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Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar's young women?

Ann Babe

April 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zanzibar

In Zanzibar, young women are overwhelmingly becoming entrepreneurs in order to combat the high rates of unemployment. “Women's increasing interest in self-employment is more pronounced than men’s: 20.8 compared to 12.7 percent.”

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Men half as likely to assault partners after parenting course, study finds

Edward Siddons

April 06, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

MenCare is a 15-class course in Rwanda that teaches men about fatherhood, caregiving, and gender roles. A study that evaluated the course found that men who participated in the program were half as likely to use violence against women.

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'Heck it was productive': New Zealand employees try four-day week

Eleanor Ainge Roy

March 29, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand

To improve employee work-life balance, some companies have experimented with cutting working hours, either by reducing the length of a work day or shifting to a four-day work week. Pilot programs show mixed results. At New Zealand’s Perpetual Guardian, employees find a four-day work week both energizing and stressful since there is reduced time to complete work tasks.

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What It Means for ICA Philadelphia to Become the First WAGE-Certified Museum—and Why Other Institutions Should Care

Tim Schneider

March 28, 2018 |

Artnet |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The organization Working Artists and the Greater Economy (WAGE) works with non-profit arts organizations to establish fair payment for artists. WAGE established a fee structure for 15 categories of artistic labor with a sliding scale based on the organization’s total operating expenses. Organizations that adhere to the fee structure are WAGE ‘certified.’

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When tokhang takes your children away

Portia Ladrido

March 27, 2018 |

CNN |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines

Community groups and organizations are helping women deal with the deaths of their sons due to a drug war that has killed thousands in the Philippines. One of those organizations is Baigani, which takes family out of town for a family therapy event. “The women share their skills, their strengths, and together, attendees and counsellors, suggest plausible livelihood and jobs that they could take on.”

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Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

March 27, 2018 |

In These Times |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Cafe ULU is the first business started by the Us Lifting Us Economic Development Cooperative, a co-op funded by membership fees. The coffee shop is hoping to serve as a community gathering space for the local African American community, demonstrating the power the black community can have when it bands together economically. The co-op is hoping to open businesses across the country.

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Border Trilogy Part 1: Hole in the Fence

Matt Kielty Latif Nasser Tracie Hunte Bethel Habte

March 23, 2018 |

Radiolab |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

In the 90s, a teacher at Bowie High School, located on the border city of El Paso, Texas, found out that hundreds of his Mexican-American students were being harassed and questioned by Border Patrol agents. Their fourth amendment rights were being violated and a group of students decided to fight back—they sued Border Patrol and won. The court ruled that Border Patrol violated their civil rights and the decision effectively barred Border Patrol from questioning people on the basis of their appearance.

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

Priti Salian

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

Abigail Haworth

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

Jake Naughton

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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