Fighting Exploitation: Girls as Young as 13 Married for a Price in Africa
Many African women still struggle for rights — for the right to go to school, to marry when and whom they choose, to own farmland and livestock.
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Many African women still struggle for rights — for the right to go to school, to marry when and whom they choose, to own farmland and livestock.
This is how communities spread the word about the importance of good nutrition in improving maternal and infant health in Uganda, India, Guatemala or Chicago.
Striking teachers from Rio de Janeiro's schools held a demonstration in front of Gov. Sergio Cabral’s palace demanding higher wages and better work conditions.
Traffic accidents and road deaths in the developing world are consistently underreported. Jeffrey E. Stern looks at why Afghanistan turns a blind eye.
The Syrian National Coalition projects a unified front but is devoid of legal agency. Mothers in exile hope for newborns to be certified at birth; students wonder who will validate their exams.
A journalist returns to the fragile country five years after she was kidnapped. What will happen after US troops pull out next year?
Jennifer Miller talks about Nepal's dental health crisis and an unlikely hero.
A sisterhood of HIV positive mothers helps others live with the disease.
When one college student decided to bridge the stark divide of Pakistani classrooms by creating a school for low-income kids, he did not anticipate such skepticism.
In Nepal, myths abound about the consequences of dental treatment. People fear deafness and blindness. New mothers are routinely told not to brush their teeth for two months after giving birth.
Reports have pointed to Pakistan’s Islamic schools as training grounds for terrorists--overlooking the hardline content of the public school curriculum.
New e-book on China's environment available from Pulitzer Center's award-winning e-book production team and photographer Sean Gallagher
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