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Setting Boundaries - empowering workshops for women
In the current political situation, which due to women’s equality backlashes continues also to disempower women by objectifying their bodies, there is an urgent need of passing on knowledge about setting boundaries and allowing one to express their sexuality as a subject, not an object.
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Academy for a Human (Akademia dla Człowieka)
Doctors in their daily work encounter not only many different health tragedies but also effects of numerous life tragedies and social injustices. In the Polish healthcare system, the social/advice workers subsystem is insufficient and does not meet expectations of supporting patients in case of need.
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Reproductive Health Vending Machines in Tulsa
As her Action Project, Piper researched and pitched a program to install reproductive health vending machines in on the campus of the University of Tulsa.
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Global Resilience COVID19 Stories Project
Our 2020 Fellow Mariam Hassoun created the Global Resilience COVID19 Stories Project, seeking to collect and share human stories of resilience that allow us to heal, connect, and feel.
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The Reargument of Roe v. Wade: Reproductive Justice through Legal Education
Senior Fellow Erica Webb's project advocates for reproductive justice through a theatrical portrayal of the oral reargument of the U.S. Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade (1973).
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Training future mental health professionals on LGBTQI+ psychology and SOGI issues
Andreana's project aimed to sensitize young academics on SOGI issues and bring forward the updated guidelines on de-pathologizing persons belonging to the broader LGBTQI+ community.
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Beschikbare Psycholoog: A Website That Connects Clients With Therapists.
Christophe Romein created a website that connects clients with therapists.
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Empowering Women and Girls in NYC
Landecker Democracy Fellow Reshma Persaud is a Manager of Principal Giving at the International Rescue Committee. In support of activism through art, Reshma and SQWM will host an exhibition highlighting immigrant communities, families, or/and anonymous GBV survivors for them to "Tell their Stories Through Art" either virtually or in-person.
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#PremiereLigne
Landecker Democracy Fellow Noufel Bouzenboudja is a writer and artist from North Africa who mixes art with active citizenship projects. Noufel’s project will be the creation and implementation of an online platform called #PremiereLigne to disseminate stories of Paris banlieue residents.
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Educating medical students on female genital mutilation (FGM)
In order to take on a problem, you first need to understand it - especially if it as complex as Female Genital Mutilation. Senior Fellow Mara Franke worked on educating medical professionals about FGM through a lecture series.
