Will California crack down on cash apps that trap women in debt?
Cash advance apps promise women financial freedom, but often leave them trapped in a cycle of debt.
“This is ours” – Somaliland women smell success as frankincense business takes off
Somaliland's female frankincense workers have set up their own cooperative to take back control after years of low pay and harsh conditions.
India’s solar power push delivers an unexpected bonus – empowering rural women
India’s push for solar delivers unexpected gains for women in the country’s rural areas.
Living on the Edge: how the “benefits cliff” holds women back
Economists call the dilemma the “benefits cliff”: get a new job or a promotion, and a rise in income beyond a certain threshold can disqualify people from benefits which they rely on to survive.
“There’s no support” — Undocumented and unemployed in pandemic-era California
The lack of unemployment protections for undocumented women were exacerbated during the pandemic.
Anxious wait for working mothers as last of California’s pandemic relief set to expire
A period of unprecedented aid reduced racial disparity in the Golden State, but all that remains is a child care subsidy that ends this summer.
A growing number of women farmers are changing the face of California’s agricultural industry
Farming is Female: women farmers in California are changing the face of the agricultural industry in their state and across the country.
In Thailand, an Uphill Battle to Legalize Sex Work
Sex workers and liberal politicians are fighing an uphill battle to legalize sex work in Thailand.
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…
A rare instance of accountability
Overharvesting of frankincense led our reporter down a years-long investigation into abuse and exploitation in the essential oils industry.
Somaliland’s Frankincense Brings Gold to Companies. Its Women Pay the Price.
Female workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company.
Qatar’s World Cup Legacy Is Stranded Worker Widows
As the most controversial World Cup in recent memory draws to a close, thousands of widows across South Asia are left picking up the pieces of their shattered lives.
Reporter’s Notebook: Migrant women in Qatar’s hotels speak out
Migrant women working in Qatar's World Cup hotels have said they were ignored when they made allegations of harassment or abuse.
Female migrant workers speak out about harassment in Qatar’s World Cup hotels
As the FIFA World Cup starts, migrant women working in Qatar's hotels say their allegations of harassment or abuse have been ignored.
“Neither a widow nor a wife”: India’s abandoned brides
Fraudster husbands in India get married and make promises to take their new wives abroad. But once they receive a dowry, they leave the brides behind. Abused and defrauded, these women are trying to put…
Reporter’s Notebook: Ukraine’s women farmers battle air raids and blockades to keep the world fed
As the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine plays a crucial role in the global food supply and the Russian invasion has had a devastating impact. Contributor Amie Ferris-Rotman spoke to the women farmers fighting to keep the world fed as war rages around them.
The Ukrainian women farmers fighting to keep the world fed
The war in Ukraine is taking a terrible toll on the country’s farmers and the world’s hungry, exacerbating an already crippling food crisis. These Ukrainian women farmers on the front lines of Russia’s hunger war.
Financial Pandemic: 'What I thought was a great salary wasn’t so great with more than 65 percent inflation'
Argentine Silvana Perona, 45, spent much of the past two decades working in finance in Europe but moved home to Buenos Aires during the pandemic to be closer to her elderly parents. Even though her work is well-paid, the country's worst inflation in 30 years has left her counting every penny.
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- For a refugee in crisis-hit Lebanon, even buying bread is a struggle
- As living costs spiral in Kenya, a mother sacrifices to spare family from ‘dire times’
- ‘Sri Lanka is not a country for poor people now’ - A Lima woman is fighting to feed her community as food prices soar
Related:
- For a refugee in crisis-hit Lebanon, even buying bread is a struggle
- As living costs spiral in Kenya, a mother sacrifices to spare family from ‘dire times’
- ‘Sri Lanka is not a country for poor people now’ - A Lima woman is fighting to feed her community as food prices soar
