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  • Girls Tweeting (Not Twerking) Their Way to Power

    Courtney E. Martin

    September 04, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Sexual assault, rape, and sexism are social problems that young women face and many feel powerless to create change. Non-profit organizations such as SPARK and WAM have trained teenage girls to be advocates for themselves. Online campaigns and social media have also made teenage girls feel empowered to express themselves and make social change.

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  • Bringing Back the Night: A Fight Against Light Pollution

    Paul Bogard

    August 19, 2013 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    More people are beginning to acknowledge the adverse effects of light pollution on wildlife and human health alike, as countries like France are enacting light ordinances to restrict the use of lights at night. Along with an added benefit of cutting carbon emissions, these ordinances require businesses to turn off lights at night after employees leave, and for billboards to cut light as well.

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  • Facebook Raises The Status Of Organ Donation, Study Shows

    Ankita Rao

    June 18, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Medical professionals say that there is a shortage of organs available for patients awaiting transplants. The first step towards the solution involves increasing awareness of organ donation as a viable and compassionate option. In 2012, the social media platform Facebook collaborated with surgeons to create the Organ Donor option—and, one year later, the number of organ donors increased five times.

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  • Africa's New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs

    Olga Khazan

    June 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Ntcheu

    Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation, practices that are common and yet dangerous. They're doing so by reaching out to the men in charge.

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  • Out of India's Trash Heaps, More Than a Shred of Dignity

    Sarika Bansal

    June 12, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

    Throughout India, wastepickers – people who scour landfills for garbage they can sell to recyclers – live at the bottom of society. But the city of Pune did something radical: with the help of a collective, they did away with expensive garbage trucks, and now all household garbage is collected by wastepickers with pushcarts. Pune saves millions of dollars each year and recycles more – and the wastepickers have decent wages and social standing. The concept is now spreading globally.

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  • Transforming Schools Through Play

    Allison Frost

    May 21, 2013 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Playworks, a recess-based school program, provides public schools with coaches who facilitate games that teach students skills for conflict resolution and cooperation. In Oregon, elementary schools across the state are leveraging the play-time as another way to elevate student behavior through this program, emphasizing character development early on in children.

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  • The Destructive Influence of Imaginary Peers

    Tina Rosenberg

    March 27, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, DeKalb, Illinois

    People grossly overestimate how much their peers are drinking, having unprotected sex and getting fat. Instead of exaggerating the problem, the best way to get people to take care of themselves is to bust that myth and tell them the truth: most people behave well.

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  • The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people

    Erwin James

    February 25, 2013 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    With Norway having the lowest re-offense rate in Europe, the Bastoy prison in Norway not only demonstrates the effectiveness of this new approach, but also receives criticism that they treat prisoners with too much luxury.

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  • The Benefits of Positive Parenting

    David Bornstein

    February 20, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    Improving the way people parent might seem an impossible challenge, given the competing views about what constitutes good parenting - can we influence a behavior that is rooted in upbringing and culture, affected by stress, and occurs mainly in private? Triple P – Positive Parenting Program works to educate parents on how to improve their parenting skills.

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  • India's rice revolution

    John Vidal

    February 16, 2013 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Bihar

    The System of Root Intensification (SRI) method resulted in dramatically high yields from one Indian village. The system centers on a "less is more" approach and results in higher yields—without the use of GMOs. The idea has faced barriers in spreading, as scientists are wary of it, even as villagers embrace the empirically successful approach.

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