Domestic violence facilities in Brazil, Scottish schools look outdoors, grime and drill offers sound advice

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In this issue of Squirrel News, innovative 24/7 domestic violence centres are offering specialised services and support to women across Brazil, Scotland seeks an outdoor model of schooling as lockdown restrictions prepare to ease, and grime and drill musicians offer sound advice for social distancing as BAME communities in the UK disproportionately suffer.

Initiative in Brazil has built several innovative centres for the purpose of tackling domestic violence

Casa de Mulher Brasileira (“house of the Brazilian woman”) is just one of several facilities open 24/7 offering specialised services and spport to victims of violence against women.

Source: The Guardian

Scotland looks to an outdoor model as schools plan how to begin reopening

Unlike playtime within the confines of four walls, outdoor education for children offers physical distancing and significantly less risk of cross-contamination as children swap toys for nature.

Source: The Guardian

Safeguarding concerns push age of consent in South Korea from 13 to 16

Amid concerns over sexual abuse, injustices, and outdated values, the revised law seeks to strengthen protection for minors.

Source: Bangkok Post

White-tailed eagles spotted in UK for first time in 240 years

As a result of a reintroduction programme on the Isle of Wight, the UK’s largest bird of prey has successfully made a return.

Source: i News

Conservationists build hotels for endangered seahorses in Sydney

The custom-built structures are hoped to help populations grow as they reintroduce the bred species into the wild.

Source: Euronews

App locates where vital medicines are in stock for Iraqi patients

In Mosul you never know which of the almost 200 pharmacies will actually have your medication, and wihile public services remain under reconstruction this app offers invaluable insight for patients.

Source: The Guardian

How a Japanese climate activist elicited her town to declare a climate emergency

Mika Mashiko’s environmental advocacy group is the first to elicit a Climate Emergency Declaration from a local municipality, setting a goal to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

Source: Japan Times

This nonprofit tracks where donated funds are going to in Africa, and how they’re being used

Nigeria-based Follow the Money is monitoring announcements of grants and donations for low-income communities for the sake of transparency and accountability.

Source: CNN

Pacific Islands embrace return of bartering systems as Covid-19 hits economies

Taxi ride for fresh produce, two piglets for a kayak? Facebook pages across Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu foster a resurgence of a centuries-old practice of indigenous peoples.

Source: The Guardian

Grime and drill musicians promote social responsibility in the wake of government’s ambiguous guidelines

With lyrics encouraging “keep your salivas” and “take this ting serious”, artists are speaking out as the genres’ BAME communities are being disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

Source: The Conversation

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