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Millions of women depend on low-paid fast fashion jobs. Trump’s tariffs are making their lives more precarious

With the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act set to expire, we take a look at the destructive impact of Trump’s tariffs on industries around the world that disproportionately employ women.

by Claire Cozens

Additional reporting from Sharif Khiam Ahmed in Dhaka and Sineat Yon.

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Misinformation on social media about the pill’s side effects leading to falling use and rising distrust

Across the UK, more people are ditching the contraceptive pill. Viral misinformation that plays into real anxieties or stokes fear is part of the reason why.

by Iris Pase

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AI, bathrobes, and ghosting in the hiring process

Editor-in-Chief Eliza Anyangwe looked at 500 applications for six new roles at Fuller. AI and bathrobes came up along the way.

by Eliza Anyangwe

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These creators help millions of people talk about bodies, sex and sexuality. Their content is being removed because of it

Watch more on this story: Why did Instagram take down this creator’s account? On July 11, Sam Atalanta opened Instagram expecting to scroll through their account, The Vulva Gallery. The Dutch artist’s colourful, cartoon-like illustrations…

by Louise Donovan

Fuller’s Zsuzsanna Lippai on her year as CEO

Dear Fuller Project Community, When I joined Fuller as inaugural chief operations and strategy officer in January 2023, drawn to the organization’s emphasis on impact-driven journalism and focus on women, I expected to stay behind…

by Zsuzsanna Lippai

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‘It’s become the norm.’ Sexual violence in women’s sport and the silence that accompanies it

Watch more from Fuller: Uncovering claims of sexual assault at protests in Kenya 60% of sportswomen in East Africa have either experienced or witnessed sexual and gender-based violence. A culture of silence, the power of…

by Allan Olingo

Sarah L. Webb on the signs to take a break

Taking breaks is often seen as a last resort. But rest is vital for continuity. And resentment is one sign telling us to stop.

by Maya Misikir

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It’s hard for women in business. So here are five tips for success

Women are not up against the same things as men. Not when they run for political office, not when they apply for a job, and certainly not when they decide to start a business. More than half…

by Maya Misikir

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Everyone agrees something needs to be done about low birth rates. The question is will anything work?

The policies of the Trump administration are “rooted in a perception that women's role is to have children and to stay at home,” said women’s-rights advocate Jocelyn Frye. Photo: (L) AI generated by David Roberts.…

by Jodi Enda

Co-published with Foreign Policy

The ICC is 23. What has it ever done for women?

The ICC, the “court of last resort", and its record of recognition and convictions for gender-based crimes over the past 23 years.

by Maya Misikir

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Financing for Development: Can Seville rescue the 2030 Agenda?

You can probably tell by the state of things that the world is not on track to achieve gender equality by 2030. This was one of the 17 ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by…

by Maya Misikir

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After Namibia swore in its first female president, we asked the experts: What difference do women leaders make?

After Namibia swore in Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as president, we asked the experts: What difference do women leaders make?

by Allan Olingo

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Laying the foundations for the next decade at The Fuller Project

This week, I announced that some members of staff will leave The Fuller Project as part of necessary changes within our newsroom. While the volatility of the funding landscape can only be ignored at one’s…

by Eliza Anyangwe

American conservatives’ latest safari — an anti-women, anti-LGBTQ tour of Africa

Earlier this month, the Africa Christian Professionals Forum, a membership-based organization whose stated mission is to build “a society that upholds our Biblical values,” put on the Pan-African Conference on Family Values in Nairobi, Kenya. …

by Allan Olingo

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Gendered Violence Under Authoritarian Rule: What I learned from women’s rights defenders

Lessons learned from women's rights defenders at the Oslo Freedom Forum

by Melissa Mahtani

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Can South Korean politics make way for it’s ‘Light Stick Revolutionaries?’

Korean women have helped topple governments but still have trouble gaining political office.

by Hawon Jung

This article was co-published with Foreign Policy.

AI girlfriends, sex robots and sexism — Laura Bates on the new tech-driven misogyny

Author Laura Bates says misogyny is baked into the design of AI, and a new wave of sexual violence is already here.

by Louise Donovan

Europe’s onlyfans performers can’t get justice

Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a successful beauty salon in Slovakia, but suddenly, COVID-19 struck. Forced to close her salon’s doors, Jana found herself like so many: locked…

by Polina Bachlakova, Apolena Rychlikova, Mayya Chernboylskaya, Kristina Böhmer

This article was originally co-published with Foreign Policy.

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