Jodi Enda

Washington, D.C.

Senior Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief at Fuller Project for International Reporting

Senior Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief, The Fuller Project

Articles

Worldwide, Many Women Relied on the U.S. for Financial Support. This Afghan Woman Dares to Speak Out.

3 weeks ago | msmagazine.com | Jodi Enda

This piece is published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world. Sign up for The Fuller Project’s newsletter. I’ve been writing for decades about America’s on-again-off-again support for the reproductive healthcare of women around the world, focusing on the Republican presidents who have slashed funding and jeopardized women’s lives.
YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra Arrested for Alleged Espionage for Pakistan

3 weeks ago | newageislam.com | Jodi Enda

* YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra Arrested for Alleged Espionage for Pakistan * Women From Pakistan, Middle East Showcase Powerful Themes At International Film Festival In Islamabad * "She Visited Pakistan To Shoot Videos": Father Of Travel YouTube Arrested For Spying * Iran's Women's Sitting Volleyball Team To Compete In PVAO * Worldwide, Many Women Relied On The U.S. For Financial Support. This Afghan Woman Dares To Speak Out.
Reporter’s Notebook: One Woman Who Dares To Speak Out

1 month ago | fullerproject.org | Jodi Enda

I’ve been writing for decades about America’s on-again-off-again support for the reproductive health care of women around the world, focusing on the Republican presidents who have slashed funding and jeopardized women’s lives. During that time, I’ve interviewed many women, primarily in poor countries, who have struggled to obtain care for themselves or others. Their stories are often scary, heartbreaking and, quite literally, painful.
The mothers left behind: Fight for survival as US aid cuts demand urgent lifesaving action

1 month ago | nation.africa | Allan Olingo |Claire Provost |Jodi Enda

Mwaka Chimera sits on a worn-out leather couch outside her two-roomed house in Vyongwani village, in south-eastern Kenya, cradling her new-born daughter. “I dropped out of primary school, and for my first five pregnancies, I never attended a single antenatal clinic. I would just show up at the hospital when it was time to give birth,” Chimera, 31, says in Swahili.
‘Urgent action is needed to safeguard the lives of women and children’

1 month ago | fullerproject.org | Jodi Enda |Allan Olingo |Claire Provost |Neha Wadekar

VYONGWANI, KENYA – Mwaka Chimera sits on a worn-out leather couch outside her two-roomed house in Vyongwani village, in southeastern Kenya, cradling her newborn daughter. “I dropped out of primary school, and for my first five pregnancies, I never attended a single antenatal clinic. I would just show up at the hospital when it was time to give birth,” Chimera, 31, says in Swahili.
The U.S. Aid Freeze: Counting the Global Cost of Chaos

1 month ago | msmagazine.com | Jodi Enda |Claire Provost |Allan Olingo

This piece was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and Ms. magazine. Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world. Sign up for The Fuller Project’s newsletter. GOLINI, KENYA—Saumu Mwavugadi gazed from her veranda past mud-walled chicken coops and umbrella-like acacia trees to a vast horizon of hills. The heat was unrelenting on this March day, and Mwavugadi cradled her 2-week-old daughter in her arms.
Women and Power: New rankings show stark geographical divide within the U.S.

2 months ago | fullerproject.org | Jodi Enda

If you’re a woman in America, Washington, D.C., is, apparently, the place to be. Women in the nation’s capital have more power and influence than their sisters in any of the 50 states. They have more political and economic heft, better health outcomes and a greater say in policies that affect their lives. Women in Alabama and much of the South, meanwhile, have little power or influence, and that is reflected in their everyday existence.
Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women

Jan 31, 2025 | fullerproject.org | Lucy Sherriff |Jodi Enda

NAIROBI—Last September, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner. Cheptegei’s partner, Dickson Ndiema, poured petrol on her and set her on fire during a disagreement at their home. Her mother, Agnes, had dreaded this moment for years. “This wasn’t the first time our daughter suffered at his hands,” Agnes Cheptegei said, her voice trembling.
Skies clear up in Los Angeles, but pregnant people live on with risk of urban fires

Jan 27, 2025 | fullerproject.org | Jodi Enda |Muktadir Rashid |Maher Sattar

A day after the Los Angeles fires began, I returned to what was once my two bedroom condo in the Pacific Palisades. I wanted to see what was left. I masked up with an N95 – I wore two, in fact, thinking that it would protect me and my pregnancy better. In spite of the double layer, I could smell the acrid, toxic fumes that the smouldering piles of rubble were emitting. I felt light-headed, and I had a headache for two days, even though I barely left the car.
“It’s heartbreaking” - Sudan’s Worsening Maternal Health Crisis

Jan 6, 2025 | fullerproject.org | Lucy Sherriff |Jodi Enda

As the lead obstetrician in a hospital in the Sudanese city of Omdurman, Safa Ali helps dozens of patients a day. But there’s one she won’t easily forget. Last August, a pregnant woman walked into the Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital drenched in blood. The latest to be caught up in the country’s brutal civil war, she had been shot. A bullet pierced her abdomen, injuring her unborn baby.