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Design Brief

Design Social Innovation

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Social opportunities

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Education support for the poor

Empowering women

Baby dumping

Fighting against crime

Intervention of public housing/squatters

Usage reduction of Styrofoam

Usage reduction of plastic bags

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Education support for the poor

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How might we…

Create awareness of the social injustices around education, that a child's

origin determines his or her educational and life outcomes?

Deliver education to remote/rural communities where many qualified

teachers may not be interested in practicing?

Design ways of managing teacher performance that reward strong educators

and reflect student outcomes?

Empower teachers to fulfill a lack of resources in their schools by raising

funds independently?

Opportunity areas

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Empowering women

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How might we…

Empower women to negotiate healthier relationships with their partners

(e.g. sexual health)?

Reverse stereotypes about the disadvantages of women in the workplace?

Help women gain the confidence required to become entrepreneurs?

Reduce the prevalence of modern forms of chauvinism?

Create safe spaces for women to seek and receive advice?

Opportunity areas

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Baby dumping

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How might we…

Create a support structure that reduces the burden of care for children

without removing them completely for the parents?

Prevent accidental pregnancies amongst the homeless and drug users?

Develop meaningful ways of enhancing or complementing social services

(which work on a 9-5 basis)?

Opportunity areas

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Fighting against crime

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How might we…

Reduce the prevalence of snatch theft?

Empower neighbourhoods to better fight against crime?

Build stronger social networks in neighbourhoods to fight against local

crime?

Reduce usage of fake license plates on motorbikes?

Opportunity areas

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Identify a design challenge “how might we…”

Recognize existing knowledge

Identify themes and opportunity areas

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