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  • US midterm elections: Why Bolivia's lawmakers are 50% women

    Thomas Graham Kayla Epstein

    October 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bolivia

    As the result of an electoral law introduced in the late '90s and later added to the country's constitution, roughly half of Bolivian lawmakers at every level of government are women. Though the country outperforms many others, including the United States, on gender parity in the legislature, women are still underrepresented in executive positions.

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  • Cleveland voter advocacy groups get access to jails for first time in years, push for clear policies

    Collin Cunningham

    October 19, 2022 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    After a few years of virtual outreach due to the pandemic, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates held an in-person drive in the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center to help people incarcerated there get registered to vote and request mail-in ballots. Over two days, the organization added 69 inmates to the county's voter rolls and helped 75 request ballots.

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  • Collegiate recovery programs gain traction on campus

    Liam Knox

    October 19, 2022 |

    Inside Higher Ed |

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    Response Location: United States

    Collegiate recovery programs or communities — like the Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities in Texas — are robust resources for students struggling to overcome substance use issues, whether they’re in long-term recovery or new to the process. Some offer scholarships for students in recovery, dedicated staff and counselors, and sober social activities.

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  • Military Veterans Are Serving their Country in an Unusual, New Way—at the Polls

    Lia Salvatierra

    October 19, 2022 |

    INDY Week |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    To help fill poll worker shortages and fight mis- and disinformation around the 2022 midterm elections, nonpartisan nonprofit We the Veterans launched a nationwide campaign called Vet the Vote, which recruits veterans and military members to serve as election officials. The campaign has signed up roughly 60,000 poll workers so far.

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  • Can SB 9 really help build housing for all in Sacramento?

    Russell Nichols

    October 18, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency Act eliminated single-family zoning so homeowners can split their lots to create rentals and make more housing available statewide.

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  • Covert network provides pills for thousands of abortions in U.S. post Roe

    Caroline Kitchener

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, a covert international network is emerging that provides abortion pills without a prescription to those without access in anti-abortion states. One such organization, Las Libres, has helped terminate approximately 20,000 pregnancies this year.

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  • Planting trees – and hope – in a flood-prone Nigerian town

    Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbajo, Osun

    The community-formed Igbajo Development Association has spent years planting 50,000 trees to help protect the community from severe weather and flooding.

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  • Thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters face ballot barriers in jail

    Matt Mencarini Erin McGroarty Phoebe Petrovic

    October 18, 2022 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Jails in Illinois and Texas have improved voting access for people who are incarcerated by coordinating with voting rights advocacy groups and bringing the polls on-site. In June, voter turnout at the Cook County Jail in Illinois exceeded that of the city of Chicago as a whole, and the Harris County Jail in Texas saw 96 people vote in-person in November 2021 and about 200 cast ballots in the March primary.

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  • In Sierra Leone, this initiative is last hope for some children with life-threatening conditions

    Kehinde Ogunyale

    October 18, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sierra Leone

    Volunteers of the Sick Pikin Project raise money for children in need of medical treatment by traveling the streets of Nigeria with postcards about their stories and asking for donations. The program has helped 226 children so far.

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  • Ugandan Health Innovators Show It's Possible to Provide Medicare Under Two Hours

    Rhonet Atwiine

    October 18, 2022 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Healthcare providers in Uganda are turning to telehealth to improve the accessibility of medical care. Patients can speak to doctors over the phone and have samples picked up or medicine delivered straight to them.

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