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.
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.
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.
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.
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In Asha Mutha's multigenerational household, the paranoia unleashed by India's first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has been replaced by fatalism of the second wave.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…
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.
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…
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.
The Legacy of Wartime Atrocities Still Looms Over Asian Alliances
A South Korean court's surprising dismissal of the landmark "comfort women" decision continues the debate over what justice looks like for survivors of wartime sexual violence and rape.
‘Water Warriors’: The US Women Banding Together to Fight for Water Justice
Women have been deeply embedded in the movement for clean water and sanitation for decades, which has become even more pressing amid the pandemic.
Right to Work: Advocates, Lawmakers Reshape Debate Over Decriminalizing Sex Work
Across the US, the decriminalization of sex work has become increasingly popular, provoking intense debates within communities. But what role, if any, will the police play?
The Pandemic Devastated Home-Based Child Care: ‘I Don’t Know How We Bounce Back’
The pandemic has decimated the child care industry across the board, but home-based workers and older workers have been particularly impacted.
Around the World, Conflicting COVID-19 Vaccination Advice Puts Pregnant People At Risk
Pregnant people are at higher risk of severe COVID-19—but as they were excluded from major clinical vaccine trials, health authorities around the world cannot agree on whether they should be given the vaccine.
India’s Suffering Female Farmers Have the Most to Lose
Activists say India’s farm reforms have been pushed through without input from key stakeholders—including female farmers. With virtually no power to negotiate, they fear they’ll face further disempowerment under the new laws.
Uyghur Women Aren’t Safe No Matter Where They Go
Leaving Xinjiang has not meant they are free of China’s grasp.
‘It Felt So Freeing’: Why Young Women Are Dropping the Pill
As the pill’s 60th anniversary approaches outside of the U.S., young women and people with wombs are increasingly interrogating the lack of information doctors provide about side effects when prescribing the pill and calling for…
10 Years After the Arab Spring, Tunisian Feminists Fight a Similar Battle
Despite some of the Arab world’s most progressive laws on gender equality, Tunisian women say they’ve been let down by the state. Now, a growing movement of intersectional feminists is pushing for change.
Lessons from Texas: Advocates Warn of Extreme Weather’s Link to Domestic Violence
When a winter storm paralyzed Texas last month, millions of people in the state were left without power or heat or drinkable water. Traveling was dangerous and cell service was spotty. At the Houston Area…
