Human Rights
This Gateway provides compelling material related to the role of women in society and the impact of industrialization and international development on women, children, and families.
India's transgendered women have a documented history dating back to the Kama Sutra, but live on the fringes of society, struggling to find legitimate employment, and battling an epidemic of HIV/AIDS...
Even supporters of legal prostitution say that life has gotten harder for Amsterdam's sex workers since the country lifted the brothel ban in 2000.
How can you tell if your clothes were manufactured in reputable factories? You can't. But two groups are trying to make a difference.
The librarian revived interest in Mali's illustrious past...then had to save it from jihadists.
Sochi's Cabaret Mayak, a popular hangout for both gay and straight, enjoyed the limelight through the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Jina Moore looks at the different uses of vulture funds.
Dishonest employment agencies are only part of the problem. Cutting international aid to corrupt or incompetent governments only makes things worse.
Pulitzer Center grantee Jason Motlagh reconstructs the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster.
India has passed a Corporate Social Responsibility law, mandating companies to donate. But a tech company challenges this model with its own innovations.
A year after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex, safety measures and working conditions for garment factory workers have gotten better, but there is still a long way to go.
In Bangladesh, one year after the worst accident in the history of the garment industry, recovery remains a fragile process, justice seems elusive, and reform has a long way to go.
From traffic jams to emergency rooms, Pulitzer Center grantee Allyn Gaestel discusses her reporting in Nigeria on the Writer's Voice with Anne Hersh, a weekly program on WIOX radio in New York.