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Reporter’s Notebook: One Woman Who Dares To Speak Out

I’ve been writing for decades about America’s on-again-off-again support for the reproductive health care of women around the world, focusing on the Republican presidents who have slashed funding and jeopardized women’s lives. During that time, I’ve interviewed…

by Jodi Enda

The U.S. aid freeze: Counting the global cost of chaos

As the end date of the Trump administration’s foreign aid ‘stop-work’ order approaches, just how dependent were women and girls around the world on the U.S.? The Fuller Project dives into the data to find…

by Jodi Enda, Allan Olingo and Claire Provost

Co-published with Ms Magazine.

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 Nader

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

Women protesters in Afghanistan call for aid groups to serve Taliban an ultimatum

Protesters say U.N. should withdraw aid from Afghanistan rather than give in to Taliban ban on women workers.

by Zahra Joya

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

America Is Again Failing Afghanistan’s Women—and Itself

The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.

by Xanthe Scharff

In Afghanistan, threatening the very survival of women

A new Taliban decree forbids Afghan women from working for foreign aid groups. We talk to two experts in the country about its impact.

by Eva Rodriguez

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on January 16, 2023. Subscribe here.

In Conversation: Journalist Zahra Joya and Scholar/Activist Esha Momeni on the struggle for women’s rights in Afghanistan, Iran and beyond

There are forces driving the erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan, Iran and beyond, including in the United States.

by Eva Rodriguez

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on October 10, 2022. Subscribe here.

“Afghanistan is hell for queer and trans people”

There are many dangers faced by the Afghan Queer community after the Taliban’s return to power.

by Zahra Nader

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 25, 2022. Subscribe here.

‘I Wish We Had Died Rather Than Live Through That Day’: Dispatches From the Women of Afghanistan

Ordinary Afghan women share firsthand accounts on what life is like in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

This series was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

As the Taliban Resurges in Afghanistan, Girls Are Already Losing Schools

Girls’ education—once a signature achievement of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan—is increasingly under threat as the Taliban tightens its grip.

by Atefa Alizada & Amie Ferris-Rotman

Published in partnership with TIME and Rukhshana Media.

‘They Came to Kill the Mothers.’ After a Devastating Attack on a Kabul Maternity Ward, Afghan Women Face Increased Dangers

An attack on a Kabul maternity ward comes at a time when the future of women’s health efforts in Afghanistan is already complicated.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in TIME.

In Afghanistan, Climate Change Complicates Future Prospects for Peace

Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in National Geographic.

America Never Gave Afghan Women a Chance

Washington failed at the most promising path toward stability in Afghanistan: keeping the country’s women alive.

by Sophia Jones and Christina Asquith

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

In Afghanistan, Where Breast Cancer is a Death Sentence, Women Fight to Save Lives

A pair of sisters fight to save women in Afghanistan's only oncology ward.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in ELLE.

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