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  • Little by little, perpetual vote-by-mail list reshapes New Jersey's off-year elections

    November 30, 2023 |

    New Jersey Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Thanks to a 2019 law, New Jersey voters who request a mail-in ballot one time continue to receive them in perpetuity for future elections without needing to submit another request. The state has seen mail-in voting rates increase in off-year elections since the perpetual vote-by-mail list was created, with 22 percent of votes cast in 2021 attributed to mail-in ballots compared to 16.7 percent in 2019.

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  • Power Plays

    November 15, 2023 |

    Democracy in Danger |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Belarus

    Following a fraudulent election and violent backlash against demonstrators, activists in Belarus used open source photographs and documents, as well as those submitted by journalists and citizens, to expose police and state actors participating in human rights violations via a secure Telegram channel.

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  • «L'éducation, c'est tout ce que nous avons»: au Bangladesh, un réseau de femmes soutient des milliers d'écolières

    November 02, 2023 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Natore District

    Room to Read Bangladesh affecte des « mobilisatrices sociales » pour suivre les jeunes filles tout au long de leurs études secondaires, en leur fournissant le mentorat, le transport scolaire et la formation aux compétences de vie, dans le but de maintenir les filles à l’école. Moins de 2 % des participants abandonnent l’école, contre 40 % à l’échelle nationale, et l’organisation a aidé à prévenir plus de 600 mariages précoces.

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  • Niger girls learn about menstruation to stay in school, tackle stigma

    October 21, 2023 |

    Daily Nigerian |

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    Response Location: Niger

    In Niger, an initiative challenging menstrual stigma is promoting knowledge and hygiene through community engagement and mentorship. Since 2019, the foundation has reached over 20 schools, 35 communities, more than 3,000 women and girls.

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  • How Pennsylvania churches are addressing climate change by tapping the power of the sun

    October 18, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    As part of their commitment to “creation care,” some churches in Pennsylvania are installing solar panels in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. At Akron Mennonite Church, solar power is saving the congregation nearly $1,000 a month and helping to prevent unnecessary emissions of carbon dioxide.

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  • How a California Child Care Workers' Union Fought for Living Wages — and Won

    October 13, 2023 |

    KQED |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    By organizing on nights and weekends through their union, Child Care Providers United, home-based child care providers in California were able to secure a landmark contract creating the country’s first retirement fund for unionized child care workers.

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  • «J'ai découvert que je pouvais changer mon avenir»: quand la danse libère les jeunes Indiennes des mines

    October 03, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, Jharia, Jharkhand

    Pour encourager les jeunes filles qui travaillent dans les mines de charbon à ne pas abandonner leurs études, Coalfield Children Classes a créé une troupe de danse qui les aide à imaginer un avenir différent pour elles-mêmes. La troupe donne l’occasion à une dizaine de filles de danser, et plusieurs participantes ont obtenu leur diplôme et ont poursuivi des études supérieures.

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  • The goats fighting fires in Los Angeles

    September 26, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Cities in California are turning to goat herders to manage the dead trees and shrubs that become fuel for wildfires. Goats will eat almost anything and are adept at getting to places humans find difficult to reach.

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  • How artificial intelligence plus local expertise can promote ‘good fire' in Montana

    September 21, 2023 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) framework combines analytics and local expertise to assess fire risk by marking out locations on a map where fire can best be stopped. The risk is then used to identify where best to suppress the fire and where it can continue to burn to benefit the environment and prevent future fires. From there, experts decide how to respond to a fire in each section of the map in advance, which can also include prevention tactics.

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  • California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

    September 19, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Schools in California are offering more plant-based options to make lunch more climate-friendly, healthier, and more inclusive for those with dietary restrictions or preferences.

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