Children and Youth

These stereotypes can extend into the late teens and contribute to a gender gap in STEM college courses and related careers, according to a new study that explores the gender-based…

From the massive youth protests demanding climate action during COP26, the global climate summit in November, to the young leaders demanding action on civil rights during last month’s Summit for…

The World Food Programme is addressing the food and nutrition needs of Rwanda’s refugee communities and supporting longterm resilience.

American youth are facing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Even before the pandemic, nearly 50 percent of adolescents in the United States experienced symptoms of a mental illness. Of that…

Not long ago, before the pandemic, I was teaching fourth grade. One of my students, a quiet boy who wore his hair in a long ponytail, hated school. Much of…

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently released new obesity management guidelines in order to help address the growing obesity crisis in children.

For parents of children with disabilities, child care shortages have always been a reality.

Most child shooting victims are shot outdoors for unknown reasons and are likely not the intended target, a new study shows.

Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.

India is facing a job crisis. In November 2022, the unemployment rate in the country rose to 8 percent—the highest in three months. According to a statistical profile on unemployment in India from…

February is a good time for children to learn more about Black history. You can bolster your children’s learning with digital resources. Here are four tools from national museums and…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, existing structural and socio-economic inequities in Nepal excluded most adolescent girls from schooling. More than 80 percent of girls who have left school did not find the support…