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  • Behind the Curtains: Inside Nigeria's Shadow Network of Abortion Care

    October 08, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Komfot Health operates a technology-driven network providing post-abortion care and sexual reproductive health services across Nigeria. The organization trains healthcare providers to address biases, uses a chatbot system for patient triage and connects women to verified medical facilities in six states, acting as intermediaries between women seeking care and trusted healthcare providers. Since launching in 2024, Komfot Health has served over 1,790 women.

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  • India's Heat Insurance Plans: Look Promising, But Resilience Needs More Than Payouts

    October 06, 2025 |

    upBeat |

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    Response Location: India

    A parametric heat insurance program covering 276,800 women workers across India provides automatic cash payouts (₹300-1,250) when temperatures exceed city-specific thresholds for consecutive days, successfully delivering financial relief during extreme heat events but facing sustainability challenges due to heavy subsidies, trust issues when thresholds aren't met, and the need for behavioral change among beneficiaries.

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  • Otuabagi Women Farmers Replant Bayelsa's Future with Raffia Palms

    October 06, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Otuabagi, Bayelsa

    The Otuabagi Women Farmers Association's initiative to replant 7,200 raffia palm trees has not only begun restoring their oil-damaged swamp forest but also created a cooperative financial safety net for members and sparked community-wide conversations about environmental protection.

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  • Ghana's Anti-Witchcraft Bill: Reintegration offers hope as survivors urge swift passage

    October 05, 2025 |

    ChannelOne TV |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana

    While locals wait for an anti-witchcraft bill to pass to provide protection for women against unproven accusations of witchcraft, several organizations are working to close “witch camps” and help women return home to their families. So far, these organizations’ combined efforts have led to the closure of two of the six camps in the northern part of the country.

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  • Restore Justice: Local Arbitration Helps Reconcile What Courts Can't

    October 05, 2025 |

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    Response Location: India, West Bengal

    The salishi (local arbitration) system operated by women's collectives in West Bengal successfully resolves about 74% of domestic violence and family disputes through community-based mediation. This has resulted in the encouragement of people following legal routes.

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  • Beyond Rhetoric: Assessing Lagos DSVA's Record on GBV Prevention and Response.

    October 03, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) provides comprehensive survivor support services including legal aid, medical care, shelters, and prevention programs, successfully building public trust and securing 140+ convictions while reaching 6.3 million people through awareness campaigns, though significant gaps remain between the 8,692 reported cases and actual access to justice and support services.

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  • The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners

    October 03, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Twenty women in Kaduna, Nigeria formed a cooperative in 2015 that pooled their farm labor earnings to collectively purchase land, transforming them from hired laborers earning ₦2,000-₦10,000 per day into independent landowners who now harvest enough to support their families' education and healthcare while contributing food to their community.

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  • Budgeting for Equality: How Local Councils in Cameroon are Including Women

    September 24, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) in Cameroon requires local councils to include women in budget planning and allocate resources to meet their specific needs, resulting in over 500 women in Tiko and Limbe councils gaining access to market infrastructure improvements, vocational training, agricultural support, and business grants that have enabled them to generate income and support their families.

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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 |

    3-5 Minutes

    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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  • Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

    August 03, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

    Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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