Body and health

Schoolgirls hold up their hands while teachers face them

Covid-19 lockdown pregnancies: How South Africa is fighting to keep girls in school

Colleta Dewa

Join our mission! School lockdowns were designed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but in some cases they exacerbated inequality and gender-based abuse. Now, South

Two women stand by a doctor whose face is not shown. One women wails in grief, another wears a mask, they both hold babies.

For some women, a different kind of pain during birth

Mercy Abang

Behind the scenes of our latest story: Editor Mercy Abang looks at an epidemic of maltreatment and substandard care that affects women during childbirth.

“A Living Hell”: Kenyan Women Report Physical Assault During Childbirth

Gitonga Njeru

In 2013, the president of Kenya abolished hospital fees for giving birth. Almost a decade later, birth mortality rates remain stubbornly high. Does a pattern of abuse explain why?

Two girls sitting by a rainy window, one has her head in her hands in fear, the other takes a selfie happily

The Climate disaster trauma within us

Zahra

Behind the scenes of our latest story: Editor Zahra Salah Uddin asks what the emotional impact of climate change and climate disaster will be.

A collage with a woman wearing a headscarf taking a selfie and a man wearing glasses looking in a screen, both their images are distorted in reflection

Ways of Seeing

Ankita Anand

Behind the scenes of our latest story: who suffers when surveillance technology is unleashed on a diverse population?

The black-and-white illustration shows a woman carrying a cane for the blind. She turns around as four giant hands reach out to her from each direction, grabbing her hand and her cane.

When do we pause to consider consent?

Ankita Anand

Our editor Ankita Anand goes behind the scenes of our latest story, “When Help Hurts,” which asks whether people with disabilities have an equal right to consent.