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Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

Jaisal Noor

July 01, 2025 |

Baltimore Beat |

Text |

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 |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

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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Despite DEI pushback, guides along Boston's Freedom Trail widen the lens of inclusion

Paul Singer

June 23, 2025 |

GBH |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Amid national attempts to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, tour leaders in Boston are making a concerted effort to highlight historical information about people from all backgrounds, from Indigenous history to important LGBTQ+ figures. One such tour, the Rainbow Revolutionaries tour, has been so popular that organizers have had to schedule additional sessions.

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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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Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.

Issie Lapowsky

June 13, 2025 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chowchilla, California

For the People identifies eligible cases for California’s resentencing law, conducts outreach to incarcerated women, reviews applications, and makes referrals to prosecutor resentencing units in participating counties in an effort to address the gender gap in resentencing cases. The program has helped resentence about 1,000 people, including three women, and is being implemented in five other states.

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Huertos de autonomía: mujeres que siembran futuro

Gabriela Montenegro

June 12, 2025 |

Bálsamo TV |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: El Salvador

Las escuelas agrícolas agroecológicas implementadas por ACUA y tres asociaciones de mujeres (AMC, AMP, AMH) constituyen un programa integral que combina formación técnica en agricultura orgánica con empoderamiento femenino y desarrollo de autonomía económica, utilizando una metodología "campesino a campesino." Más de 685 mujeres rurales en cuatro distritos de El Salvador ahora puedan generar ingresos propios, alimentar a sus familias de manera saludable y fortalecer su liderazgo comunitario mientras cultivan en tierras propias o alquiladas sin uso de químicos.

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¿Cómo se enseña a los jueces a evitar sesgos machistas?

Belén Remacha, Ana Fuentes

June 08, 2025 |

El País |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Spain

Para los jueces y juezas en España, la formación en perspectiva de género ya existe en tres niveles principales: en el temario de oposición; en la escuela judicial para las nuevas promociones; y en cursos específicos de formación continua, de 50 horas y obligatorios para acceder a cualquier especialidad desde hace 5 años.

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'Our moment to evolve': A nonprofit that launched after George Floyd is now navigating a DEI backlash

Shirley Leung

June 05, 2025 |

The Boston Globe |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

The New Commonwealth Fund provides grants to Boston-area organizations that are making an impact in communities of color, with more than $16.3 million awarded to more than 250 organizations so far. However, national backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has prompted the fund to shift some of its fundraising strategies and even remove a reference to racial equity from its name.

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