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We document the systemic obstacles preventing women from accessing reliable health care, including maternal, newborn, and sexual and reproductive health care, and delineate the consequences of not prioritizing women’s safety and security, including gender-based violence. Through rigorous data reporting, we expose how investing in women’s health benefits communities, economies, and entire societies.

New federal report calls out clinical trials for excluding pregnant women

A new report from the influential National Academies of Sciences pushes back on the unspoken rule in medical research that pregnant and breastfeeding women are too vulnerable and risky to include in clinical trials.
by Erica Hensley

While many Black women in US abandon hair relaxers linked to cancer, sales climb in African countries

The companies at the center of thousands of U.S. lawsuits produce some of Africa’s most popular chemical straighteners like Dark & Lovely and TCB Naturals.
by Agatha Gichana, Susan Smith Richardson

This story is published in partnership with The Examination, BONews, Capital B, The Guardian and Nation Media Group.

Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men

Women are neglected by medical research, especially when it comes to heart disease.
by Maggie Fox

Co-published with TIME

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. 

The Global Cost of the American Anti-Abortion Movement

Conservatives have not limited their attack on reproductive rights to the United States. They’ve been busy imposing their will on other countries, too—with disastrous consequences for millions of poor women.
by Jodi Enda

Co-published with The New Republic

‘We’re waving our white flag’: What physicians say they need from the U.S. to stop syphilis spread

Not since 1950 have more pregnant women and babies been sick with syphilis — a perfect storm of slashed public health funding and the spread of maternity-care deserts
by Erica Hensley

Iran’s New—Even Worse—Hijab Era Has Begun

On the eve of parliamentary elections, nationwide protests have ended—and a misogynist backlash is just beginning.
by the pseudonym of a journalist in Iran., Tooba Moshiri, the pseudonym of a journalist in Iran, Saqi Nassiri

Co-published with Foreign Policy

How abortion restrictions compare, state-by-state

Access to abortion in the U.S. depends on where you live. Increasingly, the South and Midwest are becoming complete abortion deserts. Our interactive map highlights six major restrictions in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Related: How a network of college students is preparing for post-Roe campuses
by Jessica Washington, Erica Hensley

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

India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?

Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened.
by Cheena Kapoor

Co-published with Scroll

Ukraine’s domestic violence survivors are battling for justice

A year after she first reported on rising domestic violence in Ukraine, reporter Jessie Williams finds a worsening situation.
by Jessie Williams

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on December 11, 2023. Subscribe here.

Sex Matters: Medical Research Overlooks Women

Scientists still ignore sex differences in testing new treatments.
by Maggie Fox

Co-published with The Guardian

The women workers who are subsidizing global public health

Millions of community health workers, like the famous ASHA workers of India, form the cost-effective backbone of rural health programs around the world but are often unpaid — meaning millions of unpaid or underpaid women…
by Shreya Raman, Maher Sattar

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Afghan women take their own lives as despair grows under Taliban rule

An investigation into rising female suicides in Afghanistan as the Taliban erodes women’s rights.
by Zan Times reporters in Afghanistan, Zahra Nader

Co-published with The Guardian

The Carolina Abortion Fund: A lifeline for Southern women, struggles to meet demand amid state bans

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant people from Southern states that have banned abortion have flooded North Carolina clinics, overwhelming a nonprofit that helps pay for abortion and related expenses.
by Erica Hensley

Co-published with Reckon

“Cornered on all sides”

25 years after El Salvador fully outlawed abortion, resulting in more than 50 women being imprisoned, a Latin American human rights court might finally overturn the ban.
by Anna-Catherine Brigida

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Reporter’s Notebook: War in Ukraine is driving up domestic violence. Experts say the worst is yet to come.

As the war in Ukraine drags on, experts are warning that action is needed to address rising domestic violence.
by Jessie Williams

‘This War Made Him a Monster.’ Ukrainian Women Fear the Return of Their Partners

As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, experts are warning that immediate action is needed to address rising domestic violence.
by Jessie Williams

Co-published with TIME

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