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  • In Sri Lanka, 'the Ocean Is For Everyone'

    May 02, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Weligama

    SeaSisters offers free swim and surf lessons to local women and girls, challenging social norms and fear that traditionally keep them from enjoying the ocean. The group has since trained 150 participants, helping them overcome their fears and find a newfound sense of freedom.

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  • Women Plumbers in Jordan Are Breaking Taboos

    April 28, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Targeted plumbing training programs are providing women with life-changing skills, independence, and career opportunities. Led by initiatives such as the German government aid agency GIZ and the Wise Women Plumbers Cooperative, hundreds of women have become licensed plumbers, overcoming societal stigma to gain economic empowerment, improve local water management, and shift perceptions around women's roles.

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  • How to have better sex

    February 18, 2025 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    In an effort to combat cultural stigma, misinformation and harmful behaviors, several groups and individuals are emerging to teach women about sexual health, pleasure and overall wellness, particularly in rural areas where information is sparse.

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  • The Pioneering Paralegals Helping Women Take Back Their Land

    February 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Gujarat

    The Working Group of Women for Land Ownership (WGWLO) is a group of 48 grassroots NGOs and individuals who help local women secure land ownership through raising awareness about women’s land rights and providing access to legal aid when needed. Since forming in 2002, the group estimates that it has helped as many as 20,000 women.

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  • Tigray war rape victims turn to Rwandan genocide survivors to heal trauma

    October 22, 2024 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Tigray

    Groups of women, in collaboration with local charity organization Daughters of Charity, are working together to create HAL (helpful active listening) circles to help survivors of sexual and gender-based violence heal. HAL circles are women-to-women groups led by those trained in supportive communication skills, the effects of trauma on the mind and body and healthy coping methods. Over the past several years, the group has connected with 1,320 survivors.

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  • Black women lean into leadership program to build power and sisterhood

    October 22, 2024 |

    USA Today |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The Power, Innovation and Leadership executive education program brings Black women together to train them to become strong leaders, spearheading causes around issues like reducing poverty, advocating for reproductive justice and protecting voting rights. 25 women have graduated from the program already, and the next cohort is set to start in January, as they work toward their goal of training 100 Black women leaders.

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  • The Muslim Sisters Aiding Widows Through Tough Times

    October 09, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The Pious Muslim Women group helps widowed women navigate tough times with its various programs, such as providing access to food, monthly allowances, child care and other necessary resources. So far, the group has helped more than 3,500 women.

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  • Mt. Bachelor mountain biking series for women aims to foster community

    August 29, 2024 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

    A mountain bike riding series for women at Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor is making the sport more accessible by giving new and returning riders the chance to hone their skills with other women on closed trails.

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  • At the Border, a Shelter By — And For — Muslim Women

    August 29, 2024 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Albergue Assabil (the Shelter of the Path), by the Latina Muslim Foundation, is the first women-led Muslim shelter along the U.S.-Mexico border. It has been in operation since June 2022, providing a safe space for women migrants, supplying them with food, clothing, shelter and sanctuary regardless of their religious, social or cultural background. In the past two years, the shelter has helped about 3,000 migrant women.

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  • 'Internet of fish' empowering Lake Victoria women

    August 14, 2024 |

    SciDev.Net |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Women fisherfolk in Kenya are starting fish farms in Lake Victoria, aided by smartphones and technology that help them track the health and needs of the fish. Owning farms gives them financial freedom and prevents the sexual exploitation women often face when bargaining for fish.

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