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  • Thai massage therapists find community and mental health support in self-defense classes

    November 21, 2025 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In an effort to protect Thai massage therapists from sexual harassment and assautl, the Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers partnered with R-A-W Power to deliver self-defense training at Hollywood Career College, teaching 34 massage therapists physical techniques and boundary-setting skills to handle inappropriate client behavior during sessions. Beyond self-defense, other community organizations are also providing education, legal advocacy and working on policy reform efforts to further protect workers.

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  • Foundations Community Childcare: How one nonprofit addressed affordable child care needs for its residents

    November 19, 2025 |

    Ashland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

    With childcare shortages keeping women out of the workforce, the Ashland County Community Foundation's Women's Fund launched a four-year collaborative initiative that raised $4.8 million to create Foundations Community Childcare from the ground up, offering a place to address the gaps in childcare with extended hours, making care more accessible. Since opening in June 2024, Foundations has enrolled 118 students at 83% capacity and expanded from four rooms to seven due to demand, and has even inspired similar centers in other areas.

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  • This Nigerian Lab is Farming Without Soil to Rethink Food Security

    October 14, 2025 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

    Soilless Farm Lab, a Nigerian agricultural technology hub, has trained over 10,000 youth in hydroponic farming since 2019, leading to employment opportunities and demonstrating a climate-resilient approach that uses 90% less water while producing food year-round in a country facing severe food insecurity and land degradation.

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  • 'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

    August 22, 2025 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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  • Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

    July 28, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Jaipur

    ACCESS Development Services trains women to drive electric auto rickshaws, providing them with marketable skills that help them earn a living independently. The all-women Pink City Rickshaw Company employs the women to provide tours throughout the city and has since trained over 200 women.

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  • "From pity – nothing; from dignity – everything": How domestic and care workers changed Spanish labor law

    July 14, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Over decades, domestic care workers in Spain garnered political power by building community and solidarity between different activist groups and using music, theater, and self-expression to help strengthen connection and trust within the movement. Their efforts and protests led to the passage of laws granting these workers social security coverage and protecting them from unfair dismissal and unsafe working conditions, though many with irregular residency are still not able to benefit from these provisions.

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  • How German Cities Are Rethinking Women's Safety — With Taxis

    July 10, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Some German cities have created voucher programs that subsidize the cost of taking a taxi for women who feel unsafe walking or using public transit at night. In Cologne, 1,500 vouchers were used within days of their release, and Munich has more than tripled the number of vouchers it provides due to demand.

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  • Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

    June 25, 2025 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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  • The Shops Where Trash Becomes Crafters' Treasure

    May 27, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Creative reuse centers like Smart Art and Craft Supplies tackle waste reduction by redistributing donated art materials, simultaneously providing meaningful employment and inclusion opportunities for adults with disabilities.

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  • The women of Salta are building their future

    May 26, 2025 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Salta

    The "Constructoras" training program in Salta, Argentina, combined with 10% gender quota laws for public works, has trained over 1,100 women in construction trades since 2022 and helped increase women's participation in the sector nationally from 4.1% to 7.1%, though progress faces significant challenges from political rollbacks and persistent workplace discrimination. Read this article in Spanish here: https://solu.news/aeh0

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