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  • How to Design a City for Women

    Clare Foran

    September 06, 2013 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia, Vienna

    Gender mainstreaming is the practice of creating “laws, rules and regulations that benefit men and women equally. The goal is to provide equal access to city resources.” Since the 90s the city of Vienna has adopted this into their urban planning, building things like apartment complexes for women, parks, and public transit that takes into consideration a women’s routine. In total, more than 60 projects to date have been built around this concept. “Once you’ve analyzed the patterns of use of public space, you start to define the needs and interests of the people using it," she explains. "Then planning can be

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  • 'Boy or Girl?' Gender a new challenge for schools

    Martha Irvine

    May 28, 2013 |

    Associated Press |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

    Conventional school policies fail to address the needs of transgender students. A school district in Tampa changed its human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.

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  • The Fight Against Sexual Harassment on Arab Campuses

    Sarah Lynch

    May 11, 2013 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    Maps, art exhibitions, and online documents, are all methods in which women, activists, and students are fighting against sexual harassment on university campuses in the middle east. “It’s actually being broached as an issue,” Murabit said. “And speaking in terms of violence in general – whether that’s verbal harassment or physical violence in the home – on all levels it is being addressed whereas before it never would have been spoken about.”

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  • Helping Women Hurdle Employment Barriers

    Daria Solovieva

    April 02, 2013 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

    In order to bridge the gap between women and men in the workforce, a number of programs in the middle east are offering job mentorship and training to women. “A mentoring program is a big help for women,” Allam says, describing the association’s strategy of partnering participants with role models such as successful female entrepreneurs. “With these skills they can find the right path – to face all the things in life, whether on the professional or personal level.”

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  • Santa Ana's 10-year war on prostitution

    Keegan Kyle

    January 22, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    In Anaheim, the police department shifted the way they approach prostitution. Rather than arresting women, they began to target pimps, and send women to social services.”In 2010, Anaheim reported 76 prostitution-related arrests, the fewest of any year in the previous three decades.” Other police department’s have adopted “john schools.” Men who solicit prostitution have their charges dropped in exchange they must go to diversion classes. “A 2008 study found San Francisco’s program had reduced the rate of repeat offenses by 40 percent.”

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