Hi 👋 I’m Jasmine, founder of The Bloom. Thank you for joining us for this week's newsletter, where we bring together small seeds for positive global impact. If you enjoy this week's issue, forward it to a friend!
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🌏 Argentina becomes first country in Latin America to officially recognize nonbinary people: Citizens can now choose to have their gender marked as an X on their national IDs and passports if they don’t identify as female or male. Argentina joins several other countries, including New Zealand, Canada and Australia, that allow a nonbinary gender marker in IDs.→ Story 🌍 Introto understanding and countering anti-gender movements: The Center for Feminist Foreign Policy created this course to provide a space for learning and relationship building among activists committed to advancing the rights of women and LGBTQI+ communities in the face of the anti-gender actors in EU and beyond. It will foreground supporting the development of multi-dimensional strategies against anti-gender actors.→ Course 🌍 ‘The Sex Lives of African Women’ – an exhilarating, at times enraging new book: For 10 years, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah has run an extraordinary platform for conversations about sex centering the pleasure of African women. The Ghanaian feminist has published a new book that is similarly extraordinary in making visible the intricate personal lives of African women that are all too often invisible or silenced.→ Interview
💸 FUND European Commission Women TechEU funding for women at the forefront of deeptech. Groups led by young feminists focused on empowering girls can apply for the Generation Equality Girls' Fund. Proposals from Middle East women-led organizations working in Africa for up to $50,000 grants. 🧠 EXPLORE What you can eat to help save the world. A new bi-lingual design magazine with 70 designers from 14 countries from MENA region. A free ebook guide to queer sex and love. 🦋 GROW Women Write Now is a comedic screenwriting fellowship for Black women created in collaboration with Sundance Film Festival and designed to elevate Black female comedy writers. Accelerator program for small fashion businesses from anywhere in the EU region to support the transition to circular and sustainable models. Opportunity to work along the theme of (IN)Visibility – Rake Community is a really exciting group building a framework for socially and politically driven projects outside of traditional institutions. They've just released applications to their program for artists, journalists, scientists, or anyone else working on the theme of the unseen and obscured elements in society, business, and politics. African authors and scholars from around the continent are invited to submit their writing on governance and development to the African Leadership for Governance Journal, a non-academic, multidisciplinary publication. The Advocates Academy for Young Europeans is a unique bridge between EU policymakers and young European individuals, and you can now apply to join their September academy aimed at offering young people concrete tools to mobilize and engage at EU-level with policymakers.
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🔥Thank you to everyone who submitted songs for the Bloom playlist 🔥 From a 24-year-old Belgian–Congolese songwriter to a Palestinian pop artist, this playlist truly has it ALL. Keep the recommendations coming and let's make this one of the most international and inclusive playlists out there!!
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But it needs to be sustainable We have 4 updates for you this week: 1. Unlock Sustainable Growth Everyone wants growth. But to scale your business, you need more – you need sustainable growth.
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