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Eating last and least: Widening gender hunger gap raises climate alarm

Women typically eat less in Indian households and are often found compromising their share of food to feed others in the family exposing the growing hunger crisis.

by Ritwika MitraJan 25, 2023

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Women left out of 9/11 benefits finally eligible for health care, compensation

After a decade of lobbying and waiting, 9/11 first responders and survivors with uterine cancer can finally get the federal health coverage they’ve long been promised.

by Erica HensleyJan 23, 2023

This story was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on January 23, 2022. Subscribe here.

On these women-run Himalayan farms, even climate-resilient crops are failing

As countries experiment with climate solutions, experience of women farmers in the Indian Himalayas shows the complexities of the climate crisis and the costs of not involving local communities.

by Disha Shetty, Anvi MehtaJan 13, 2023

Co-published with Scroll

The only cancer that won’t get covered for women of 9/11

The women of 9/11 suffering from uterine cancer thought they were finally going to get health coverage - instead, they remain stuck in limbo.

by Erica HensleyJan 9, 2023

Co-published with Reckon and NJ.com

Somaliland’s Frankincense Brings Gold to Companies. Its Women Pay the Price.

Female workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company.

by Rachel FobarJan 7, 2023

Co-published with The Guardian

Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence

Extreme weather events that climate change is making more frequent and more intense are also pushing up violence against women around the world.

by Disha Shetty, Geoffrey Ondieki, Aie Balagtas SeeJan 3, 2023

Co-published with The Washington Post and Nation

How Women Changed the World This Year

From Colombia to Iran, feminism is an increasingly unstoppable force.

by Xanthe ScharffDec 23, 2022

Co-published with Foreign Policy

Looking away from Russian corruption led to Ukraine war, says one of Putin’s leading adversaries

Maria Pevchikh, Chief Investigator at the Anti-Corruption Foundation on the fight to expose the people who poisoned their founder Alexei Navalny and challenging some of the most powerful men in Russia.

by Neha WadekarDec 19, 2022

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on December 19, 2022. Subscribe here.

Qatar’s World Cup Legacy Is Stranded Worker Widows

As the most controversial World Cup in recent memory draws to a close, thousands of widows across South Asia are left picking up the pieces of their shattered lives.

by Maher Sattar, Bhadra SharmaDec 14, 2022

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 HensleyDec 6, 2022

Decade of advocacy fails to reduce global femicides

A new study by UN Women and the UNODC found that 81,000 women were killed globally in 2021 in murders that were motivated by their gender.

by Maher SattarDec 5, 2022

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on December 5, 2022. Subscribe here.

Reporter’s Notebook: Migrant women in Qatar’s hotels speak out

Migrant women working in Qatar's World Cup hotels have said they were ignored when they made allegations of harassment or abuse.

by Louise DonovanNov 21, 2022

Female migrant workers speak out about harassment in Qatar’s World Cup hotels

As the FIFA World Cup starts, migrant women working in Qatar's hotels say their allegations of harassment or abuse have been ignored.

by Louise DonovanNov 17, 2022

Co-published with The Guardian

From abortion to wellness: an “indie” clinic pivots to survive in the post-Roe landscape

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal protection of abortion, clinics across the Southeast and Midwest closed this summer. But Feminist Women’s Health Center, an independent abortion clinic with a long history in Atlanta,…

by Erica HensleyNov 7, 2022

Co-published with Reckon

“Neither a widow nor a wife”: India’s abandoned brides

Fraudster husbands in India get married and make promises to take their new wives abroad. But once they receive a dowry, they leave the brides behind. Abused and defrauded, these women are trying to put…

by Safina NabiNov 7, 2022

Co-published with Scroll

For the first time in decades, there are no women on China’s top leadership team

Dr. Leta Hong Fincher, speaks on the lack of women leaders in China’s President Xi Jinping's Politburo.

by Claire CozensOct 31, 2022

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on October 31, 2022. Subscribe here.

Why climate change means women are having to work harder and longer

Women and girls living in poorer countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

by Disha ShettyOct 24, 2022

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India’s top court has expanded abortion rights for unmarried women. We spoke to the lawyer who fought for the change.

A court in India began considering a case that would result in a landmark expansion of abortion access on the other side of the world.

by Disha ShettyOct 17, 2022

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on October 17, 2022. Subscribe here.

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