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 ...

Twenty-two-year-old anatomist Andreas Vesalius stood over the limp body of an 18-year-old Belgian noblewoman. A tight corset constricted her torso; she died from an ailment of the lungs, it seemed.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

British author Laura Bates discusses her new book, The New Age of Sexism. Growing up, me and my school friends often dodged the obscenities men hurled at us from across the street. Much like homework ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...