This story was originally published in Fuller Project’s newsletter — sign up for your weekly dose here. Journalist Melissa Mahtani (far left) moderates a panel of women's rights activists at the Oslo ...

Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a successful beauty salon in Slovakia, but suddenly, COVID-19 struck. Forced to close her salon’s doors, Jana found herself like so many: ...

A protester in Kenya marches while holding a placard during the 'Feminists March Against Femicide' demonstration. (Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Tomorrow marks the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a rally in Duluth, Georgia, in October. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to ...

Then-president Donald Trump addresses the annual March for Life on the National Mall in 2018. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Overturning the constitutional right to abortion was the first step.

A worker sorts frankincense in Somaliland. (Photo courtesy of Beeyo Maal Cooperative) The U.S. has banned imports from Asli Maydi, the Somali company that until 2023, supplied frankincense oil to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris greets President Joe Biden during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Kamala Harris has changed the face of the upcoming ...

People gather to stage a demonstration against the Financial Bill for 2024 and tax increases as they march towards the parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya on June 18, 2024. (Photo by Gerald Anderson ...

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 ...