systems across the country brought to light a crippling practice of debtors' prisons—where disadvantaged individuals unable to pay fines and fees were continually and wrongfully imprisoned, creating a vicious cycle. The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to work with governments and private companies to increase transparency, eliminate abuse, and reeducate law enforcement officials. The state of Ohio has emerged as a leader in reforming debtors' prisons, though there is still work to do.

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