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The Full Story is a partnership between The Fuller Project and Foreign Policy. Our rigorous reporting by diverse voices reveals the distinct and underexplored ways in which U.S. foreign policy impacts women and girls around the world. Our collaborative reporting has twice earned honorable mentions from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

“Foreign Policy is incredibly proud of its partnership with The Fuller Project. As it becomes increasingly clear that the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately impacted women around the world—on the frontlines of healthcare, in the informal economy, and with increased unpaid labor at home—Fuller Project reporters continue to shine a spotlight on underreported global trends by seeing gender as central to every story. With dispatches from Bangladesh to Brazil and beyond, The Fuller Project’s work plays a powerful role in changing mindsets and policies in the United States and around the world.” – Ravi Agrawal Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy  

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AI is transforming the fight against trafficking. Some advocates are raising the alarm

New technology is transforming the fight against trafficking.

Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women

The country has demanded an end to misogynist violence—and the government has failed to deliver.

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Bangladeshi Women Turned a Movement Into a Revolution. Then They Disappeared.

The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside.

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Mexico’s Grassroots Pro-Choice Insurgency

The country’s government is failing to guarantee abortion access, and self-organized collectives are filling the gap.

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America’s Anti-abortion Business is Booming in Africa

U.S. groups opposed to reproductive rights are increasing their spending in Africa

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A Trump Victory Could Reinvigorate Global Anti-abortion Pact

In this year’s U.S. election, abortion is also a top foreign-policy issue.

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The Increasingly Front-Line Role of Ukrainian Women

How war has—and hasn’t—transformed the country’s gender dynamics.

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East Africa’s second-hand clothes markets – a major source of work for women – are under threat

How Uganda used clothes (Mitumba) traders are struggling to survive under the weight of changing domestic and foreign policies.

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New Hope for Pakistan’s Mistreated Workers

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

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Iran’s New—Even Worse—Hijab Era Has Begun

On the eve of parliamentary elections, nationwide protests have ended—and a misogynist backlash is just beginning.

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Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives

Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows.

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5 Ways Women Made a Difference in 2023

Amid rising conflict, these people and organizations fought for peace and justice.

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The Middle East Has a ‘Sextortion’ Problem

The region’s social stigmas are deterring women from reporting online sexual abuse.

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Women workers at high risk from automation

In Kenya’s tea plantations, labor activists say thirty thousand women have lost their jobs as a result of automation — they represent a broader global trend, with experts saying women are more likely than men to be automated out of a job.

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The women workers who are subsidizing global public health

Millions of community health workers, like the famous ASHA workers of India, form the cost-effective backbone of rural health programs around the world but are often unpaid — meaning millions of unpaid or underpaid women are effectively subsidizing trillions of dollars in global health.

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The women who helped bring down Sudan’s dictator hoped it would end discrimination against them. Instead, they’re fighting for their lives.

The Sudanese women who toppled al-Bashir wanted an equal seat at the negotiating table. Instead, they were sidelined by fundamentalist military commanders who served under al-Bashir.

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South Korea’s crackdown on false accusations has “chilling effect” on rape survivors

A wave of anti-feminist backlash in South Korea -- from the president’s vow to go hard on “false sexual assault accusers” to the government’s open refusal to reform the country’s outdated rape laws -- is intimidating many sexual assault victims in the country into silence, women’s rights advocates warn.

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Do Gender Quotas in Elections Work?

Sierra Leone is about to become the latest country to find out.

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