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Youth

There are now more people under the age of 25 in the world than ever before, presenting both opportunities for social progress and considerable challenges. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Youth” feature reporting on young people, the issues they face and the potential for change they represent. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on youth.

 

January 06, 2016 | Slant News

In Nepal, Where Have All the Men Gone?

Pankaj Khadka

As young adult men leave for foreign employment opportunities, how is a Nepali village transforming? And how is the absence of young adult men affecting those who are left behind?

November 12, 2015 | Pulitzer Center

Female Power in a Maasai Village

Sydney Combs

By struggling to feed her family, Sipapei Lekisamba and her fellow Maasai women are disrupting the very foundations of their patriarchal society and earning a right to financial independence.

November 06, 2015 | Global Citizen

Maasai Women "Carry Each Other"

Sydney Combs

Women in Tanzania's Oltukai Village are teaching each other how to "wake up" to their own potential—reaching for financial independence in a typically patriarchal society.

November 02, 2015 | Kent State Magazine

Saving Irish

Anna Hoffman

Irish is the official language of Ireland, but its use is in rapid decline, and UNESCO lists it as an endangered language. A community of Irish speakers scrambles to revive their cultural treasure.