Jasmine Garsd

Jasmine Garsd is a former reporter for Across Women's Lives.

Jasmine Garsd is a former reporter for Across Women's Lives.

Agent in uniform stands on bridge looking over green river

This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence

A pregnant woman from Honduras and her young daughter broke away from a caravan and crossed the Rio Grande to get to the US. Had she done so just a few weeks later, she would have been arrested and separated from her child under a new DHS policy.

This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence
A blond woman is speaking into a microphone at a podium with a sign on the front that says "Stand up for women"

Outgoing Planned Parenthood head says rights are 'at risk under this government'

Outgoing Planned Parenthood head says rights are 'at risk under this government'
Nancy Polanco Najera

As more women are incarcerated in Mexico, so are their babies

As more women are incarcerated in Mexico, so are their babies
A portrait of inmate Carmela Rodriguez Reyes in Mexico.

Women filling Mexico's prisons are the 'lowest rungs of the drug trade'

Women filling Mexico's prisons are the 'lowest rungs of the drug trade'
Dominique Moceanu

Gold medalist Dominique Moceanu warned us 10 years ago about abuse in USA Gymnastics

Gold medalist Dominique Moceanu warned us 10 years ago about abuse in USA Gymnastics
A pink sign reading, "The future is female" is hoisted above the crowds of marchers, some of whom are wearing the signature pink pussy hats.

Marchers: ‘I want to stand with my sisters’

Protesters in New York share their thoughts about what makes the march different this year and why they participated.

Marchers: ‘I want to stand with my sisters’
Mother and daughter

Working in a garment factory may not bring this mother and daughter long-term economic stability

Rongmala Begum, like many of Bangladesh’s garment workers, doesn’t know how old she is. She doesn’t have a birth certificate, which is common for the rural poor here. She thinks she’s in her 40s. She has an identification card, but she can’t read it. Begum is illiterate.

Working in a garment factory may not bring this mother and daughter long-term economic stability
Garment workers

Are factories better in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza? That depends on who you ask.

The Rana Plaza collapse made companies and consumers more aware of working conditions in the clothing factories. In some places, reforms have made workers safer, but the changes are far from universal.

Are factories better in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza? That depends on who you ask.
Thai women sitting on a sidewalk in El Monte, California

How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry

In the early hours of Aug. 2, 1995, authorities raided an apartment complex in El Monte and found 72 Thai workers, including Rotchana Sussman, living in virtual slavery while making clothing.

How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry
Lassiter

Her job at the mill bought her a new, better life

Acree Bell Lassiter was just 17 when she started working in a textile mill in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Now that mill, like all the mills in her town, is gone.

Her job at the mill bought her a new, better life
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In Istanbul, outrage over Zara not paying garment workers

Turkish shoppers at the popular store, Zara, were recently surprised when some of the clothing came with tags that read, "I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn't get paid for it."

In Istanbul, outrage over Zara not paying garment workers
Ali

Meet Ali Cobby Eckermann, the poet who writes about being Native in Australia

When Ali Cobby Eckermann was a teenager, she ran away to the desert in central Australia. Her drug use and reckless behavior had spiraled out of control. Years later, Eckermann would put all that pain into writing and become one of Australia’s most celebrated poets.

Meet Ali Cobby Eckermann, the poet who writes about being Native in Australia
Denisse

Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion

A small clinic in McAllen, Texas, is the only abortion provider for hundreds of miles. Earlier this week when Jane Doe, an undocumented teenager held in detention, was allowed to have an abortion, this is where she came.

Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion
Water falls from a pipe onto the street. A woman in the background is bent at the waist and washes her hair in the running water, while a man holds a child and watches the woman.

We asked Puerto Ricans about their future plans. Many want to stay and rebuild.

Hear directly from some of them.

We asked Puerto Ricans about their future plans. Many want to stay and rebuild.
Team

Meet the women combing through Puerto Rico, searching for veterans in need

The VA team goes from one hurricane shelter to another, assisting veterans.

Meet the women combing through Puerto Rico, searching for veterans in need