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  • A Simple Fix Lifts Single Moms Out of Poverty in India's Slums

    May 12, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Jaipur

    Fund a Mom gives 40 single mothers in Jaipur, India, $60 a month with no strings attached. The guaranteed income program helps them cover necessary expenses giving them the breathing room to find paid employment.

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  • This housing program in central Indiana helps single mothers toward a college degree

    April 27, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat Indiana |

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    Response Location: United States, Anderson, Indiana

    The Anderson Scholar House in Indiana provides stable housing at a reduced rent price for single mothers enrolled in college. The organization aims to provide support and guidance so that life pressures don’t stop them from graduating.

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  • Ride-hailing apps have a gender problem. These women drivers are fighting back

    April 26, 2023 |

    Context |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    Women-only taxi companies like An Nisa in Nairobi empower women to become rideshare drivers. These opportunities combat gender bias and create a safer space for women.

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  • How two queer filmmakers helped save lesbian bars in the US from extinction

    April 25, 2023 |

    GayCities |

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    Response Location: United States

    After learning that the number of lesbian bars across the U.S. was dwindling, two filmmakers launched the show “The Lesbian Bar Project” which spotlights the bars’ significance to their communities. Along with the show, they crowdfunded $300,000 to help financially support the surviving bars.

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  • Reclaiming Safe Abortion Access in Haiti

    April 17, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port Au Prince

    Nègès Mawon works to empower women to fight back against violence and oppression through education and advocacy and focuses on access to safe abortion care. Through the organization’s sponsorship program, women who are also survivors of gender-based violence are partnering together to rise above the patriarchal system and advocate for themselves. Since last May, Nègès Mawon has supported more than 300 survivors of gender-based violence through the sponsorship program.

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  • In Malawi, female fish traders mobilise against transactional sex

    April 14, 2023 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi, Rumphi

    A women’s cooperative in Malawi empowers women to diversify their incomes by selling a variety of produce instead of relying only on selling fish. The women in the collective split the proceeds and buy fish in groups to combat increasing sex-for-fish requests from fishermen.

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  • The Mexican women breathing new life into Yucatán's mangrove forests

    April 10, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

    A group of women from a fishing village in southern Mexico are restoring mangroves on the Yucatán Peninsula. While the group, known as las chelemeras, is reviving the local ecosystem, the members also find personal empowerment from the work and the pay.

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  • Nurturing the Nurturer: Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State

    April 10, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    The Save the Child Initiative, in collaboration with the Society for Women Development and Empowerment in Nigeria, is working to ensure that expectant mothers receive proper nutrition during pregnancy so they can deliver healthy babies. The initiative provides iron and folic acid supplements, nutrition counseling, hosts antenatal clinics, and even travels door-to-door to provide education and care to those in need.

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  • Clinic Throws Survivors Of Violence A Lifeline In Nigeria's Adamawa State

    March 30, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Numan, Adamawa

    Hope Center offers free medical services, including psychosocial and counseling services, for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The Center also collaborates with the legal system to work to achieve justice for survivors.

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  • How Undergraduate Female-led Initiative is Closing Menstrual Awareness Gap for Girls

    March 30, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Girls&More educates girls on menstruation, puberty and menstrual hygiene. The group travels to schools and throughout rural communities to talk to girls and provide them with sanitary pads and other resources they may struggle to access.

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