The Fuller Project

India is trying to reduce maternal mortality without engaging with a key contributor: suicide

by Disha Shetty

Co-published with Scroll and Health Policy Watch

India has made enormous strides in reducing maternal mortality. But that success has exposed a largely unaddressed phenomenon: high rates of suicides around the time of childbirth.

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How abortion restrictions compare, state-by-state

by Erica Hensley Jessica Washington

Financial Pandemic: For a refugee in crisis-hit Lebanon, even buying bread is a struggle

by Katherine Pangonis

The hidden toll of heat waves on women in South Asia

by Disha Shetty

Co-published with Scroll

How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses

by Erica Hensley

Co-published with Reckon

Baby formula marketing practices are still too aggressive, WHO report finds

by Melissa Chan

Co-published with Foreign Policy

The mental health crisis facing Black mothers in the South

by Erica Hensley

Co-published with Reckon

The hidden toll of heat waves on women in South Asia

by Disha Shetty

Co-published with Scroll

‘The smoke enters your body’: A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick

by Louise Donovan, Moraa Obiria

Published in partnership with VICE World News and the Nation

Photo of a woman sweeping a street while covering her face and head with a towel; smog in the background.

Air pollution’s impact on women’s health is slipping under the radar, public health experts warn

by Disha Shetty

Co-published with Scroll and Health Policy Watch

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In the Sundarban, climate change has an unlikely effect — on child sex-trafficking

by Ritwika Mitra

Co-published with The Wire

Reporter’s Notebook: Women’s invisibility in climate stories erase their narratives. The result is bad policy

by Disha Shetty

How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses

One drop-off at a time, college students are arming themselves with preventive emergency contraception — which could soon be one of the last legal chances to stop a pregnancy.

by Erica Hensley

Co-published with Reckon

Violence spikes as Myanmar garment workers say factories are colluding with the junta

With tensions rising in alleged military-linked factories, brands such as Mango and Zara have cut ties in recent months. But at what cost to the mostly female workforce?

by Louise Donovan, Maung Moe

Co-published with VICE World News

Baby formula marketing practices are still too aggressive

While American mothers can’t find enough formula, a new WHO report details why in other parts of the world parents are getting too much.

by Melissa Chan

Co-published with Foreign Policy

The mental health crisis facing Black mothers in the South

Like maternal health broadly, the problem falls along stark racial lines.

by Erica Hensley

Co-published with Reckon

From the archives: Her case set the precedent for the Trump administration. Now she’s been granted asylum

How one woman’s asylum case became a vehicle to first deny—and then expand—protections for migrants fleeing gender-based violence.

by Tanvi Misra

Violent crime victims in New York struggle to access funds due to them

A state fund designed to help the targets of physical attacks only reaches a small fraction of the people who need it most.

by Jessica Washington

Co-published with THE CITY

Financial Pandemic: As living costs spiral in Kenya, a mother sacrifices to spare family from ‘dire times’

With food prices soaring to over 12% over the past year, the economic repercussions of the pandemic are being heavily felt across Kenya. Women are particularly vulnerable.

by Agatha Gichana

Co-published with the Nation

Financial Pandemic: ‘Sri Lanka is not a country for poor people now’

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has permeated all aspects of life for Read Feroza Hussein, who lives on the outskirts of the nation’s capital.

by Rathindra Kuruwita

Co-published with the Nation

Financial Pandemic: A Lima woman is fighting to feed her community as food prices soar

Asencia Tuamana, 55, started “Bello Horizonte,” a communal kitchen, in September 2020 to share resources during a nationwide lockdown that left millions of Peruvians with no income.

by Jimena Ledgard

Co-published with Nation

Reporter’s Notebook

A photo of people preparing a meal on a wood oven

India is trying to reduce maternal mortality without engaging with a key contributor: suicide

How abortion restrictions compare, state-by-state

Financial Pandemic: For a refugee in crisis-hit Lebanon, even buying bread is a struggle

The hidden toll of heat waves on women in South Asia

How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses

Baby formula marketing practices are still too aggressive, WHO report finds

The mental health crisis facing Black mothers in the South

The hidden toll of heat waves on women in South Asia

‘The smoke enters your body’: A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick

Air pollution’s impact on women’s health is slipping under the radar, public health experts warn

In the Sundarban, climate change has an unlikely effect — on child sex-trafficking

Reporter’s Notebook: Women’s invisibility in climate stories erase their narratives. The result is bad policy

How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses

Violence spikes as Myanmar garment workers say factories are colluding with the junta

Baby formula marketing practices are still too aggressive

The mental health crisis facing Black mothers in the South

From the archives: Her case set the precedent for the Trump administration. Now she’s been granted asylum

Violent crime victims in New York struggle to access funds due to them

Financial Pandemic: As living costs spiral in Kenya, a mother sacrifices to spare family from ‘dire times’

Financial Pandemic: ‘Sri Lanka is not a country for poor people now’

Financial Pandemic: A Lima woman is fighting to feed her community as food prices soar

Reporter’s Notebook: Indoor air in India can be just as bad as the country’s toxic smog. Was I wrong to be surprised?

In rural India, stricken by pandemic, necessity of invention fills in for the state: Reporter’s Notebook

Trauma can be hard to talk about. It can also be hard to hear: Reporter’s Notebook

Abused factory workers told me their stories. It changed their lives, and mine: Reporter’s Notebook

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