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.
After decades of declining popularity under the ascendance of political Islam, Arabism is seeing a revival of sorts among Saudi youth as a way out of the sectarian conflicts now gripping the region.
For Filipinas working abroad, everything they do is for their families they left behind.
"When it comes to being a nanny or caregiver, the Filipina is the best in her class. She’s the top of the line. It is an honorable profession." – Grace Princesa, Philippine Ambassador to the UAE.
When mothers must work abroad, what happens to the children they leave behind?
When a mother leaves the home to work abroad, it is usually the eldest daughter who takes over the role of family caregiver.
In Nigeria, birth control is stigmatized, misunderstood, and inaccessible—especially for youth. Abortion is legal only when the life of a mother is endangered. But at least 760,000 occur every year.
For ten years, Blanca has cared for other people's children. Now, she is finally reunited with her own son.
A nanny and her son are reunited after 10 years of international separation while she cared for other people's children. But their adjustment to life together in the U.S. brings new challenges.
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
A globetrotting investigation into the biggest new idea in international development.
Pulitzer Center grantee Jason Motlagh discusses his VQR piece, "The Ghosts of Rana Plaza," on CBC Radio.
Street kids are used to living from lie to lie—often penniless, some are orphans and others shunned as witches. In Kinshasa many seek refuge at ORPER where every child is considered "a jewel."
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