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Silicon Valley VCs Invest Almost Exclusively in Companies Founded by Men. Could a new California law change that?

California would become the first state to require venture capital firms disclose the race and gender of the founders of the companies they fund, under a bill currently awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.

by Hanisha HarjaniSep 29, 2023

Co-published with The Guardian

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 HensleySep 19, 2023

The protest for women, life and freedom is not over

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on the one-year anniversary of Masha Amini's death and the women's rights movement that followed.

by Xanthe ScharffSep 15, 2023

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 Maher Sattar, Shreya RamanSep 14, 2023

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Peace and Security Depends on Closing the Workforce Gender Gap

As COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and daycare, huge numbers of women left the workforce as women took on more unpaid caregiving and home-schooling responsibilities than men. They haven’t come back. Workforce parity is at its…

by Xanthe ScharffSep 4, 2023

Vassar College lawsuit shows women’s labor is still undervalued in education

Vassar College calls itself a pioneer for women’s education, founded in 1861 to offer women, as its website says, “a fully equivalent education to that of the best men’s colleges of the period.” Five female…

by Xanthe ScharffSep 1, 2023

Reporter’s Notebook: As suicides rise in Afghanistan, getting people to open up under the Taliban poses enormous challenges

News stories about Afghan women dying by suicide made Zahra Nader want to dig deeper. Getting people to open up took months.

by Zahra NaderAug 28, 2023

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on August 28, 2023. Subscribe here.

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 Zahra Nader, Zan Times reporters in AfghanistanAug 28, 2023

Co-published with The Guardian

A generation at risk: two years after the Taliban takeover, Afghan women and girls are still fighting for basic human rights

The Fuller Project's CEO Xanthe Scharff reflects on women and girl's education two years after the Taliban regained control in Afghanistan.

by Xanthe ScharffAug 17, 2023

As heat waves intensify, evidence that older women are hit hardest is growing. Now some are fighting back.

As evidence grows that heat waves hit older women hardest, a group of Swiss women are taking their government to court over climate inaction.

by Claire CozensAug 14, 2023

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on August 14, 2023. Subscribe here.

Soccer’s fight for workers’ rights

Women soccer stars are seeing some success in their push for equal pay. The same isn’t true for the women in FIFA’s supply chain.

by Louise DonovanAug 7, 2023

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on August 7, 2023. Subscribe here.

The women who helped bring down Sudan’s dictator hoped it would end discrimination against them. Instead, they’re fighting for their lives.

The Sudanese women who toppled al-Bashir wanted an equal seat at the negotiating table. Instead, they were sidelined by fundamentalist military commanders who served under al-Bashir.

by Neha WadekarAug 4, 2023

Co-published with Foreign Policy

She escaped her husband’s physical violence – but economic ties kept them connected for years

The financial system has become a new frontier in the fight against intimate partner violence.

by Carly SternAug 3, 2023

Co-published with The Guardian

From Malawi: The power of a story

Eighteen years ago, our CEO and Cofounder wrote an article about a Malawian girl's desire to learn. The experience changed her life, and inspires her work today.

by Xanthe ScharffJul 31, 2023

New York moms take on Wall Street CEO over fossil fuel funding

Meet the mothers taking on New York's biggest banks.

by Maher SattarJul 17, 2023

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on July 17, 2023. Subscribe here.

South Korea’s crackdown on false accusations has “chilling effect” on rape survivors

A wave of anti-feminist backlash in South Korea -- from the president’s vow to go hard on “false sexual assault accusers” to the government’s open refusal to reform the country’s outdated rape laws -- is…

by Hawon JungJun 30, 2023

Co-published with Foreign Policy