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    We spotlight the unique challenges faced by women in the global workforce – from employment opportunities to pay disparity, access to financial services, and sexual and physical abuse in the workplace – and hold accountable those who perpetrate or allow such injustices.

    Why Politicians Ignore Abuses in India’s Sugar Industry: They Run It

    Politicians run most of the mills in the state of Maharashtra. They deny or downplay evidence of coerced hysterectomies, debt bondage and child labor in the fields.
    by Qadri Inzamam, Megha Rajagopalan

    Co-published with The New York Times

    Diamonds Brought Prosperity to Botswana. Women Workers Are Paying A Heavy Price.

    An investigation by The Fuller Project and New Lines has found numerous violations of standards at De Beers’ partner companies, including filthy workplaces and sexual harassment
    by Louise Donovan

    Co-published with New Lines Magazine

    The Increasingly Front-Line Role of Ukrainian Women

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

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    Suppliers to top essential oil brand left unpaid and afraid after abuse inquiry

    Women who sorted frankincense told to change their story ‘or face consequences’ in doTERRA’s investigation.
    by Rachel Fobar

    Co-published with The Guardian

    Kenya, others risk erasing slow progress in reducing ‘period poverty’

    After leading the world in nixing taxes on period products, Kenya lawmakers tried to push through a back-door tax that ignited protests.
    by Allan Olingo

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

    BBC Tea exposé: Lobby groups want alleged abuser out of tea board elections

    John Chebochok is contesting an election on June 28, as regional director of the Kenya Tea Development Agency.
    by Allan Olingo

    Originally published in Nation

    East Africa’s Finance Bills deal heavy blow to women’s wallets

    Proposed tax measures in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania on sanitary pads, diapers, second-hand clothes, and fuel will disproportionately burden women, especially those running informal businesses or from low-income households.
    by Allan Olingo

    Originally published in Nation

    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.
    by Kabona Esiara, Allan Olingo

    This story was co-reported with Nation and co-published with Foreign Policy

    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

     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 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

    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

    Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives

    Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows.
    by Ruwaida Amer, Neha Wadekar

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    Homelessness Spikes Among California Women

    Data shows 60,000 unhoused women in the state, among them domestic violence survivors, pregnant women and mothers.
    by Sarah McClure

    Co-published with The Guardian

    The Middle East Has a ‘Sextortion’ Problem

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

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    Can the Climate Tech Revolution Avoid Leaving Women Behind?

    Tech is dominated by men. Only a small percentage of solar and wind workers are female – but there are places where women shine in the clean tech world.
    by Katharine Gammon

    Co-published with The Guardian.

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