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  • 'We exist': Public art project gives India's transgender community a voice

    March 21, 2018 |

    NBC News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    The Aravani Art Project is a project that works to raise the visibility and voice of the trans community in India. It does so by employing them to paint murals across the country (and even one in Sri Lanka) featuring slices of life as a trans person. It took time to build trust with the community at first, but eventually the people behind the project developed a system of idea conception to realization with their participants. Over time they have developed long-term relationships with each other, and the trans community is slowly becoming comfortable with having a public voice.

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  • This Woman Is Single-Handedly Eradicating Child Marriage from Malawi

    March 19, 2018 |

    Marie Claire |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Malawi, Dedza District

    Since beginning office Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, tribal ruler of the Dedza District in central Malawi had one mission: To end child marriages. “In 2017 alone, the chief annulled some 200 child marriages in her district. During her 14-year reign, she has terminated the marriages of roughly 2,600 child brides and helped the girls finish their education, often by subsidizing their school.”

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  • Pride and Self-Love in the L.G.B.T.Q. African Diaspora

    March 19, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In order to help him understand his identity as a queer African, Mikael Owunna traveled around the United States and Europe photographing queer and trans Africans. The result is a series of portraits that created a validating, loving space for their subjects.

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  • Muslim women are speaking out against abuse with #MosqueMeToo

    March 14, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Saudi Arabia

    Egyptian journalist and author Mona Eltahawy created the hashtag #MosqueMeToo to share her experience about getting sexually assaulted during Hajj, a five day pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place every year. Eltahawy wanted to follow the footsteps of Tarana Burke, and create an intersectional platform where all types of women can speak out against their abusers. “We are putting men on notice that we are done.”

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  • The ballerina who rescued 100,000 children with hip-hop

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Peru, Lima

    Vania Masías abandoned her prolific career as a professional ballerina to teach impoverished youth in Peru hip hop. “More than 100,000 children have passed through the programme over the years.”

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  • Menstrual cups are helping Nepal's girls avoid the deadly Chhaupadi ritual

    March 10, 2018 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nepal

    In Nepal, Chhaupadi is a ritual in which menstruating women are banished to small sheds for the duration of their period. Women are forced to stay outdoors, and potentially face extreme weather conditions. The practice has been linked to a string of deaths, but a menstrual cup is helping women in the area avoid the ritual.

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  • Berlin's LGBTQ refugee center a haven for those fleeing civil war, homophobia

    March 09, 2018 |

    NBC News |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany's first refugee center exclusively for LGBTQ immigrants provided safe housing and services to people who otherwise might be subjected to some of the same discrimination and attacks in German shelters that they fled in their home countries. During the 2016 refugee crisis, Schwulenberatung Berlin, an LGBTQ charity, opened the 120-bed shelter with psychotherapists, lawyers, and support staff to help refugees find housing and jobs. These refugees often fell prey to homophobic attacks in other shelters, thanks to the same attitudes that motivated many to seek safety in Europe in the first place

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  • Taking the bull by the horns? Men learn how to treat women better

    March 07, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Soshanguve

    Group sessions, workplace videos, badges, these are just some of the ways various people around the world are addressing sexual, and physical assault. In light of the #MeToo movement in the U.S., the Christian Science Monitor chronicled four international efforts that attempt to curb toxic masculinity.

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  • Instagram art project spreads awareness about femicides in Mexico

    March 02, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico

    The project No estamos todas (“We are not all here”) was founded to call attention to rising rate of female homicide victims in Mexico as well as to commemorate victim’s lives. Artists are commissioned to make a woman’s portrait—often incorporating aspects of their lives—and these portraits are shared on the project’s Instagram account. Since November of 2017, over 80 portraits have been made and shared.

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  • Can schools help rid the world of sexual harassers and abusers?

    February 28, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    How do we combat gender violence? Gender inequality? Transphobia? Well, in school. “You want to start this conversation in kindergarten.” Across the world, a slew of schools, programs, and teachers are bringing gender to the classroom.

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