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  • Could farming bring solutions to homelessness across the country?

    October 24, 2022 |

    KSHB-TV |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    The Green Phoenix Farm is a job training program for women who have experienced homelessness and offers them employment, mentorship, and advocacy. In 2021, the farm produced $110,000 worth of value off of .8 acres under cultivation, which is 17 times the economic output of an average vegetable farm in the United States.

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  • The New Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    WNYC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    By working with a nonprofit, Las Libres, in Guanajuato, Mexico, volunteers are helping women access medication for abortions for free. Las Libres organizes the supply chain to get the medication to those in need in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Forced Marriage, Domestic Violence: Kashmiri Women Reach Out To A ‘Close Friend' For Help

    October 04, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India, Rajbagh

    Mehram, a woman-led collective in India, provides legal aid and counseling for survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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  • The silent revolution: From the streets to the class

    August 30, 2022 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna

    The Centre for Girls Education in Zaria City, Nigeria provides educational programs for female students across age groups and stages of life, from preschool initiatives centered around the Montessori philosophy to programs for married adolescents. The organization has served more than 7,000 girls to date and encourages older girls and past participants to share their perspectives and experiences with younger students through "cascading mentorship."

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  • Youth-led NGOs are battling period poverty in Nigeria. Their weapon is reusable pads

    August 02, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    One Voice Initiative for Women and Children Emancipation and Reaching Minds Foundation are two organizations that have distributed thousands of reusable pad kits to school girls and women. The organizations also train people on how to make their own reusable pads from environmentally friendly fabrics and use them correctly.

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  • This rural N.C. farm helps formerly incarcerated women build back their lives, careers

    May 16, 2022 |

    Southerly |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

    Benevolence Farm provides reentry services for women to help ease the transition after incarceration. The nonprofit provides free room and board, a guaranteed job, career counseling, health appointments, and transportation.

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  • This Ability in the Kenyan Society

    March 23, 2022 |

    The Elephant |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    This Ability Trust is a nonprofit working to help women and girls with disabilities facing violence. Their Mama Siri program is a toll-free phone service that people with disabilities can call for information and help with things like reporting violence to the police and getting to a safe space.

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  • Faith based group offers hope to girls suffering vesicovaginal fistula

    February 24, 2022 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

    Medical Missionaries of Mary is a Christian faith-based organization that works to complement the government's efforts of helping those experiencing vesicovaginal fistula by providing access to surgery for free. The group also addresses stigma around the condition and helps create a sense of community for patients.

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  • Making IDPs dream of moving out of camps possible

    February 07, 2022 |

    Media Career Development Network |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Skilled Women Initiative trains women trains displaced women living in camps on various skills they can use to make money and find jobs, empowering them to one day leave the camps. The initiative has trained about 700 people in skills like textile upcycling, crochet, sewing, and soap making. It also educates those in the program on how to develop a business plan to sell their goods and services and connects them with job referrals outside of the camps.

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