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How to help reduce elder poverty? Keep Chicago seniors employed

Amy Yee

April 12, 2024 |

Chicago Sun-Times |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides support to seniors seeking employment, especially those who speak limited English, have a disability, were incarcerated, or are homeless, as they may need extra help. SCSEP has offered over one million low-income seniors part-time work placement and training. Since forming, about half of the one million participants have gone on to find full-time, unsubsidized employment.

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How women are breaking poverty circle using tricycle in Ilorin

Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus

April 10, 2024 |

Sundiata Post |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

In an effort to break the cycle of poverty and combat gender stereotypes and stigma, several women are entering the commercial transportation industry by driving tricycles around the city to offer rides to locals. By working, these women are earning more money for their families, helping to ensure there’s food on the table and that they can afford to send their children to school.

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Ugandan Women Team Up To Change ‘Men-Only' Real Estate And Construction Industry

Hellen Kabahukya Richard Mugambe Elisha Kizito

March 19, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

Mutindo Women aims to increase representation in the construction and real estate industries by connecting women to networking and job opportunities. Mutindo Women has built over 15 houses across the country since forming in 2019, and has even collaborated on projects with men in the field.

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Emprendimientos migrantes claves para el desarrollo local

Florencia Luján

February 26, 2024 |

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Response Location: Argentina, Gualeguaychú

En Gualeguaychú existen varios emprendimientos gastronómicos que están ayudando a solucionar el desempleo y aportando al desarrollo sostenible local.

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From school theory to real-world projects: Initiative empowers young Nigerians in tech

Yahuza Bawage

February 05, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna

Maha Technologies is a recruitment agency that pairs tech companies with skilled talent, particularly for women and girls in the startup sector. Maha Technologies helps those in STEM secure jobs while also fostering continuous learning, growth and skill-building through mentorship programs and training sessions.

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Employer buy-in, ridership remain low 5 months before end of RTA microtransit pilot program

Mandy Kraynak

January 12, 2024 |

The Land |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The transit authority in Cleveland, Ohio, is offering a microtransit shuttle service for employees who work in locations with limited or no public transit. Rides are free and set up on an as-needed basis via an app.

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Free Bus Passes Are Giving Indian Women More Financial Freedom

Kavitha Yarlagadda

January 11, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Karnataka

States across India are providing free bus passes for women so they can afford to join the workforce and have more financial independence.

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How Women Radio Centre is Fanning the Flames of Female Investigative Journalists in Nigeria

Blessing Oladunjoye

January 08, 2024 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Women Radio Centre (WRC) works to empower the next generation of female investigative journalists, training them on reporting tactics to prevent gender disparities and promote reporting on women’s rights, as women are often underrepresented in investigative journalism. WRC also aims to equip young, female journalists with adequate training and connect them with job, networking and story opportunities. In WRC’s second year, 40 journalists have been trained and completed the program.

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How Amazon Workers Got a Raise Before a Union

Christopher Salazar

December 22, 2023 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

In the absence of an official union, workers at an Amazon air hub formed an organizing committee to advocate for better conditions, circulating petitions and staging walk-outs to protest low pay and unsafe heat levels. The workers succeeded in persuading the company to change its policy around unpaid holiday closures and have also won incremental wage increases and improved heat protections.

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Salary disclosures on job postings a step forward in pay equity, experts say

Dorcas Marfo

November 20, 2023 |

CTV News Ottawa |

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Response Location: Canada, Ontario

Some Canadian provinces are beginning to enact transparency laws that require employers to include salary ranges in public job postings in an effort to close the pay equity gap, particularly as it pertains to the gender pay gap. In the U.S., eight states have already enacted similar laws and studies show states with these laws in place see a 1.5% boost in labor force participation rate and employees are generally more satisfied with their jobs when they feel employers are being transparent about wages.

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