This story was produced and published in collaboration with The New York Times. Archana Ashok Chaure has given her life to sugar. She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about ...
At least 50 transgender or gender nonbinary individuals have been murdered across the archipelago since 2010 — but the real death toll is likely much higher. There is currently no national legislation ...
As Gofaone sat behind a polishing wheel for the first time, she wasn’t just bursting with happiness; she felt important. Not everyone in Botswana gets the chance to see a diamond with their own eyes, ...
A trader displays used clothes for sale at her stall at Owino market in Kampala, Uganda in April 2024. (Esther Mbambazi for The Fuller Project). At Kampala’s sprawling Owino market, Millicent Mukwezi ...
Extreme weather events like floods, storms and droughts are becoming more frequent and more severe as the world warms. That is pushing up domestic violence. Scientists say the evidence linking climate ...
Employees work in a textile factory in Karachi, Pakistan, on Nov. 11, 2014. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Nasir Mansoor has spent 40 years fighting for Pakistan’s workers. Whether demanding ...
The brother of Roya, a young Afghan woman who died by suicide, visits her grave in Herat city in December of 2022. (For Zan Times and The Fuller Project) Warning: This article contains references to ...
Women are twice as likely as men to die from heart attacks. When a nonsmoker dies of lung cancer, it’s twice as likely to be a woman as a man. And women suffer more than men from Alzheimer’s and ...
Susan Chomba glares out the window of the Prado Land Cruiser at dozens of motorcycles speeding in the opposite direction. Each motorcycle carries at least five bags of charcoal and for every bag, at ...
A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Kenya, on May 9, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images) Unprecedented rainfall has hit much of eastern Africa over the ...
Across the globe, an informal network of waste pickers are recovering more recyclable material than formal systems of waste management. Many governments and world health authorities widely acknowledge ...
As Nour feeds another half-finished pair of pants through her sewing machine, her arms begin to shake. Amid the whir of fans, her T-shirt sticks to her like skin. She fights to focus, knowing full ...