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Detroit initiatives combat high Black infant mortality rate with dignity and compassion

Brooke Marshall

March 17, 2023 |

Flintside |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Women-Inspired Neighborhood (WIN) Network: Detroit works to improve Black infant health outcomes by providing support services like group prenatal care, targeted home visits, and breastfeeding programs. By using the CenteringPregancy model, over 600 women have gone through the program and there have been zero preventable infant deaths. Win also helps direct women toward resources like stable housing and higher education.

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How One Nigerian Woman is Waging a War against Period Poverty

Mohammed Taoheed

March 10, 2023 |

International Policy Digest |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Achievers Foundation distributes free sanitary pads to those experiencing period poverty. The Foundation also hosts lectures on sexual and menstrual health and works to fight the stigma surrounding periods in some communities.

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The Coworking Space Putting Black Moms' Startup Dreams First

Oscar Perry Abello

March 07, 2023 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

A coworking space in Baltimore focuses on making it easier for Black mom entrepreneurs to grow their businesses by offering affordable, on-site babysitting.

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Mississippi Evangelicals Prepare to Welcome Dobbs Babies

Adam MacInnis

February 13, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mississippi

Embrace Grace is a 12-week program that supports single parents and women facing unplanned pregnancies and works to coach churches to be more accepting and open their doors and their hearts to those in need, specifically in the wake of the Dobbs. V. Jackson and Roe v. Wade overturn. There are currently about 20 churches across the state involved in the program.

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Can Monthly Cash Payments Make Our Economy More Equitable?

Sonali Kolhatkar

February 11, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Guaranteed income programs aim to reduce poverty by providing cash to those in need with no strings attached. One of these programs in New York City, The Bridge Project, focuses on helping women of color who are mothers.

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How a women and immigrant-led marketplace is surviving Covid

Frances Nguyen

February 07, 2023 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The La Cocina Municipal Marketplace supports immigrant women entrepreneurs who graduated from the La Cocina Business Incubator by providing them with a space to sell their goods and services. Since forming in 2005, the business incubator has helped 140 entrepreneurs open for business. And the Marketplace — which opened in 2021 — allowed these business owners to continue to make profits by selling takeout-only food amid gathering restrictions caused by the pandemic.

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How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

Sanket Jain

February 03, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Ganeshwadi Village, Maharashtra

Accredited social health activists (ASHA) travel throughout Indian villages to combat medical misinformation — specifically among pregnant people — and make public healthcare more accessible. ASHAs connects with over 60% of the women in the villages she serves via WhatsApp, sharing educational videos to avoid the harmful effects of misinformation. As a result, ASHAs have had a massive impact on maternal mortality rates. In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was 254 deaths per 100,000 live births, but in 2020 it dropped to 96 per 100,000 births.

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The Georgia House: A place for recovery through love

Danita Harris

January 20, 2023 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Avon, Ohio

The Georgia House provides women in Avon, Ohio, a free place to live and recover from alcohol and drug addictions. Women in the house participate in a daily structure that includes time at treatment centers and group devotionals.

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Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,' queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

Jackie Hajdenberg

January 03, 2023 |

The Forward |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The Tzitzit Project makes Jewish ritual garments typically produced for and worn by Orthodox men in shapes and colors for a variety of bodies and genders to appeal to a more diverse set of people.

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Volunteer-led group sends books to incarcerated women statewide

Rachel Crumpler

December 23, 2022 |

North Carolina Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Incarcerated women in North Carolina can write letters to request books from the NC Women’s Prison Book Project. Volunteers sort through donated books to best match the requests and send up to three books a month to each person. The project aims to provide intellectual stimulation and a break from the isolation that comes with incarceration.

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