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.
In Nakasongola, Uganda, recent financial pressures threaten the continuation of delivering the HPV vaccine, which protects against two strains of HPV that can lead to cervical cancer.
Despite dangers, the promise of reaching the United States is so intense that it’s driving a shocking surge in migration by Central American children unaccompanied by their parents.
"We are losing a lot of our women, who could support our economy, who are our mothers and sisters, you know, for no reason."
In Kenya, improving sexual health education and providing girls and women with control over their own fertility are crucial in preventing maternal deaths.
The sight of young mothers in Busia is not uncommon. Poverty and rape account for the high number of unintended pregnancies in the region.
Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled their homes ahead of the Islamic State onslaught. Despite U.S. airstrikes, the prospect of these refugees returning is very low.
Decades of sex-selective abortion have created an acute lack of women in certain parts of India. Traffickers capitalize on the shortage by recruiting or kidnapping women to sell as brides.
In Ghana the ideal skin complexion represented in the media is of fair skin tones. How far will women go to lighten their skin?
In this short documentary, a Filipino family speaks of the price that must be paid when motherhood means choosing to leave.
An unprecedented public celebration of older adults hints at growing momentum for Peru to address the human rights of older adults. Will actions match the words?
The three have been inseparable since a National Guard recruiter visited their school. They’re still together, in a way, in Afghanistan.
Although the school lunch program can foster tolerance, discrimination against lower castes persists in rural India.
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