Labor
For Bangladesh’s garment workers, the Monsoon Revolution is unfinished business
They risked their lives in the student uprising, yet despite a new government, the future of women in Bangladesh’s garment sector remains uncertain
Millions of women depend on low-paid fast fashion jobs. Trump’s tariffs are making their lives more precarious
With the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act set to expire, we take a look at the destructive impact of Trump’s tariffs on industries around the world that disproportionately employ women
Europe’s OnlyFans performers can’t get justice
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: locked down, at home, bored. So
Arab States Need More Nurses. African Women Are Paying The Price.
A new report reveals migrant caregivers from Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda battle exploitative working conditions, including racial discrimination and violence
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
U.S. blocks imports from former doTERRA frankincense supplier over forced labor
The U.S. has banned imports from Asli Maydi, the Somali company that supplied frankincense oil to the popular U.S. essential oils brand doTERRA, over the use of forced labor. The ban follows an investigation published last year by The Fuller
‘Nowhere Is Safe’ – The Migrant Domestic Workers Abandoned In Lebanon
As explosions flashed across Beirut’s dark sky, Lina sat in an apartment block tucked away in the southern part of the city. She was alone and frightened, clutching her phone for safety. The 29-year-old housekeeper has worked in Lebanon
Diamonds Brought Prosperity to Botswana. Women Workers Are Paying A Heavy Price.
An investigation by The Fuller Project and New Lines has found numerous violations of standards at De Beers’ partner companies, including filthy workplaces and sexual harassment
Suppliers to top essential oil brand left unpaid and afraid after abuse inquiry
Women who sorted frankincense told to change their story ‘or face consequences’ in doTERRA’s investigation
East Africa’s second-hand clothes markets – a major source of work for women – are under threat
How Uganda used clothes (Mitumba) traders are struggling to survive under the weight of changing domestic and foreign policies
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
Around the world, fashion’s mostly female labor force are grappling with working conditions made increasingly unbearable and unhealthy by climate change.
New Hope for Pakistan’s Mistreated Workers
Germany’s new Supply Chain Act could help curb some of the world’s worst labor injustices
The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies
Women working on India’s sugarcane farms are having expensive and medically unnecessary hysterectomies so they can work uninterrupted – a practice that keeps sugar flowing to Coke, Pepsi and Cadbury, but leaves its victims with long-term health problems and debts they can’t pay
Nearly Three Decades of Data on Women in Construction is Missing — Here’s How That Could Change
The government stopped collecting data on diversity in the construction industry nearly three decades ago — that could soon change
Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives
Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows
