Sophie Cousins

Sophie Cousins is an award-winning Australian writer and author. She was based In Nepal and India between 2015 and 2020 where she wrote about systems that exacerbate gender inequality and the impact this has on women's and girls' health.

Articles by Sophie Cousins

Workers operate sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in southern Ethiopia.

The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Export Boom

Dispatch

September 24, 2022, 2:00 AM

Wilcannia Coronavirus Street Sign

Indigenous Australians Avert an Outbreak—for Now

Dispatch

May 19, 2020, 10:26 AM

Foreign laborers working on a construction site for one of Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums

Migrant Workers Can’t Afford a Lockdown

Argument

April 8, 2020, 11:08 AM

A Nepalese woman prepares to sleep in a chhaupadi hut during her period in Surkhet District, 300 miles west of Kathmandu, on Feb. 3, 2017.

In Nepal, Tradition Is Killing Women

Dispatch

January 6, 2019, 10:06 PM

Rohingya refugees in Balukhali camp on January 13, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

The Rohingya Have Fled One Crisis for Another

Dispatch

May 15, 2018, 7:01 AM

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Burma’s Grassroots War on Drugs

Dispatch

October 5, 2016, 12:28 PM

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The End of Days for Iraq’s Christians

Dispatch

August 7, 2014, 11:42 PM

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