March 19, 2013 by Esha Chhabra

During two days in February, 170 million children will be vaccinated for polio in India. And in the last two years, none of them have seen polio. India moves on from polio and forays into mHealth.

October 10, 2012 by Paul Salopek

As Paul Salopek journeys around the world on foot, he will follow the migration pathways of our ancestors who walked out of Africa 50,000 years ago.

August 7, 2012 by Hashim Yonis

Teachers at a middle school in Adama, a town in central Ethiopia, struggle to provide quality education.

June 9, 2012 by Anna Nemtsova

After 20 years of fading industry, rampant corruption, and no clear ideology, Russia is now on the move. Its young people are finding new homes in—and out—of the country.

December 7, 2011 by Jina Moore, Jake Naughton

This reporting initiative partners African and US journalists to explore critical challenges in reproductive health and family planning—and what they mean for life, death and socio-economic stability...

October 27, 2011 by William Wheeler, Ayman Oghanna

The revolution that toppled the regime of Col. Moammar Qaddafi brought Libya a sense of pride, hope and renewed engagement with the West, but ahead lies the challenge of building a democratic...

October 17, 2011 by Deborah Jian Lee, Sushma Subramanian

By 2020, China is expected to have 24 million more men than women, leaving the countryside filled with aging bachelors, the consequence of a gender imbalance caused by sex-selective abortions.

August 29, 2011 by Fred de Sam Lazaro

In Brazil, increased access to education, information and contraception have combined to lower the birth rate by two thirds over the last five decades.

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June 30, 2011 by Kathryn Joyce, Michael Tsegaye

Over the past several years, Ethiopia has rapidly become one of the top "sending countries" in international adoption.

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June 20, 2011 by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Nicole Salazar

In the wake of the uprising that ousted President Mubarak, Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from Cairo, Egypt with Nicole Salazar on the struggle for democracy, social justice and economic reform.

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May 20, 2011 by Stephanie Sinclair

Throughout the world, more than 51 million girls below the age of 18 are currently married. This harmful traditional practice spans continents, language, religion and caste.

Image by Ellen Knickmeyer. Tunisia, 2011.
January 27, 2011 by Ellen Knickmeyer

Ellen Knickmeyer has been traveling the Arab world from the first weeks of the revolutions to tell the story of the frustrated young generation at the heart of the unrest.

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