Allyn Gaestel

Allyn Gaestel is a freelance writer focusing on human rights, global health, inequality and women. Her work has been published by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and other media outlets.

Allyn Gaestel is a freelance writer focusing on human rights, global health, inequality and women. Her work has been published by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, and other media outlets. She has won grants to support her reporting from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the International Reporting Project, the National Press Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation.


Sorrowful mysteries: Secret abortions kill thousands of Nigerian women each year (VIDEO)

Lifestyle

In Nigeria, abortion is legal only when the life of a mother is endangered. But at least 760,000 procedures happen every year despite opposition from Muslims and Christians.

Senegal birth spacing

Why Senegal wants families to put more space between their children

Health & Medicine
Senegal birth spacing

Why Senegal wants families to put more space between their children

Health & Medicine