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Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

Geetanjali Krishna

July 28, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

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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Affirmative action helps students thrive at universities across Brazil

Michael Fox

July 22, 2025 |

The World |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Federal universities in Brazil operate on a quota system of affirmative action in which half of the available seats are awarded based solely on academic achievement and the other half are for students from underrepresented populations, including those identifying as Black, Indigenous, or disabled. The policy has encountered significant pushback, but it has also helped thousands of students access higher education.

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Displaced Widows Are Turning Traditional Cap Weaving into Lifelines for Their Families in Borno State

Yahuza Bawage

July 10, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

Many displaced widows in IDP camps are using the traditional craft of cap weaving to generate income for their families and gain a sense of empowerment amidst the turmoil they’re facing. Many of the women who sell their caps are able to buy houses, fund their children’s education, and even save enough money to start their own businesses.

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

Marilen Martin

July 10, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

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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Women are leading menstrual dialogue in Nepal – and in the process, challenging the status quo

Ridhi Agrawal

July 02, 2025 |

Missing Perspectives |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nepal

be artsy's Rato Baltin project uses culturally relevant education, menstrual kit distribution, and engages religious leaders to challenge discriminatory practices against those who menstruate. Since launching in 2017, the group has reached 80,000 people and distributed over 5,500 menstrual cups, while simultaneously helping shift perspectives around menstruating.

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Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

Jaisal Noor

July 01, 2025 |

Baltimore Beat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

Christian Pricelius, Sumaira Latif

June 25, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

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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La dignidad cruzó muros: la historia de Keren y las mujeres que abrieron paso a la menstruación libre en la prisión de Tlaxcala

Paola Chavely Torres Nahuatlato

June 23, 2025 |

Escenario Tlaxcala |

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Response Location: Mexico, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

En el Centro de Reinserción Social Femenil, un programa de intervención con muchas alianzas transformó la experiencia menstrual de mujeres privadas de la libertad: Voluntarias educadoras menstruales permitieron brindar conocimientos técnicos, perspectivas de género, y nuevos suministros para que las mujeres privadas de la libertad y las custodias que protegen su seguridad tuvieran mayor sensibilidad cuando se habla de gestión menstrual.

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Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

Lucia Torres

June 23, 2025 |

Mongabay |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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One Community Took a Radical Approach to Fighting Addiction. It's Working.

Julie Wernau

June 15, 2025 |

Wall Street Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Virginia

Chesterfield County, Virginia implemented a multi-faceted response to the opioid crisis, including a jail-based recovery program, Helping Addicts Recover Progressively (HARP), that brings people in recovery to the local jail to talk about addiction and treatment resources. Combined with other efforts, overdose deaths have dropped by half in a single year, and around 4,000 people have participated in HARP.

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