Mississippi’s C-section problem: A third of low-risk women are undergoing surgery for their first birth
Mississippi hospitals deliver more babies (per capita) by c-section than anywhere else in the U.S.
Mississippi’s C-section problem: A third of low-risk women are undergoing surgery for their first birth
Mississippi hospitals deliver more babies (per capita) by c-section than anywhere else in the U.S.
“Wages for Housework” — new book traces history of women’s fight against working for free
In the seventies, feminists around the world fought to recognize housework as work. Today, women are still doing more than three-quarters of the world’s unpaid labor.
Scientists are just starting to understand the links between climate change and maternal mental health. India’s community health workers are already finding ways to tackle it
How climate change is endangering maternal health in India, causing pregnancy loss and worsening mental health.
Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women
The country has demanded an end to misogynist violence—and the government has failed to deliver.
What will a second Trump presidency mean for women? Advocates are afraid to find out.
As Trump returns to the White House, women’s rights advocates are pessimistic about what this second go-round will bring.
Bangladeshi Women Turned a Movement Into a Revolution. Then They Disappeared.
The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside.
Republicans Take Aim at Subsidies that Help Millions of Women
Conservatives have long desired to slash programs that help with healthcare, food, housing and transportation
Mexico’s Grassroots Pro-Choice Insurgency
The country’s government is failing to guarantee abortion access, and self-organized collectives are filling the gap.
‘Shattered hopes’ – Afghan women react to the Taliban’s ban on medical studies
Afghan women students describe their devastation at a new edict that cuts off their last professional training opportunities and threatens to worsen a maternal health crisis.
To Quit Their Jobs, Sugar Workers Risk Kidnapping, Assault and Murder
Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher.
“This is our fight” – Kenyan healthcare providers brace for Trump presidency
Kenya's reproductive healthcare providers are braced for a second Trump presidency - but this time, they're prepared.
Women Support Harris, but the American Presidency Remains a Male Bastion
In the end, Americans chose the man whose presidency led to the undoing of abortion rights over the woman who said she would fight to restore them.
Standing Strong: The Fuller Project’s Post-Election Promise to You
The Fuller Project’s mission – and our existence as an independent, nonprofit newsroom – matters now more than ever.
America’s Anti-abortion Business is Booming in Africa
U.S. groups opposed to reproductive rights are increasing their spending in Africa
Sexism in politics: It’s the same old story
Harris faces one major obstacle male politicians never do: sexism
Harris Supporters Urge Women to Vote Their Consciences
Even as one of their own vies to be the first female president, even with abortion rights high on the list of campaign issues, even after more than a century of suffrage, some women still…
A Trump Victory Could Reinvigorate Global Anti-abortion Pact
In this year’s U.S. election, abortion is also a top foreign-policy issue.