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Violence Against Women: Can India's All-Women Police Stations Deliver Justice?

Puja Bhattacharjee

October 08, 2025 |

upBeat |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

India's All-Women Police Stations (AWPS)—specialized police stations staffed entirely by women and designed to handle gender-based violence cases—have increased reporting of crimes against women by 29% and improved arrest rates for certain offenses by 15%.

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Restore Justice: Local Arbitration Helps Reconcile What Courts Can't

Ritwika Mitra

October 05, 2025 |

upBeat |

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Response Location: India, West Bengal

The salishi (local arbitration) system operated by women's collectives in West Bengal successfully resolves about 74% of domestic violence and family disputes through community-based mediation. This has resulted in the encouragement of people following legal routes.

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From Risk to Rescue: Keeping Girls Safe In The Climate-Hit Sundarbans

Safina Nabi, Kanika Gupta

October 05, 2025 |

upBeat |

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Response Location: India, West Bengal

BIRD's community-based anti-trafficking network has used vigilance hubs, local partnerships, and survivor-focused rehabilitation to rescue over 500 girls. Building community trust has made families turn to them first when children go missing, reducing trafficking rates in climate-vulnerable regions.

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Beyond Rhetoric: Assessing Lagos DSVA's Record on GBV Prevention and Response.

Sola Abe

October 03, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) provides comprehensive survivor support services including legal aid, medical care, shelters, and prevention programs, successfully building public trust and securing 140+ convictions while reaching 6.3 million people through awareness campaigns, though significant gaps remain between the 8,692 reported cases and actual access to justice and support services.

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When Women Keep Watch: Inside Plateau's Female-Led Vigilantes and Peace Networks

Oge Udegbunam

September 30, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Jos

Women in Jos, Nigeria formed cross-religious peace networks and vigilante patrols that eliminated conflict deaths between 2014-2023 in their communities, restored inter-faith relationships, and reduced crime through nighttime security operations, though they face ongoing challenges from lack of police support and systemic justice failures.

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One Protest at a Time, Iyana Ipaja's Market Women Push Back Against Extortion, Injustice

Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

September 28, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Market women in Iyana Ipaja organized street protests after failed letter-writing campaigns, which led to the traditional ruler (Baale) brokering a peace agreement that stopped the extortion by thugs claiming to act on behalf of a local strongman, though the traders acknowledge this relief may be temporary.

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How Do We Keep Children Safe from Online Violence and the Challenges of AI

Viktoriia Hubareva, Venera Dimulescu, Andra Muresan, Maryna Smahina, Magdalena Torga, Carmen Martinez Vidal

September 18, 2025 |

Scena9 |

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Response Location: Romania

In an effort to address online violence children face in the digital age, initiatives across several countries, including Spain, Romania, and Ukraine, are getting creative using theatre, media literacy training on AI and algorithms, anonymous reporting hotlines and classroom phone bans, among other strategies to help youth cope. The various initiatives have proven successful. For example, the school-wide phone ban in one Spain region resulted in a 27.42% decrease in cyberharassment cases between 2023-2024.

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'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

Daniel Lampariello

August 22, 2025 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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¿Cómo se enseña a los jueces a evitar sesgos machistas?

Belén Remacha, Ana Fuentes

June 08, 2025 |

El País |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Spain

Para los jueces y juezas en España, la formación en perspectiva de género ya existe en tres niveles principales: en el temario de oposición; en la escuela judicial para las nuevas promociones; y en cursos específicos de formación continua, de 50 horas y obligatorios para acceder a cualquier especialidad desde hace 5 años.

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How Treating Teens' Trauma Is Stopping Violence in Chicago

Dan Gorenstein, Ryan Levi

June 05, 2025 |

Tradeoffs |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The violence prevention program Choose to Change pairs cognitive behavioral therapy with intensive mentoring for high-risk Chicago teens, resulting in participants being 31% less likely to be arrested than their peers who did not participate in the program.

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