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  • Ghana's Anti-Witchcraft Bill: Reintegration offers hope as survivors urge swift passage

    October 05, 2025 |

    ChannelOne TV |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana

    While locals wait for an anti-witchcraft bill to pass to provide protection for women against unproven accusations of witchcraft, several organizations are working to close “witch camps” and help women return home to their families. So far, these organizations’ combined efforts have led to the closure of two of the six camps in the northern part of the country.

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  • Youth and adolescent corners transform lives in Otuke, but donor exit sparks fears for the future

    October 05, 2025 |

    tndNews |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Otuke

    Health centers like Barjobi Health Center III offer youth and teens judgment and stigma-free sexual and reproductive healthcare services, as well as opportunities to connect with each other over games and activities. However, these youth-centric health centers are facing closures and significant budget cuts as the biggest funding provider, USAID, has phased out.

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  • Family Planning Expands Women's Choices in Zimbabwe

    October 05, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council implemented a comprehensive national family planning program that offers integrated reproductive health services delivered through multiple channels including local clinics, mobile outreach units, community health workers, and youth-friendly centers. The program provides access to contraceptives, counseling, and peer education to address maternal mortality and unplanned pregnancy rates. Over the past decade, maternal mortality has dropped by 78%, and unintended pregnancies have also significantly decreased.

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  • From Risk to Rescue: Keeping Girls Safe In The Climate-Hit Sundarbans

    October 05, 2025 |

    upBeat |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, West Bengal

    BIRD's community-based anti-trafficking network has used vigilance hubs, local partnerships, and survivor-focused rehabilitation to rescue over 500 girls. Building community trust has made families turn to them first when children go missing, reducing trafficking rates in climate-vulnerable regions.

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  • The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners

    October 03, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Twenty women in Kaduna, Nigeria formed a cooperative in 2015 that pooled their farm labor earnings to collectively purchase land, transforming them from hired laborers earning ₦2,000-₦10,000 per day into independent landowners who now harvest enough to support their families' education and healthcare while contributing food to their community.

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  • Beyond Rhetoric: Assessing Lagos DSVA's Record on GBV Prevention and Response.

    October 03, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) provides comprehensive survivor support services including legal aid, medical care, shelters, and prevention programs, successfully building public trust and securing 140+ convictions while reaching 6.3 million people through awareness campaigns, though significant gaps remain between the 8,692 reported cases and actual access to justice and support services.

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  • Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline.

    October 03, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    California's farm-to-school grant program, launched in 2021, has successfully directed 100% of its funding to small and disadvantaged farmers. This has helped them expand their businesses through investments like refrigerated vans and partnerships with food hubs, enabling fresh local produce delivery to schools across the state.

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  • Sydani bridges vaccine gaps in Anambra

    October 02, 2025 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogbaru, Anambra

    The Saving Lives and Livelihoods Project tackles vaccine access barriers in hard-to-reach communities by bringing immunization services directly to families on farms and in remote camps with trained mobile health teams. Since the work began, immunizations have increased in several areas, and children who were previously overdue have since been vaccinated.

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  • برنامج “المثمر”.. خارطة طريق لإدماج النساء القرويات في التنمية الزراعية

    October 02, 2025 |

    صوت المغرب (The Voice) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Morocco

    يبرز التقرير دور برنامج "المثمر" في توفير التدريب التقني والأدوات الرقمية للنساء القرويات العاملات في المجال الزراعي في المغرب، وهو ما يساهم في دعم الإنتاج والتسويق وتوسيع مشاركة النساء في التنمية الزراعية وتحسين ظروفهن المعيشية.

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  • Meet the AI chatbot that's talking to young South Africans about sex, HIV and self-harm

    October 02, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Self-Cav is an AI chatbot that provides judgment-free, 24/7 information to young South Africans about HIV prevention, sexual health, and mental health via WhatsApp, allowing them to connect to real healthcare workers when needed. The chatbot is specifically designed to create demand for the HIV prevention medication PrEP among young women. Nearly 10,000 young people have used the chatbot platform, and 25% have been successfully linked to clinics or healthcare workers for PrEP, HIV testing, contraceptives, or mental health support.

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