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  • Native Language Schools Are Taking Back Education

    April 19, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    One night Jessie Little Doe Baird had a dream. Her ancestors told her it was time to bring back the Wôpanâak language to her community. The dream helped launch the the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, which later led to the Mukayuhsak Weekuw preschool. 20 students are enrolled and the entire curriculum is in the Wôpanâak language.

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  • San Francisco has the only women's department in the US — and it shows

    April 17, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women has pushed gender sensitivity in policymaking since 1975. As a result, the city leads the nation in paid parental leave, lactation support, and rights to flexible work arrangements.

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  • Mosul: Overcoming the trauma of IS rule, one haircut at a time

    April 17, 2018 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

    In a post-war Iraq, a salon has become a gathering place for women to share their stories of trauma, and heal. “The salon is necessary. For women to continue, they need it. Women must have it.”

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  • Refugees Get a Taste of Swiss University Life

    April 17, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Zurich

    A pilot program from the University of Zurich allowed 20 refugee students to attend classes for one semester. Although only a trial, students from Syria, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iran, plus Chechnya, Palestine and Zimbabwe were chosen for the trial.“It’s phenomenal,” one of the student refugees said. Furthermore, the pilot program forms part of a growing trend among Swiss universities, which are trying to make it easier for refugee students to access higher education.

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  • Drone Art

    April 17, 2018 |

    Dissent Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The use of drones as tools of surveillance and military violence are a fixture of America’s foreign policy. However it is very difficult, due to secrecy and a lack of media coverage, to understand the scope of their use and their impact. Recent art projects have used footage from drones to visualize the hidden and powerful nature of these machines as well as the death and destruction they have caused among civilians in other countries.

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  • Can Religion Save the Environment?

    April 17, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States

    The "creation-care" movement advocates for action on climate change from an evangelical, human-centered perspective. These activists stress the impacts of climate change on daily life, human beings, and the creation made by a higher power and have had success with engaging people across political lines.

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  • AI tool helps law enforcement find victims of human trafficking

    April 16, 2018 |

    Futurism |

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    Response Location: United States

    When Emily Kennedy was a teenager traveling in Eastern Europe she saw street kids she learned were trafficked by the Russian mob and decided to tackle human trafficking in her college work. The company she launched, Marinus Analytics, created a software application that has been used by authorities to rescue hundreds of victims in the U.S. and Canada and is expanding. The data it gathers has also debunked assumptions about how and where trafficking takes place.

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  • ‘Men Treat Us Like We Aren't Human.' Indian Girls Learn to Fight Back.

    April 16, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    In New Delhi, violent sexual assaults against women have sent shock waves of fear to young women in the city. In response, a constable is teaching them how to protect themselves. As many as “180 girls, aged 11 to 17,” are being taught how to “deflect attacks.”

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  • Do wage theft laws in Ohio harm or help workers?

    April 15, 2018 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Laws against wage theft can be effective if enforced. The probability of violations decreased in Ohio during a 13-month period of full enforcement, but rose again after the enforcement policy changed.

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  • The girls who took over a town in rural India

    April 15, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: India, Thennamadevi

    The teenage girls of Thennamadevi are leaders in their community. They’re actively fighting against gender discrimination by organizing. They successfully lobbied politicians and brought streetlights, and sanitary napkins to their village. Across the country, similar girls clubs are being implemented, reflecting an international girls power movement.

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