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

Sola Abe

October 03, 2025 |

Social Voices |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

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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The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners

Yahuza Bawage

October 03, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Twenty women in Kaduna, Nigeria formed a cooperative in 2015 that pooled their farm labor earnings to collectively purchase land, transforming them from hired laborers earning ₦2,000-₦10,000 per day into independent landowners who now harvest enough to support their families' education and healthcare while contributing food to their community.

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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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Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

Andrés Gómez

August 03, 2025 |

El Turbión |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

Geetanjali Krishna

July 28, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jaipur

ACCESS Development Services trains women to drive electric auto rickshaws, providing them with marketable skills that help them earn a living independently. The all-women Pink City Rickshaw Company employs the women to provide tours throughout the city and has since trained over 200 women.

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Affirmative action helps students thrive at universities across Brazil

Michael Fox

July 22, 2025 |

The World |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Federal universities in Brazil operate on a quota system of affirmative action in which half of the available seats are awarded based solely on academic achievement and the other half are for students from underrepresented populations, including those identifying as Black, Indigenous, or disabled. The policy has encountered significant pushback, but it has also helped thousands of students access higher education.

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Displaced Widows Are Turning Traditional Cap Weaving into Lifelines for Their Families in Borno State

Yahuza Bawage

July 10, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

Many displaced widows in IDP camps are using the traditional craft of cap weaving to generate income for their families and gain a sense of empowerment amidst the turmoil they’re facing. Many of the women who sell their caps are able to buy houses, fund their children’s education, and even save enough money to start their own businesses.

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How German Cities Are Rethinking Women's Safety — With Taxis

Marilen Martin

July 10, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

Some German cities have created voucher programs that subsidize the cost of taking a taxi for women who feel unsafe walking or using public transit at night. In Cologne, 1,500 vouchers were used within days of their release, and Munich has more than tripled the number of vouchers it provides due to demand.

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Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

Jaisal Noor

July 01, 2025 |

Baltimore Beat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

Christian Pricelius, Sumaira Latif

June 25, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Pakistan

CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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