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  • 'Visible women': Feminist mappers bridge data gap in urban design

    March 07, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    The underrepresentation of women in technology and computer science has led to the creation of Geochicas, a group of women who recruit and train female, open source mappers across the world. Open source mapping is a male-dominated pursuit but one that informs urban design and public policy. When mapping a city, women tend to add services that are overlooked by men, such as childcare services, hospitals, and women's health clinics. Diversifying the volunteers who do this work to include more women leads to mapping that is more inclusive and minimizes crowdsourced-data bias against women.

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  • Loss—and Hope—After a Cluster of Student Suicides

    March 06, 2020 |

    Edutopia |

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    Response Location: United States, Clovis, California

    To decrease the stigma of talking about mental health, a high school in California's Central Valley began "inviting students to attend formerly adults-only meetings and including them in planning groups to expand mental health resources on campuses." In addition, students created their own club, which has grown to 40 participants, and the school has also added a peer counseling class.

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  • When a Medical Diagnosis is Complex, A Navigator Who Looks Like the Patient Can Make All the Difference

    March 04, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Response Location: United States, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    Patient navigation, which uses community members as health care informants, is helping to break down social and cultural barriers to accessing care in a community in North Carolina. The navigators are "population-focused," meaning they work in the communities they are passionate about and can relate to in order "to provide culturally appropriate assistance." Since the implementation of the program, doctors at Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center have reported that more patients are seeking care proactively.

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  • Harnessing the power of Latino voters could reshape politics in Texas

    March 02, 2020 |

    Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Texas voter registration initiatives are aimed at Latino voters, where less than 41% of eligible Latinos voted in 2016. Voto Latino focuses on college campuses, registering 15% of all new Texas voters in 2018. Southwest Voter Registration Education Project visits Latino-majority schools, including reaching out to 500 high schools across Texas. Jolt Action registers voters, held the first Latino-focused political candidate forum in Texas attended by 870 people, and runs Poder Quince where girls can have a free photo booth at their quinceañera if paired with a voter registration table and pledge to vote at 18.

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  • Jacksonville Organization Attacks Violence, Blight With Holistic Approach

    February 27, 2020 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    After the residential real estate market collapsed a decade ago, a developer that had been revitalizing an impoverished Jacksonville neighborhood with single-family homes pivoted to a broader approach to reducing crime and blight. Progress has been difficult, and violence in the neighborhood remains high. But, by building larger complexes and offering an array of services and interventions, Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation is achieving slow but steady social change.

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  • A new kind of chemistry: Why science is rethinking the humble bed net

    February 27, 2020 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Mosquito nets in Rwanda and other regions are getting undergoing a change due to mosquitos increasingly showing resistance to the usual chemicals sprayed on them. The new nets, currently being piloted throuhgout other regions, are so far showing a higher tolerance to being washed and are routinely repelling more mosquitos than the previous model which only used one chemical, whereas these use a combination.

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  • A parent's place? Meet the women fighting for space at SA's rural hospitals

    February 26, 2020 |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Madwaleni

    In the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa, a hospital has transformed their model of care for children with cerebral palsy to better serve the entire family. Offering weeklong stays, the hospital offers physical therapy for the children and emotional and educational support to the mothers of the children. Although this kind of care comes at a financial cost for the hospital, the results have indicated positive outcomes for both the child and moms. Additionally, the hospital staff has also trained the moms to act as community workers, helping to better increase awareness and access to services.

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  • Repurposing Drugs to Fight Cancer

    February 25, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Studies have shown that some medications prescribed to help treat one ailment can also be used in combination with other drug therapies to treat additional or separate illnesses. Although there are barriers to enacting drug repurposing clinical trials, medical experts say that the benefit of using existing drugs is undoubtedly more efficient and "off-label prescribing is entirely legal."

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  • Leveling the Playing Field

    February 24, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    Black Girl Ventures levels the playing field for women of color who seek capital for their business ventures. Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their ideas at crowdfunded sessions, which means the funding varies depending on the size of the crowd and its willingness to invest. In addition to capital, BGV recognizes the need for minorities to access a network, mentoring, and business coaching to navigate the systems necessary to build a business. The nonprofit has chapters in several cities and works with local organizations that are already in place helping black businesses.

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  • The community built by women who fled violence

    February 16, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cartagena

    The League of Displaced Women built “The City of Women" in 2003. The city has about 100 homes for women and their families, including men, who faced and/or fled murder, rape, and other forms of violence during the conflict in Colombia. The community is self-sufficient with a school, stores, restaurants, and other services. Egalitarian gender norms are followed by its residents, and the group helps women heal from past emotional and physical traumas. The women in the city tried to get justice for the crimes committed against them, but none of the 159 cases of gender-based violence have been resolved.

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