Allyn Gaestel is a freelance journalist who covers human rights, inequality, gender, global health and the human repercussions of politics. She has worked in West Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, The Los Angeles Times, Reuters, and CNN and has received grants and fellowships from the Pulitzer Center, The International Reporting Project, The National Press Foundation, and others.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Still Fissured: Haiti’s Health System, Five Years After the Earthquake
Featuring "Haiti: Then and Now," A Photo Essay by Allison Shelley...

Perilous Delivery: Inside India’s Maternal Health Crisis
From "Around the World"...

The Road Through Redemption Camp: Religion, Fertility and Abortion in Lagos
All photographs by Allison Shelley. All rights reserved. ON GROUND COOL WITH CONCRETE tiles, a woman carefully smoothed a turquoise ...
