This story is published in partnership with Foreign Policy. An Ipas trained health extension worker in Amhara region explains different contraceptives available to a woman in May 2022. (Photo courtesy ...

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, ...

Experts say Black women are key to the economic security of their families. They are more likely to be breadwinners and take on a larger share of child care, compared to other parent groups, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jaywant Sugars Ltd. in Karad, India, before the start of the sugar season, in September. (Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times) Earlier this year, our investigation with The New York Times into ...

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The war in Ukraine is exacerbating an already crippling food crisis, which is taking a disproportionate toll on women and girls. Ukraine is the world’s top producer of sunflower oil, and the ...

In the sweltering sugar fields of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, abusive practices such as debt bondage and child labor have long been an open secret. But in 2019, a state lawmaker named ...

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 ...