Online, in Courtrooms and at Protests, Palestinian Women Lead Calls for Change
Online, in courtrooms and at protests, Palestinian women fight looming evictions of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah — and for their future.
Introduction
In April, the trend line of COVID-19 cases reported in India started rising so steeply that it looked vertical. Like elsewhere around the world, the pandemic has not been an equalizer in India. It has…
‘I Still Don’t See A Lot Of Light At The End Of The Tunnel’: Doctor Struggles to Keep Indigenous Community Safe As COVID Rages in Brazil
A doctor treating Brazil’s Indigenous population struggles to keep the community safe as COVID-19 continues to rage across the country.
‘It Is Like I Am Being Strangled’
For transgender people across the India, the state-imposed lockdown restrictions and curfews can mean being trapped in hostile homes and without access to the community, medical care and mental-health services that they depend on for…
New Delhi: ‘We Keep Our Pain Buried In Our Hearts To Serve People’
Health care workers in India are fighting the pandemic with all might and massive challenges. A health care worker in New Delhi shares her struggle.
Namakkal, Tamil Nadu: ‘When Will This End?’
Devi has been on the phone all morning. She’s called contractors, masons and friends to see if they have work for her tomorrow. But so far, no luck. Tomorrow she will try again. “I just…
Uttar Pradesh: ‘Our First Duty Is To Save Lives’
In Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, 55-year-old Gyanwati Devi quickly stops by the home of her supervisor in the evening to collect medicines. Earlier in the day, she visited 50 village households for a survey…
Uttar Pradesh: ‘Our First Duty Is To Save Lives’
Health care workers on the frontlines of India's COVID-19 crisis juggle personal safety with a sense of obligation to protect their communities.
Namakkal, Tamil Nadu: ‘When Will This End?’
A 30-year-old construction laborer and single mother of two children struggles to find stable work, jostling between multiple jobs in order to feed her family.
Gangyasar, Rajasthan: ‘I Have Been Battling Renal Failure So I Thought This Was Easy’
Taramani Devi, 43, has been infected with coronavirus three times—and recovered from it three times—while battling kidney failure. The last time she was infected COVID-19, it was two days after she had undergone a surgery…
Goa: ‘Even If We Register, I Don’t Think There Are Enough Vaccines to Go Around’
After a 3-day partial lockdown, the state is back to business with “restrictions.” Casinos are closed until May 10, hotels remain open as there is no ban on tourists and restaurants are open with 50%…
Gangyasar, Rajasthan: ‘I Have Been Battling Renal Failure So I Thought This Was Easy’
Three women in India share their experience battling severe illness — and COVID-19.
Goa: ‘Even If We Register, I Don’t Think There Are Enough Vaccines to Go Around’
The broader availability of the COVID-19 vaccine isn't sparking optimism for an employee of an international hotel chain in Goa, who is struggling to sign up for the shot and fears further threats to her…
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir: ‘I Cannot Afford To Sit At Home Even For A Day’
A woman who's sold fish for decades as part of Kashmir's fishing community grapples with the grip of COVID-19 in India.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu: ‘What Has to Happen Will Happen’
It’s noon and Asha Mutha, 53, has just finished cooking lunch. She wipes the sweat off her forehead, pushes the thick frames of her spectacles up the bridge of her nose, and tucks the pink…
Nagpur, Maharashtra: ‘We Are Carrying A Massive Guilt’
Preeti Namjoshi, a 26-year-old resident doctor in the final days of her three-year masters’ degree in internal medicine, was supposed to be preparing for final exams right now. Instead she finds herself struggling to assist…
Panaji, Goa: ‘They Haven’t Called Me Back’
At the Panjim Market in Goa, local vendors like Tulsi, 55, seem unconcerned about the second wave. Sitting on an elevated platform under the soaring roof of the market, she’s surrounded by piles of mangoes…
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: ‘You Keep Questioning Yourself’
Surbhi Das began to feel that India was losing control of COVID earlier this month when seven of her colleagues and three patients tested positive for the virus. She worked in the COVID ward of…
