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‘We Need To Study Women’: Traumatic Brain Injury in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Survivors of intimate partner violence suffer from traumatic brain injuries at high rates, but historically, they’ve been left out of scientific and public discussions around traumatic brain injuries. A faction of researchers in the US…
by Jessica KleinMay 29, 2021
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Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: ‘Our Supervisors Tell Us Not to Take the Vaccine. They Tell us That the Injection Will Kill Us.’
In India, 90% of sanitation workers lack health insurance, putting them at increased risk if they were to fall ill and lack access to health care.
by Swati Sanyal Tarafdar May 21, 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.
Pune, Maharashtra: A Haze of Delirium and Rumors of a Medical Hoax
It is 10 p.m. and the city of Pune echoes with the wail of ambulance sirens. Medical staff are losing both patients and hope. A mother and daughter fight to keep their bond.
by Priya MirchandaniMay 21, 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.
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.
by Dalia Hatuqa May 19, 2021
Editor’s note: This dispatch is part of a Fuller Project series from Israel, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. Next in our series: A dispatch from Jerusalem on the gendered implications of violence in mixed Israeli-Palestinian cities in Israel and on Israeli politics as a whole.
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…
by Tanvi MisraMay 19, 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 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.
by Jill LangloisMay 17, 2021
‘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…
by Sara BardhanMay 10, 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: ‘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.
by Fahad ShahMay 6, 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.
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.
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.