The Truth About the Wives of ISIS
Now that the Islamic State has lost its militant grip on Iraq, what will become of the women being punished for their husbands' crimes?
‘I’m Too Tired To Cry’: The Laotian Girls Who Are Kidnapped To Become Child Brides
‘I didn’t want this for my daughters. I wanted them to have a future’ It was just after 4 a.m. when Pa Hua discovered that her smiley, bookish daughter, Yami, was missing – her schoolbag…
One Small Step For Feminist Foreign Policy
This weekend’s meeting of female foreign ministers will be a historic achievement—and not nearly enough for the world’s women.
Botched Sterilisation Surgeries are Killing Indian Women. One Women Wants to Save Them
In a country where condoms, birth control pills and IUDs are hugely unpopular, many women turn to sterilisation. It’s costing them their lives.
From Prison To Periods: Meet The Men Fighting Menstruation Taboos
One way to change cultural attitudes towards menstruation? Bring bring men into the conversation, experts say.
They left sub-Saharan Africa for the promise of Europe. Now they face an uncertain future.
TARIFA, Spain — Mercy lay motionless on the bed, afraid to move as the stranger pulled up his trousers and refastened his belt. Even after he left, she remained frozen. An hour passed. Then another.…
Dispatch From Jaipur: ELLE Embeds With India’s Female Motorbike Police
Sitting on the back of police motorcycles, we held onto the thin-framed women steering in front of us as we zoomed down Jaipur’s bustling streets. It was a bright, hot day in April, and we…
The Café Run Entirely By Acid Attack Survivors
In Agra, a stone’s throw from the Taj Mahal, a group of women are refusing to hide.
One Year Ago, Tunisia Passed A Groundbreaking Law To Protect Women. Has It Worked?
A year on, activists are still struggling to change the broader culture.
The Bangladesh brothels where men pay child brides for sex – while police look the other way
Sex work is legal in Bangladesh. So is child marriage. Now in an exclusive investigation, The Telegraph and The Fuller Project can reveal the two have become intrinsically linked.
She was separated from her son for 9 months while seeking asylum. She’s still haunted by everything she missed.
"He’s never going to crawl for the first time again," says Mariana Ibarra Morán, who was separated from her son for 9 months.
Rebels With A Cause: The All Female Motorbike Squads Tackling India’s Rape Problem
A woman is raped every 13 minutes in India. As the situation reaches desperate proportions, one police commissioner thinks there might be an answer.
Colombia Was Just Starting To Deliver Justice To Women. Will A New President Get In The Way?
With the election of a new president, Colombia threw the future of its peace deal into uncertainty.
Amid Smoldering E-Waste In The West Bank, Activists Fight For Reform
Burning electronic waste to extract metals for resale is toxic, illegal, and common in the Palestinian Territories. Can activists forge a new path?
How Immigration Reporting Overlooks Women
Articles on immigration focused almost exclusively on border security, conflict and crisis. The absence of women’s voices from such coverage is striking.
The War on Drugs Failed. It’s Time for a War on Abuse.
It's time to reallocate law enforcement and judicial resources to fighting domestic and partner abuse, journalists Natalie Schreyer and Jessica Klein write.
Trapped At the Border? Hope for a Female Judge
If you’re a migrant seeking asylum in the United States, hope for a female judge. According to an analysis of data from Syracuse University, which collected outcomes from asylum decisions made by 293 immigration judges…
Weaponizing Children
In 1977, the public school system of Tyler, Texas, a small city 100 miles southeast of Dallas, began expelling students who couldn’t prove they were in the United States legally. The state had passed a law cutting…
