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As Domestic Violence Awareness Month winds down, The Fuller Project’s commitment to the story won’t end

Fuller Project CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on Domestic Violence Awareness Month and The Fuller Project's commitment to continuously report on the issue.
by Xanthe ScharffOct 30, 2023

Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize Symbolizing Hope for Iranian Women

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi and how her win has helped amplify Iranian women's voices.
by Xanthe ScharffOct 6, 2023

The protest for women, life and freedom is not over

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on the one-year anniversary of Masha Amini's death and the women's rights movement that followed.
by Xanthe ScharffSep 15, 2023

Peace and Security Depends on Closing the Workforce Gender Gap

As COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and daycare, huge numbers of women left the workforce as women took on more unpaid caregiving and home-schooling responsibilities than men. They haven’t come back.  Workforce parity is at its…
by Xanthe ScharffSep 4, 2023

A generation at risk: two years after the Taliban takeover, Afghan women and girls are still fighting for basic human rights

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on women and girl's education two years after the Taliban regained control in Afghanistan.
by Xanthe ScharffAug 17, 2023

 From Malawi: The power of a story 

Eighteen years ago, our CEO and Cofounder wrote an article about a Malawian girl's desire to learn. The experience changed her life, and inspires her work today.
by Xanthe ScharffJul 31, 2023

Japan’s “Flower Demo” Movement Prompts Change in Rape Law

The Fuller Project’s CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on the Flower Demo organizers who recently helped change Japan's rape law.
by Xanthe ScharffJun 23, 2023

New UN Development Programme Study Reveals Nine Out of 10 People Hold at Least One Fundamental Bias Against Women

The Fuller Project’s CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on UN Development Programme's the new gender social norms study.
by Xanthe ScharffJun 15, 2023

For Turkey’s women the fight doesn’t end with the run-off

In Turkey, Erdogan’s government has whittled away women’s rights over 20 years in power, and the country’s women are fed up. “We’re not gone. We are still fighting here.”
by Xanthe ScharffMay 26, 2023

Committed to Reporting on Women: Reflecting on World Press Freedom Day

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on World Press Freedom Day.
by Xanthe ScharffMay 3, 2023

Investing in Our Planet Means Investing in Women

Research tells us climate change does not affect everyone equally. At The Fuller Project, our coverage of climate change asks that you turn your attention to the stories of women.
by Xanthe ScharffApr 21, 2023

“The kind of hope that changes the world.”

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on International Women's Day.
by Xanthe ScharffMar 13, 2023

America Is Again Failing Afghanistan’s Women—and Itself

The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.
by Xanthe ScharffMar 8, 2023

Three decades after the FMLA became law, caregiving responsibilities still knock women out of the workforce

Thirty years ago, on Feb. 5, 1993, President Clinton signed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave from work when they…
by Xanthe ScharffFeb 3, 2023

How Women Changed the World This Year

From Colombia to Iran, feminism is an increasingly unstoppable force.
by Xanthe ScharffDec 23, 2022

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Ukrainian Women on the Front Lines but Not in the Headlines

Ukrainian women are at the center of the war—but too often at the margins of public imagination.
by Xanthe ScharffMar 20, 2022

Why the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Hit Women Hardest

Women disproportionately hold jobs in industries with poor protections.
by Xanthe ScharffMar 12, 2020

This article was originally published in TIME. 

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