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From privilege to subjectivity: reflecting on masculinities to improve gender equity

Soledad Bavio

May 05, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Response Location: Brazil

Program H is a group educational methodology that works with young men through participatory workshops, role-playing, and debates to reflect on toxic masculinities and promote more equitable attitudes toward gender. It has been implemented in more than 30 countries since 2002, successfully facilitated by males who act as gender equity role models. This story is available in Spanish here: https://solu.news/24kd

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How community activists, police and residents drove down shootings in East Harlem

Brittany Kriegstein

May 05, 2025 |

Gothamist |

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Response Location: United States, East Harlem, New York

East Harlem’s Cornerstone youth programming at community centers brings together community nonprofits, police, residents, and other local agencies to address gun violence in the public housing. Through community outreach, more strategic gang enforcement policies, and other programming, the approach has led to a 30% reduction in shootings in the area.

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Redes de esperanza: mujeres de Piura luchan contra la violencia de género

Scarlet Timana

May 03, 2025 |

Norte Sostenible |

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Response Location: Peru, Piura

Las redes comunitarias de mujeres defensoras de Piura son estructuras organizadas que, desde 2018, brindan acompañamiento, formación y articulación interinstitucional a víctimas de violencia de género, combinando apoyo psicológico, rutas legales y empoderamiento económico. Han logrado que más mujeres se atrevan a denunciar violencia, han mejorado la coordinación entre instituciones públicas como policía y fiscalías, y han transformado a sobrevivientes en lideresas que rompen ciclos de violencia en sus comunidades. Puedes leer este artículo en inglés aquí: https://solu.news/w0cx

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Del privilegio a la subjetividad: cómo abordar las masculinidades lejos del punitivismo y con foco en la reflexión

Soledad Bavio

May 01, 2025 |

elDiarioAR |

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Response Location: Brazil

El Programa H es una metodología educativa grupal que trabaja con hombres jóvenes a través de talleres participativos, juegos de rol y debates para reflexionar sobre masculinidades tóxicas y promover actitudes más equitativas hacia el género, implementada exitosamente en más de 30 países desde 2002. Las actividades estan dirigidas a hombres jóvenes y facilitadas por varones que actúan como modelos de equidad de género. Puedes leer este artículo en ingles aquí: https://solu.news/clsc

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Une ligne d'écoute pour prévenir les crimes sexuels sur les mineurs

Amélie Daoust-Boisvert

April 02, 2025 |

L’actualité |

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Response Location: Canada, Quebec

Ça suffit est une ligne d'écoute pour les adultes susceptibles de commettre des délits sexuels sur des mineurs. Les personnes bénévoles qui répondent aux appels sont formés pour écouter les appelants et leur fournir des ressources d’aide, avec plus de 700 appels pris en 2024.

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Successful Birmingham program faces funding gap despite reduction in youth crime

Alaina Bookman

March 13, 2025 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

RESTORE is a juvenile re-entry program offering supportive programming and guidance to intervene in cycles of crime and help more youth avoid the juvenile system and learn to make more positive choices. Already this year, RESTORE has served 344 young people through their workshops. Since launching in 2023, the program has helped 19 people graduate with their high school diploma, GED or a certification.

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Birmingham hospital program offers hope amid homicide crisis: How it works

Alaina Bookman

March 12, 2025 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham’s Offender Alumni Association is a group of violence intervention specialists that check in with gun violence patients at the hospital to offer mental health services and case management to prevent reinjury and retaliatory violence. Since launching, the group has taken on 144 clients, providing wrap-around services to victims and their families, including mentoring, emergency relocation and funds for medicine, groceries, rent and utilities.

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Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis

Matt Vasilogambros, Amanda Hernández

March 11, 2025 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Maryland

Red flag laws allow family members, law enforcement officers, and sometimes even health care workers to file an extreme risk protection order when they’re concerned that someone with access to a gun may harm themselves or others. In Maryland, which is considered a national leader in this type of legislation, a red flag law has helped prevent potential school shootings and the state is now focused on training health care providers to recognize concerning cases and file petitions when necessary.

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Inside the 'Utopias' of Mexico City

Andrea Navarro

October 15, 2024 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Mexico, Iztapalapa, Mexico City

Mexico City’s Utopias are large community centers that offer a wide variety of services and amenities, including skills workshops, gym classes, landromats, food and music lessons. There are currently 15 across one borough, and the incoming administration plans to develop more than 100 in total.

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'Suicide in general is a very impulsive act, especially for teens'

Kristie May

October 01, 2024 |

NowKalamazoo |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Michigan was recently added to the growing list of states with new gun violence prevention legislation called Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws. CAP, in partnership with safe storage laws, requires adults to safely store firearms in their homes and allows prosecutors to bring charges against those who don’t comply. Several studies have found CAP laws help reduce violent crime rates, suicides and unintentional injuries and deaths.

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