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Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Incredibly unjust’ — How medical research feeds a vicious cycle of inequality

The latest Alzheimer’s breakthrough largely excluded Black women, who are most disproportionately impacted by the devastating disease.

by Erica Hensley

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 13, 2024. Subscribe here.

‘My community is still dying’ — How the dearth of Black women in clinical research worsens health disparities

By 2020, there was one Black woman for every 10 white women in FDA-approved drug trials.

by Erica Hensley

Reporter’s Notebook: How heat impacts fashion’s global workers

From floods to rising temperatures, workers in fast fashion’s global supply chain are on the frontlines of climate change

by Louise Donovan

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 6, 2024. Subscribe here.

Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.

Around the world, fashion’s mostly female labor force are grappling with working conditions made increasingly unbearable and unhealthy by climate change.

by Albert Oppong-Ansah, Snigdha Poonam, Louise Donovan

This story is published in partnership with Grist

How abortion restrictions compare, state-by-state

Access to abortion in the U.S. depends on where you live. Increasingly, the South and Midwest are becoming complete abortion deserts. Our interactive map highlights six major restrictions in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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

by Jessica Washington, Erica Hensley

As the Taliban step up restrictions, women face a total ban from working in the media industry

Once a thriving presence on air, Afghan women are now at risk of being banned entirely from working in media after latest Taliban warning.

by Zahra Nader

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 29, 2024. Subscribe here.

Online images are making gender bias worse, research shows

Pictures stick in our minds. But men dominate online images of various professionals, amplifying stereotypes against women.

by Maggie Fox

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 22, 2024. Subscribe here.

Tea companies have agreed to slow mechanization after Kenya protests – but for how long?

As automation hits women’s jobs, unions in Kenya fight back.

by Allan Olingo

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 15, 2024. Subscribe here.

New federal report calls out clinical trials for excluding pregnant women

A new report from the influential National Academies of Sciences pushes back on the unspoken rule in medical research that pregnant and breastfeeding women are too vulnerable and risky to include in clinical trials.

by Erica Hensley

While many Black women in US abandon hair relaxers linked to cancer, sales climb in African countries

The companies at the center of thousands of U.S. lawsuits produce some of Africa’s most popular chemical straighteners like Dark & Lovely and TCB Naturals.

by Agatha Gichana, Susan Smith Richardson

This story is published in partnership with The Examination, BONews, Capital B, The Guardian and Nation Media Group.

Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men

Women are neglected by medical research, especially when it comes to heart disease.

by Maggie Fox

Co-published with TIME

New Hope for Pakistan’s Mistreated Workers

Germany’s new Supply Chain Act could help curb some of the world’s worst labor injustices.

by Louise Donovan

Co-published with Foreign Policy

This Trans Day of Visibility, trans journalists push for better coverage of their communities

Trans people are all over the news, but trans journalists say that the coverage reinforces stereotypes at best, and at worst dehumanizes.

by Hanisha Harjani

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 1, 2024. Subscribe here.

Mona Polacca: leading with the heart in a time of climate change

Prominent spiritual elder reflects on what propels her work toward a future of Indigenous climate justice

by Christine Trudeau

Natural disasters raise risk of domestic violence

Natural disasters increase instances of intimate partner violence, creating particular danger for the usual victims: women.

by Greg Morton, Lisa Woelfl, Jessica Klein

This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune and in collaboration with the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Reporter’s Notebook: Debt, hysterectomies and child marriage — what working in the sugar-cane industry means for Indian women

Debt, hysterectomies and child marriage -- what working in the sugar-cane industry means for Indian women.

by Qadri Inzamam

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on March 25, 2024. Subscribe here.

The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

Women working on India’s sugarcane farms are having expensive and medically unnecessary hysterectomies so they can work uninterrupted - a practice that keeps sugar flowing to Coke, Pepsi and Cadbury, but leaves its victims with…

by Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan

This story was produced and published in collaboration with The New York Times.

Nearly Three Decades of Data on Women in Construction is Missing — Here’s How That Could Change

The government stopped collecting data on diversity in the construction industry nearly three decades ago — that could soon change.

by Hanisha Harjani

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