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  • This mobile cinema is helping women in Pakistan learn their rights

    April 19, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    The Academy Award-winning documentary "A Girl in the River: The Price of Freedom" is being toured around small towns and villages in Pakistan, the country that the documentary is set in. The movie is about honor killings, but the director has since started hosting viewings of other movies about topics that discuss changes in the law and how women can advocate for themselves. The mobile cinema has since led to the closing of a "forgiveness" loophole in the law that allowed men to get away with the murders, and its model is now spreading to Bangladesh and Syria.

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  • Ranchers Try New Tactics Coexisting with Wolves — Endangered or Not

    April 19, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Eureka, Montana

    The gray wolf was on the Endangered Species list when they were first reintroduced to the West in 1995, and although they have made an impressive comeback, there is now a debate between ranchers and environmentalists about the best way to handle the influx of predators to their cattle. Ranchers like Joe Purdy in Montana have found a successful mix of nonlethal tactics to keep them at bay: patrol of the area during the hours of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., wildlife cameras, inviting campers to stay, building fences, and more.

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  • Teachers visit families at home in 700 communities nationwide. The idea is earning attention in Seattle.

    April 19, 2019 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    For the past decade, teachers in the Reno, Nevada school district have visited their students' homes to build relationships with parents. New research shows that home-visits have led to reduced student absences and increased proficiency in English and math.

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  • This cafe in India is fully run by acid attack survivors

    April 18, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: India, Agra, Uttar Pradesh

    Sheroes’ Hangout is a cafe entirely run by acid attack survivors in Agra, India. Acid attacks are unfortunately still prevalent worldwide, usually as a result of a woman turning down a man's advances, but punishment for committing these crimes is still lackadaisical. This cafe, founded in 2006 by an activist organization called Stop Acid Attacks, allows women to not cover their faces, talk openly about their attacks, and just be comfortable with themselves.

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  • A Nazi flag led this Western Mayberry to confront hate once again. Now Fruita aims to send a different message.

    April 18, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Fruita, Colorado

    A small city in Colorado turned an act of bigotry — someone publicly flying a Nazi flag — into an opportunity for growth for the city. Fruita considers itself a welcoming, inclusive community, so they seized upon this opportunity to pass an Inclusivity Proclamation. The proclamation affirms their commitment to defeating prejudice and also added inclusivity as a part of their next city planning strategy.

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  • "Memory Cafes" offer support for people with memory loss and their caregivers

    April 17, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ypsilanti, Michigan

    Living with dementia can often lead to loneliness for not just those inflicted, but also the caregivers involved. To help create a community around this, the Ypsilanti Senior Center has started a monthly Memory Cafe that serves as a place for others in these situations to converse and connect.

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  • Female Farmers are Coming into Their Own—and Networking is Key to Their Success

    April 16, 2019 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    As the number of women in agriculture grows, a group of female farmers in Wisconsin participate in a networking cooperative called In Her Boots. Starting as a 12-person potluck, members of In Her Boots now come from more than 20 different counties and swap knowhow more specific to women, such as how to adjust farming practices to fit a smaller frame or how to apply for farm grants. The group is still growing and is now part of a data-gathering metric from the University of Wisconsin which aims to measure the growth of women in sustainable farming.

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  • Jury of their peers: Youth court aims to keep students out of criminal justice system

    April 13, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    In Newark Youth Court, the common mistakes and misbehavior of childhood lead to a trial in which all of the participants are high school students, and the outcomes center on second chances and atoning for wrongdoing through community service and decision-making classes. The court, which hears about 100 cases per year, serves as an alternative to pushing allegations of minor fights, vandalism, and truancy into the justice system, where punishment falls most heavily on youth of color and can wreck lives without solving the discipline problems.

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  • Borussia Dortmund: The structures behind the club's fight against the far right

    April 09, 2019 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Germany, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia

    A highly popular German sports club named Borussia Dortmund is taking advantage of its fanbase and following to promote anti-extremist messages, praise diversity, and celebrate inclusion. They do so in a variety of ways, including elevating and supporting independent fan initiatives like ballspiel.vereint!, requiring fan clubs and members to sign statues that reject far-right ideology, hosting educational field trips to former concentration camps for youth, and donating over a million dollars to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.

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  • In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

    April 09, 2019 |

    Literary Hub |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Jaffna

    The Sri Lankan Civil War lasted from 1983 to 2009 and bitterly divided the country into two sides between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Years later in 2012, a literary program called Write to Reconcile was created by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Shyam Selvadurai to use creative writing as a tool to open up dialogue between the two sides that still have misconceptions and prejudices against each other. Many participants in the workshop, which ended in 2017, testify to how much the program changed their perspectives.

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