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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early puberty is relatively uncommon, affecting nearly one in every 5,000 to 10,000 children, with a female to male ratio of approximately 10:1. Since the pandemic started, doctors around the world ...

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 ...

Women have always eaten “last and least,” suffering from hunger and malnutrition far more often than men. The hunger gap between the genders had shrunk in recent decades—but two global challenges ...

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, ...

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 ...

Oksana's husband became violent when he returned from the front line. (Illustration by Susie Ang for The Fuller Project) Oksana* recalls waking up in the middle of the night to find her husband’s ...

Afza walks with her two children near their home, a shared living space in Basanti block that frequently floods to knee-deep heights. Her husband has been unable to find work in the Sundarbans, where ...

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 ...

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 ...