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  • The money wives in Cross River State

    June 30, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative in Cross River State, Nigeria, teaches women who were forced into marriage and slavery as young girls the skills necessary to start their own businesses and support themselves and their children.

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  • Pedir perdón y reparar el daño, objetivo de la justicia restaurativa por delito económico

    June 30, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Instituciones Penitenciarias ha creado un programa de reinserción, que incorpora la justicia restaurativa para incidir en la responsabilización del delito y la reparación del perjuicio causado.

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  • Dignified toilets: A welcome relief for people with disabilities 

    June 30, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    “AGATEBE” was developed to help make it easier for the elderly and people with disabilities to access toilets. It is a portable, durable, low-cost toilet chair that is easier to use than traditional latrine pits. So far, more than 5,000 have been sold.

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  • Texas eases process for voters to fix errors when they try to vote by mail

    June 30, 2023 |

    Votebeat Texas |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Following unfounded concerns around widespread voter fraud, Texas instituted new ID requirements for residents voting by mail. But the changes resulted in roughly 12,000 mail ballot applications and more than 24,000 mail ballots being rejected during a primary election, leading legislators to pass adjustments to the law for future elections.

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  • At Alaska's prison farm, a different way of serving time

    June 30, 2023 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm is a 640-acre farm, owned by the Alaska Department of Corrections, that operates as an alternative prison model. Select minimum-security inmates labor to keep the farm going throughout their sentence, producing tons of vegetable harvests (745,000 pounds of hay, nearly 5,000 pounds of tomatoes, 14,000 pounds of lettuce, 12,000 pounds of celery, 22,000 pounds of cabbage) and raising 150 cattle, 50 pigs and 300-400 chickens that produce 51,000 eggs—all of which is redistributed to other prisons and community food banks.

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  • Insurgency spiked crime rate, but this software beats it down

    June 29, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

    To prevent crimes related to tricycles in Maiduguri, Nigeria, the SecureN software was created to verify the vehicles through a registration process. Once they are vetted by a state association, operators and owners are given an identity card, certificate, and QR code for riders to scan before they board. The program also collects tax money.

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  • Transforming postpartum hemorrhage treatment with Uterine Balloon Tamponade 

    June 29, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Siaya County

    To aid in postpartum hemorrhage care, the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust distributes uterine balloon tamponade kits that can be used to stop excessive bleeding and prevent death after other measures have failed. The kits have been provided to more than 1,300 healthcare facilities in 23 countries and over 6,000 healthcare workers have been trained to use them.

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  • No coração de Madri, 'Dragões' usam futebol para ensinar sobre antirracismo

    June 29, 2023 |

    Ecoa UOL |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    Projeto de futebol reúne mais de 400 pessoas em bairro marginalizado de Madri. Os times contam com imigrantes e refugiados, que formam uma rede de apoio e discutem sobre racismo.

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  • Not at school or work? Chicago wants to support 45,000 disconnected youth.

    June 29, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat Chicago |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago’s Back to Our Future program aims to support youth who have stopped attending school with mentorship, mental health services, job search help, and “soft skills” training. Participants receive a stipend during their first twelve weeks in the program, and roughly 465 students have taken part so far.

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  • This machine creates drinking water ‘from thin air' in driest parts of the world

    June 29, 2023 |

    WBUR |

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    Response Location: United States

    Solar-powered machines called hydropanels draw water vapor from the air to create drinking water for those without access to water from a utility and those living in a drought.

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