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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Geeta Devi Gujjar (in center) sits with Lad Devi (left) and Durga Devi (right) at the Dooni dairy in Rajasthan, India. (Photo by Rebecca Conway for The Fuller Project) It is only 9 a.m., but already ...

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, ...

Almost 180 years ago, Margaret Fuller – a groundbreaking journalist, transcendentalist leader, and feminist – wrote these words as part of her lifelong literary crusade to lift women from the ...

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 ...

DHAKA: The turning point came at midnight, when women hit the streets. By mid-July, Bangladeshi university students had been protesting for over a month for the reform of government job quotas, which ...

The Taliban is requiring women to have a “mahram,” or male chaperone, when seeking healthcare. The new requirement is preventing many Afghan women from getting the treatment they need at a time when ...

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 ...