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Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

Geetanjali Krishna

July 28, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jaipur

ACCESS Development Services trains women to drive electric auto rickshaws, providing them with marketable skills that help them earn a living independently. The all-women Pink City Rickshaw Company employs the women to provide tours throughout the city and has since trained over 200 women.

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Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

Christian Pricelius, Sumaira Latif

June 25, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Pakistan

CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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The Shops Where Trash Becomes Crafters' Treasure

Elizabeth Hewitt

May 27, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

Creative reuse centers like Smart Art and Craft Supplies tackle waste reduction by redistributing donated art materials, simultaneously providing meaningful employment and inclusion opportunities for adults with disabilities.

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The women of Salta are building their future

Eva Marabotto

May 26, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina, Salta

The "Constructoras" training program in Salta, Argentina, combined with 10% gender quota laws for public works, has trained over 1,100 women in construction trades since 2022 and helped increase women's participation in the sector nationally from 4.1% to 7.1%, though progress faces significant challenges from political rollbacks and persistent workplace discrimination. Read this article in Spanish here: https://solu.news/aeh0

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Can Maine's heat pump and workforce development boom last?

Kristian Moravec

May 22, 2025 |

The Maine Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

Throughout the state, Maine launched several workforce development programs to meet clean energy goals by training workers to help install heat pumps and perform other clean energy jobs. For example, Kennebec Valley Community College's heat pump lab has trained more than 300 students since 2021.

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Renewable energy industry powers new job growth in SD

Bart Pfankuch

May 19, 2025 |

South Dakota News Watch |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

South Dakota technical colleges partner closely with the renewable energy industry through specialized academic programs, responsive curriculum changes, and targeted scholarships, effectively addressing workforce shortages, achieving high-paying job placements, and catalyzing local economic growth.

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Mujeres en obra: las salteñas que construyen su futuro

Eva Marabotto

May 15, 2025 |

elDiarioAR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina, Salta

El programa Constructoras de Salta capacitó a 1,100 mujeres en oficios de construcción desde 2022 y logró que 15 municipios aprobaran leyes de cupo del 10% en obras públicas, contribuyendo al aumento nacional de participación femenina en el sector del 4.1% al 7.1% entre 2007-2023, aunque enfrenta limitaciones por la disolución del Ministerio de Mujeres nacional y la falta de reglamentación local. Puedes leer este artículo en inglés aquí: https://solu.news/xuvw

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The women transforming tea fields into engines of change

Cecilia Fernández Castañón

May 08, 2025 |

FairPlanet |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina, Misiones

Local organizations such as Mujeres Rurales Argentinas and the provincial Ministry of Agriculture's Gender Cabinet are empowering rural women through artisanal tea production. By offering training programs structured around women's caregiving schedules, creating spaces for gender-inclusive collaboration, and advocating for policy changes, these groups have helped increase women's leadership roles in tea production, as more than half of artisan producers are now women.

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Jobs for Life

Laura Ghenea

May 07, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Republic of Moldova

Floare de Cires addresses the employment barriers people with disabilities face by training them in culinary and hospitality skills that help them integrate into the workforce and build a sense of independence.

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Local Governments Vie for Fired Federal Workers

Patrick Sisson

April 01, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States

Following massive federal layoffs, city and state governments are courting former federal workers with highly specialized skills as a way to help shore up their staffing shortages. New York City, for example, has already hired 28 former federal employees, and Work for America, an organization working to match federal workers with state and local opportunities, currently has 168 candidates in the hiring process.

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