Full Coverage: Youth

06/18/2008 Abducted from her Cambodian village and nearly forced into slavery at 15, Chivv Ya now teaches other young girls practical skills to protect themselves against human trafficking.

06/17/2008 Through their own vivid and emotional photography, Romanian children living with HIV share their feelings on issues from discrimination and alienation to hope.

06/17/2008 WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, but rather, its children. Local and international groups have launched several initiatives to help meet the needs of many of the estimated 3 million children affected by the earthquake.

06/11/2008 The Egyptian Parliament passed a new children's rights bill last week that makes female genital mutilation a crime punishable by fine or jail time and raises the legal age of marriage to 18.

06/09/2008 Educator Jackson Katz's violence prevention programs for college and high school students are challenging the idea that gender violence is exclusively a women's issue and showing men how to be part of the solution.

06/09/2008 Saw Leh Ler Shee is just one of the million children displaced by the Myanmar cyclone but he and many others have found refuge in child-friendly spaces run by caregivers and relief groups.

06/04/2008 Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.

06/03/2008 Hundreds of thousands of Uzbekistani high school graduates are choosing to work as migrant laborers rather than go to college due to the unemployment and poverty that afflict their rural communities.

06/02/2008 Even as India debates its laws and attitudes towards homosexuality, gay parties and clubs get open space in the southern city of Bangalore. A young cosmopolitan expatriate population and new workforce policies are helping the city become acceptant of same-sex couples.