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  • How the Chicanas of Eastside Mujeres Network Are Fighting to End Violence Against Women

    September 21, 2016 |

    LA Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The recent revival of feminism, in tandem with increased awareness about violence and sexual abuse, and combined with the power of social media to organize activist groups, is helping various advocacy groups address the serious issues faced by women and minorities, specifically Latina women, in the Los Angeles area. Organizations from anti-gentrification cycling groups to rape crisis hotline dispatchers are combining resources to combat violence against women, provide more comprehensive legal and human services, help victims get a new start, and change the culture of abuse for good.

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  • Safe Passage: Access to Abortion in India

    August 11, 2016 |

    Bitch Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Patna, Bihar

    Cultural stigmas, a lack of information, and shortages of qualified providers mean that - despite being a legal process - millions of women in India still suffer and die from botched and back-ally abortions each year. The Ipas Development Foundation is working to change perceptions and save lives by providing training and certifications to healthcare workers, passing out free contraception, helping break social taboos, and distributing informational resources communicating women's rights to reproductive healthcare.

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  • Brazil Slashes Child Mortality Rates With Breastfeeding, Milk Banks

    August 02, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Child mortality is a global problem that can be reduced by increasing breastfeeding rates; however, many mothers are either under too much cultural pressure, need to work, or cannot lactate enough milk. Brazil has devised an education program to help mothers breastfeed and has also created milk banks, through which mothers can donate excess milk to mothers who cannot produce. Additionally, Brazil offers paid maternity leave for mothers who have time to breastfeed and provide better health for their bodies as well as their new babies.

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  • Winning the Campaign to Curb Teen Pregnancy

    July 19, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Compared with other developed countries, the United States has a higher rate of teenage pregnancy. However, Colorado has collaborated with foundations, private donors, and has taken advantage of Obamacare’s coverage to offer free long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) for several years. The program providing LARCs has contributed to a drop in the teenage abortion rate, the teenage pregnancy rate, and fewer children born in poverty, all while being a cost-saving measure for taxpayers.

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  • How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside

    June 02, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

    In the United States, the incarcerated feel like they have no voices and their mistakes that led them to jail go unacknowledged. A documentary film spotlights the IF Project, a writing program that encourages female inmates and recently released felons to write down what they would have done to change the path they went on. With police and teachers as mentors, the convicted have support transitioning into society and can reflect on what they can do to change their lives for the better.

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  • The Indian girls' football team challenging stereotypes

    May 24, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    An all-girls football team is challenging gender stereotypes and empowering their teenage players in the process. An international NGO named Magic Bus teamed up with a Mumbai-based women's collective named Parcham to find girls and parents willing to participate. After a slow start, the group now has a healthy number of players who are also both Muslim and Hindu. The process of becoming confident taking up public space and the fight to claim their spot back from the boys have given the girls more confidence, and parents are now highly supportive of their daughters.

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  • Time, talent, treasure: What it looks like when they come together

    May 16, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

    In Tanzania, Population Services International is leading a project using Human Centered Design to solve reproductive health issues with the support of a philanthropist who is not only funding the project but it is bringing her expertise to support the work. This new philanthropy model has been launched by Maverick Collective and is stepping away from the traditional model, allowing philanthropists to work together with design and implementation teams.

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  • Shelters, Clinics Work Together to Help Domestic Violence Victims

    May 02, 2016 |

    California Health Report |

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    Response Location: United States, San Luis Obispo, California

    Domestic violence victims often suffer in silence and do not have encouragement to find help. San Luis Obispo in California has created a program RISE that trains primary care physicians to identify signs of domestic abuse and collaborates with clinics to treat and rehabilitate victims. The Affordable Care Act provides coverage for domestic violence screenings, offering financial incentives to help get victims the help that they need.

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  • Dormitory expansion in Tanzania is slow but keeps girls in school

    March 29, 2016 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Morogoro

    Everyone knows how to stop the epidemic of teen pregnancies in Tanzania, where one out of every four babies is born to a woman under the age of 18. It is one thing that politicians, teachers, sisters, priests, imams, police officers and activists all agree on. And its success has been proven by plummeting teen pregnancy rates everywhere it has been implemented.

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  • Pivotal actions in Minnesota and St. Paul

    March 19, 2016 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    St. Paul, Minnesota, was the first in the nation to establish a shelter for battered women. Women’s Advocates was founded in 1974. In 1980, Minnesota also became the first state to implement a sentencing guidelines structure.

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