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.
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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.
by Sarita SantoshiniMay 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
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.
by Dharani ThangaveluMay 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Exclusive: Workers in Factory That Makes Kate Hudson’s Fabletics Activewear Allege Rampant Sexual and Physical Abuse
In a joint investigation with TIME, The Fuller Project has spoken to 38 workers who allege instances of abuse and harassment at a garment factory in Lesotho that predominantly supplies Fabletics, Kate Hudson’s athleisure brand.
by Louise Donovan and Refiloe Makhaba NkuneMay 5, 2021
This story was published in partnership with TIME and The Fuller Project.
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.
by Sonal KelloggMay 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
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…
by Chryselle D’Silva DiasMay 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
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.
by Raihana MaqboolMay 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
‘I Once Fell Unconscious Due To The Stress. I Had To Do It All On My Own.’
A young law school student in India considers placing her dreams on hold as she tries to balance the responsibility of having to care for sick family members, managing a household, and pursuing her education.
by Nayanika GuhaApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
New Delhi: ‘ In A Situation Of Life Or Death, This Was My Only Option.’
Women in India are turning to the black market to source life-saving COVID-19 supplies for their family members.
by Anika NayakApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Garbhe, Madhya Pradesh: ‘My Wife Was So Brave. She Looked At Me And Said There’s No Need To Worry Now.’
In response to the pandemic’s devastating second wave, medical resources—like ambulances—are getting diverted to COVID-stricken towns, complicating care for pregnant women in rural parts of India.
by Varsha Bansal Apr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
New Delhi: ‘That 22-Year-Old Priya on Instagram’
Feeling compelled to do something, young people are springing up social media groups to swap leads on oxygen cylinders and other health care needs during India's COVID crisis.
by Riddhi DastidarApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: ‘You Keep Questioning Yourself’
Surbhi Dasbegan 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.
by Romita SalujaApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Panaji, Goa: ‘They Haven’t Called Me Back’
At the Panjim Market in Goa, some local vendors seem unconcerned about COVID-19's second wave across India.
by Chryselle D'Silva DiasApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Nagpur, Maharashtra: ‘We Are Carrying A Massive Guilt’
A 26-year-old resident doctor finds herself struggling to assist with the surging number of people sick and dying from COVID-19 at Government Medical College and Hospital in Nagpur.
by Sarita SantoshiniApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu: ‘What Has to Happen Will Happen’
In Asha Mutha's multigenerational household, the paranoia unleashed by India's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has been replaced by fatalism of the second wave. “What has to happen will happen,” Mutha says, with a…
by Mahima JainApr 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: This feature is part of The Fuller Project’s ongoing series, Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster. Read the full series here.
Gasping For Breath: Women Provide A Glimpse Into India’s COVID Disaster
As with all disasters, the coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing inequalities across gender, caste, religion and class. Here are some glimpses of what it is like to live through it as an Indian woman.
by The Fuller ProjectApr 28, 2021
How Will the COVID Shot Affect Your Period? Scientists Say There’s Not Enough Data—But There Should Be
Health experts say the fact that people in vaccine trials were not asked about their periods speaks to the larger way the health concerns of women and other birthing people are often ignored and dismissed…
by Jessica WashingtonApr 26, 2021
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Domestic Workers in Gulf Countries Vent Woes on TikTok
Foreign employees in wealthy households — most of them women — have been using the video-sharing app to bring abuses to light.
by Louise DonovanApr 26, 2021
This story was published in with The New York Times and The Fuller Project.