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  • Robots decommission 700,000 munitions for recycling

    February 24, 2019 |

    New Atlas |

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    Response Location: United States, Anniston, Alabama

    At a US Army facility in Alabama, nine robots, created by Sandia National Laboratories, was able to decommission and recycle army munitions. What has historically been a dangerous job for humans, these robots are able to safely recycle these parts that have typically been discarded in ways that aren’t exactly environmentally friendly.

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  • How Bangladesh Made Abortion Safer

    December 28, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    In the aftermath of the Bangladesh war for independence of 1971, the newly formed country was reeling from the result of system sexual violence perpetuated by the Pakistani military forces as well as locals; in response, the government effectively set in motion the necessary public infrastructure for safe abortion services in the country. Now, Bangladesh is applying those same lessons to serve Rohingya refugees.

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  • 'Girls who leave militias get rejected': helping child soldiers go home

    August 15, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Enrolling in school can help former girl soldiers reintegrate into society. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Child Soldiers International interviewed community members and former soldiers, and then shared this finding with local organizations to guide programming.

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  • How Cities Say No to Military Equipment for Their Police

    August 31, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Putting more military weapons and other tactical gear in the hands of local law enforcement has little or no effect on crime, but does make police violence more likely. After the Trump administration lifted a loophole-ridden Obama-era policy restricting the distribution of such gear to local agencies, some local lawmakers sought to impose their own restrictions. But police continue to find ways to arm themselves as if for war, making them more likely to overreact to routine problems, with predictably violent outcomes.

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  • The New Technology That Promises to Blow up Illegal Fishing

    July 17, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

    Illegal fishing is a grave concern that not only threatens to destroy the ocean's ecosystem but the livelihoods of billions of people around the world who depend on stable fish populations for food. Now, software developed in a partnership between Vulcan - a private Seattle-based tech firm - and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization allows law enforcement to quickly analyze suspicious patterns from the transponders of thousands of ships at a time, using special algorithms that automatically detect is a ship is a high-risk for criminal activity.

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  • At the UN, a New Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Is Adopted by 122 Nations

    July 07, 2017 |

    PassBlue |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    On July 7, 122 United Nations member countries approved a new treaty prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The legally binding agreement emphasizes humanitarian concerns, including the disproportionate impact of weapons testing and deployment on indigenous people as well as on women, young children, and reproductive systems. All nine states holding nuclear weapons boycotted negotiations.

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  • Rats are the world's best land mine hunters

    May 30, 2017 |

    New York Post |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh

    In countries like Cambodia, Angola, and Mozambique, rats are saving lives by detecting untriggered land mines. An international nonprofit, Apopo, provides funding a training and works with local organizations to operate at the local level. The rats are light enough that they don’t trigger the explosives and can cover up to 2,000 square feet in just 20 minutes – something that would take a human up to four days to complete.

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  • As Palestinian #DignityStrike Passes One-Month Mark, New York Artists Illuminate the Struggle

    May 17, 2017 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As a hunger strike was taking place among political prisoners in Palestine, the New York City-based project Visibility Sustains the Struggle created art in solidarity with strikers and raised awareness around the issues informing the strike.

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  • The campaign behind the release of the "Mandela of Latin America"

    February 07, 2017 |

    TRT World |

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    Response Location: United States

    Oscar López Rivera was a political prisoner for 35 years, 12 of which were in solitary confinement, for his political activism wanting Puerto Rico to be independent of the USA.An international campaign successfully lobbied Obama to commute the sentence, a campaign which included the support of Desmond Tutu, Oscar's brother- Jose, the Puerto Rican community etc.

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  • How Japan has almost eradicated gun crime

    January 06, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan has one of the lowest death by gun rates in the world, 6 to 33599. How? The country has established strict policies for buying and maintaining guns. The police force has installed restrictions regarding the use of guns so that other non-life threatening methods are used.

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