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Economy & Labor

Spotlighting the unique challenges faced by women in the global workforce -- from lower wages to sexual and physical abuse and human trafficking -- and holding accountable those who perpetrate or allow such injustices.
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Why Trump’s Immigration Policy Will Hurt All Americans

Throughout U.S. history, politicians have demonized immigrants at the expense of society as a whole. In a bid to whip up his base in the closing days before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced…
by Sarah O'HaganNov 1, 2018

This article was originally published in The New Republic.

She was separated from her son for 9 months while seeking asylum. She’s still haunted by everything she missed.

"He’s never going to crawl for the first time again," says Mariana Ibarra Morán, who was separated from her son for 9 months.
by Rikha Sharma RaniJul 3, 2018

This article was originally published in The Lily.

How Immigration Reporting Overlooks Women

Articles on immigration focused almost exclusively on border security, conflict and crisis. The absence of women’s voices from such coverage is striking.
by Rikha Sharma Rani, Sarah O'HaganJun 18, 2018

This article was originally published in Columbia Journalism Review.

Trapped At the Border? Hope for a Female Judge

If you’re a migrant seeking asylum in the United States, hope for a female judge. According to an analysis of data from Syracuse University, which collected outcomes from asylum decisions made by 293 immigration judges…
by Rikha Sharma RaniJun 15, 2018

This article was originally published in Politico Magazine.

Weaponizing Children

In 1977, the public school system of Tyler, Texas, a small city 100 miles southeast of Dallas, began expelling students who couldn’t prove they were in the United States legally. The state had passed a law cutting…
by Rikha Sharma RaniJun 8, 2018

This article was originally published in The New Republic.

At the Texas-Mexico Border, Her Son Begged Not to be Taken. They Took Him Anyway.

‘I Felt My Heart Being Taken Away From Me,’ Says His Mother Valquiria had never spent a day apart from her 7-year-old son, B, until March, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whisked the…
by Rikha Sharma RaniJun 7, 2018

This article was originally published in The Lily.

Undocumented Mothers are Increasingly Being Arrested. These Women are Fighting Back.

Through the rearview mirror, Alma watched the blue and red lights flash across her young son’s worried face. As the police officer approached her car, panic set in. She didn’t have a driver’s license. She…
by Haloren MellendorfFeb 8, 2018

This article was originally published in The Lily.

Is Deportation a Death Sentence for Salvadoran Women?

What will happen to the girls and women deported from the U.S. to Central America? Many fear the answer. The Trump administration said last week that, by September 2019, it will deport 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants…
by Xanthe Scharff and Dánae VílchezJan 16, 2018

This article was originally published in Newsweek.

Nigerian girls often still drop out of school to work, despite the country’s increasing wealth

Kehinde and Taiwo are among 10.5 million children in Nigeria who are not in primary school — no country in the world has more children out of school.
by Ijeoma NdukweJul 27, 2017

This article was originally published in PRI.

The World According to Men

How journalists portray the world has real consequences, and the world is being portrayed through a male lens.
by Christina AsquithMar 7, 2016

This article was originally published in The Atlantic.

The “Gang of Girls” Risks Their Lives to Report From Inside a War Zone

Amid the rubble of Syria, a band of women are risking prison, or worse, to report, write, and edit the civil war's paper of record.
by Christina AsquithMay 5, 2015

This article was originally published in Elle.

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