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November 17, 2019 | The New York Times
The End of Babies
Something is stopping us from creating the families we claim to desire. But what?
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Reproductive Health
November 05, 2019 | Harper's Bazaar
How to Make Abortion Great Again
Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the European Union, and in practice, it's all but banned. But four women, nicknamed the "abortion dream team," are pushing back.
October 22, 2019 | The New Yorker
When the Government Seizes Your Embryos
In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them.
October 14, 2019 | The Atlantic
The Poland Model—Promoting ‘Family Values’ With Cash Handouts
Poland’s governing party, which just won another election, has married right-wing social policy with left-wing economic policy.
September 30, 2019 | Voice of America
Girls School in Liberia Reopens After Sex Abuse Scandal
Students at an American charity school in Liberia almost lost their institution to a notorious sex abuse scandal, forcing the academy to close. Then a new, Liberian-run organization formed to re-open the school. In Monrovia, Monique John follows one student on her first day back in class.
September 24, 2019 | The New York Times
My American Surrogate
A Chinese businesswoman in California has become a matchmaker between Chinese parents and American wombs.
August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Sexual Violence, HIV, and Conflict in South Sudan
As refugees flee conflict in South Sudan, the burden of HIV grows, in part because of rampant sexual violence.
August 30, 2019 | The Lancet
Picturing Health: Health Services in Refugee Camps Are Helping South Sudanese Women Tell Their Stories of Sexual Violence
Health clinics in Ugandan refugee camps provide services to South Sudanese women who have survived sexual violence.
May 15, 2019 | Univision News
In El Salvador, Violence Is Driving Girls to Kill Themselves
In the country with the highest rate of femicides in the most violent region in the world, young girls are taking their own lives. And the victims are getting younger.
May 15, 2019 | TIME
Violence Against Women in El Salvador Is Driving Them to Suicide — Or to the U.S. Border
It’s hard to grasp the scale of El Salvador’s problem with gender violence. Sixty-seven percent of Salvadoran women have suffered some form of violence in their lifetime, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence and abuse by family members.
May 07, 2019 | The Nation
Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal
The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the past.
May 07, 2019 | The Nation
Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail
For decades, Ecuador considered abortion a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.
Reproductive Rights and the Family in Poland and Denmark
In Poland, reproductive autonomy is under threat. Abortion is all but banned, and IVF is available only to heterosexual couples. Yet the government pays a generous child bonus to boost the birth rate.
The Consequences of Ecuador's Abortion Ban
In Ecuador, the prosecution of women for abortion-related crimes is escalating, with devastating consequences.
Salvadoran Women and Suicide
Abortion restrictions, gang violence, social pressure. In many cases, women in El Salvador can’t make decisions on their own and end up turning to suicide.
The Future of Family Planning in India
India will soon be the most populous country in the world. Innovators throughout the country are creating new tools to help families stay small while taking control of their reproductive destinies.
What Texas Can Learn from Poland on Maternal Mortality
Texas is searching for ways to curb the alarming number of women dying less than a year after their pregnancies. Poland, a conservative, anti-abortion, religious country may have solutions.
Women's Rights in Poland
After a failed attempt to completely ban abortion, a look at the ongoing reality of women's rights in Poland.
Russia: Women Hit Hard by HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is at a tipping point in Russia, where an estimated 1-1.5 million people are HIV positive and the Kremlin has long rejected international assistance. Women are being left behind.
My American Surrogate: A Journey Into the Booming Phenomenon of Chinese Couples Hiring U.S. Surrogates
A Chinese surrogacy agent’s business in southern California has become a one-stop shop for wealthy Chinese couples seeking to hire American surrogates to have their babies for them.
Mexico City: Disparities in Healthcare
Mexico is considered the most advanced of the developing countries. Yet access to medical technology is reserved for those who can pay for private hospital care, excluding many of the most needy.
Reporting on Reproductive Health: Women Deliver 2016
Pulitzer Center grantees present their reporting at the Women Deliver International Conference 2016.
The Life Equation
Big Data is coming to global health. But who should decide who lives and dies: Doctors on the front lines or a mathematical formula?
Reporting on Reproductive Health: International Conference on Family Planning 2016
Pulitzer Center grantees present their reporting at the International Conference on Family Planning 2016.
September 10, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Megan Janetsky
While Colombia has taken measures to address 24,000 'stateless' babies born to fleeing Venezuelan mothers in the country, it may not be enough to address the citizenship crisis.
January 19, 2019 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Hannah Harris Green
Learn about family planning in India with reporter Hannah Harris Green.
June 25, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Jon Cohen
Nigeria, Russia, and Florida have each had difficulty mounting a strong response to HIV/AIDS, at a time when neighboring countries or states have made progress in bringing their epidemics to an end.
February 07, 2018 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Alex Cocotas
Alex Cocotas, a freelance journalist based in Berlin, reports on women's rights in Poland.
December 03, 2017 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: T.R. Goldman
What does it take for a developing country like Nigeria to roll out a new healthcare protocol for newborns on a national scale? T.R. Goldman discusses the challenges this country faces.
April 11, 2016
Big Data: How to Turn a Topic into a Story
Grantee Rob Tinworth explains how big data can be used in journalism.
February 08, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Laura Bassett and Jake Naughton
Laura Bassett and Jake Naughton traveled to Kenya to take a close look at the devastating impact of a United States policy on the abortion rights of rape victims around the world.
June 01, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Sarah Weiser
Journalist Sarah Weiser travels to India to look at how different regions have approached population control and family planning.
May 01, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalists: Matt Hongoltz-Hetling and Michael Seamans
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling and Mike Seamans traveled to Sierra Leone to document an ongoing crisis often overshadowed by Ebola: 39,000 infants and young children die every year of preventable causes.
September 22, 2011 | Meet the Journalist
Meet Fred de Sam Lazaro
Fred de Sam Lazaro explains the source of declining birth rate in Brazil and how it could enhance women’s role in the society—a topic of his project “Brazil: Girl Power.”
July 15, 2011 | Education Resources
Lesson Plan: The Edge of Joy: Combating Maternal Mortality in Nigeria
This lesson accompanies Dawn Shapiro's documentary, The Edge of Joy, exploring the maternal mortality crisis in Nigeria.
April 15, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Jon Cohen and Larry Price Win 2019 NIHCM Awards
Cohen and Price were announced as winners of the 2019 NIHCM awards in the Trade Journalism and Digital Media categories respectively.
March 19, 2019 | Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Jon Cohen and Larry Price Named Finalists for 2019 NIHCM Awards
Cohen and Price were nominated for the 25th Annual Health Care Research and Journalism Awards.
July 23, 2018 | General news, Project news
Science Magazine and PBS NewsHour Exhibition Featured at 2018 International AIDS Conference
A multimedia exhibition of worldwide HIV/AIDS reporting from Science magazine and PBS NewsHour will run from July 23 - July 27, 2018 at the International AIDS Conference.
July 23, 2018 | General news, Project news
Misha Friedman Takes Over Pulitzer Center Instagram
Friedman will showcase reporting from Russia, Nigeria, and the U.S. state of Florida on the struggle to fight HIV/AIDS.
July 02, 2018 | General news
Journalist Anna Nemtsova Discusses HIV/AIDS Crisis in Russia
Moscow-based reporter focuses on women in much of her reporting because she says you can tell a lot about a country and a crisis through their stories.
June 21, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: Cracking the Indian Patriarchy
A poor school for girls in rural India reshapes the role of women, how Iraq's legal institutions are struggling to give closure to victims, and HIV's hold on Nigeria, Russia, and Florida.
June 15, 2018 | Project news
Pulitzer Center's 'Far from Over' Series Explores Challenges to 'Ending Aids'
A special series supported by the Pulitzer Center for Science magazine and PBS NewsHour.
June 12, 2018 | Newsletter
This Week: How the 'Beyond War' Conference Covered Conflict
This week: Pulitzer Center's recent conference discusses why there's a need to reframe the way conflicts are covered, HIV infection rates remain high despite cures, and children continue to be used as human shields in the C.A.R. militias.
September 10, 2017 | General news, Education news
'Life Equation' Screening at Missouri School of Journalism-Pulitzer Center Inaugural Event
Filmmaker Rob Tinworth provokes debate on global health priorities during visit to Missouri School of Journalism, one of our newest Campus Consortium partners.
July 05, 2017 | General news
Applications Open for World Health Summit's 2017 Next Generation of Science Journalists Award
The World Health Summit is accepting applications for its 2017 "Next Generation of Science Journalists" award, co-sponsored by the Pulitzer Center.
June 12, 2017 | General news
Gender Lens: Refugees and Migration
Journalists and activists joined together for a conversation on the impact of gender and gender roles on the refugee experience—exploring how the most vulnerable are affected and how they cope.
June 09, 2017 | General news
Gender Lens: Sustainable Solutions in Global Health
"Global Health" panelists discussed current initiatives, the future of public health, funding, and the importance of giving communities a voice in their own treatment.
February 02, 2016 | All Grades
Understanding the Zika Virus
Students are asked to discuss the articles about Zika virus and answer comprehension questions. Students can also engage in extension activities conducting a deeper analysis of Zika media coverage.
September 23, 2015 | All Grades
Population Bomb: Is Population Control the Answer?
This lesson uses reporting by Sarah Weiser and others to examine how population pressures have been dealt with in various regions.
August 13, 2015 | High School
Proposing a Win for Women Worldwide
Students will integrate information from multiple news sources in order to explore gender inequality issues around the world.