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In Sierra Leone's swamps, female farmers make profits and peace

Peter Yeung

February 12, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Sierra Leone, Matagelema

With support and training from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund's World Food Program, an association of roughly 150 women in Matagelema, Sierra Leone have begun irrigating and farming inland valley swamps there for the first time. They are among more than 4,000 farmers now cultivating in the country's swamps, which provide a higher crop yield than upland farming and are located farther from conflict zones with the region's rutile miners.

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South Africa Is Pioneering a Better World for Domestic Workers

Tolu Olasoji

February 10, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa

Domestic workers in South Africa fought for many worker protections by banding together and demanding change. The racial inequity of apartheid left many domestic workers unprotected and exploited. Now, short-term unemployment aid, minimum wages, and other legal protections have been implemented.

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ResQZone

Amanda Anderdson

February 08, 2022 |

KWCM-PBS |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Marshall, Minnesota

An e-waste recycling program in Minnesota aims to take old computers that normally end up in a landfill and give them to community members with income-based needs. Since the ResQZone initiative started as a partnership between a nonprofit and the county government, they’ve been able to get 420 computer systems back into public use. They also hire and train people with disabilities to do the refurbishing.

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The City Owned by Locals

Mary Hall

February 04, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

Incremental investment is gaining momentum in South Bend as an alternative to big developers. Residents are given the network and knowledge to become micro-developers so that ownership and money stay within the local economy. The project aims to cultivate community and strengthen the local economy.

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The Forgotten Answer to the Affordable Housing Crisis

Cole Sinanian

February 03, 2022 |

Eugene Weekly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

Housing cooperatives were once a successful strategy for creating affordable housing. The method has been traced back to the 19th century in New York City and is now making a comeback. Limited equity cooperatives are owned by multiple people who make a payment for buy-in and create a board that makes collective decisions about the property and how it’s run. Unlike other coops, residents can’t decide to sell and make a large profit which maintains the affordability over time.

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Cleveland's reforesting efforts take root in once-redlined neighborhoods

Jen Jones Donatelli

February 02, 2022 |

Planet Detroit |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Activists in Cleveland, Ohio are reforesting the city's vacant lots one community garden at a time. Gwen Garth, a local activist in the city, partnered up with churches, in order to create a long-term plan to plant gardens to also increase tree canopy in the city in a more equitable approach by focusing on historically redlined neighborhoods. The plan includes reaching 30% tree canopy by 2040, which means planting 361,000 new trees.

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How India's Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi's Farm Bills—and Won

Amandeep Sandhu

January 19, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

Protests among farmers in India led to the repeal of farm laws – passed in the midst of COVID-19 shutdowns – that privileged corporate interests over the livelihood of farmers. In some states, farm union members blocked railroads, prevented the collection of toll taxes on roads, and blocked gas stations, shopping malls, and warehouses owned by corporations that benefited from the laws. Throughout the protests anywhere from 50,000 to 700,000 farmers camped out blocking strategic infrastructure. The sustained protests, and the widespread support among people, led the government to withdraw the laws.

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How women-friendly design could make Philly a more livable city for all

Courtney Duchene

January 13, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Austria, Vienna

As the result of a photography exhibit that highlighted the gender inequality built into public transportation, Vienna directed resources to make urban planning more equitable. The city now prioritizes more streetlights to address public safety concerns, wider sidewalks to accommodate strollers, more benches, apartment buildings with stroller storage spaces, and more. The efforts have resulted in more accessible infrastructure, increasing not just the quality of life for women, but for all residents of the city.

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Driving change: the all-female garage shifting attitudes in northern Nigeria

Abiodun Jamiu

January 12, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

An all-female mechanic staff is turning heads in Nigeria. Their workshop provides jobs to dozens of women who have limited work opportunities in the region. The female staff also breaks barriers in a society where only men have typically worked as professional mechanics.

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‘Boys and girls have equal freedom': Kerala backs gender-neutral uniforms

Hannah Ellis-Petersen KA Shaji

January 02, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Kerala

In an attempt to provide ease of movement to girl students while playing, Valayanchirangara primary school introduced "gender-neutral" uniforms for all its 756 students that eliminated the earlier requirement for them to wear skirts. It has since inspired several other schools in Kerala to similarly change their uniforms and snowballed a movement, supported by the state's education minister no less, where more such measures to promote gender equality in schools are being encouraged and adapted.

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