Youth around the world are fighting fake news and delivering groceries to the needy as they juggle online studies with community service during COVID-19. Nylu Bernshteyn on a food run for the #BrooklynShowsLove mutual aid project in Brooklyn, New York. These student...
Reporting from around the world confirms that youth are using their creativity and energy to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best in many young people. That may not be the prevailing view in some media, but the World Teenage...
We were students seeking solace from COVID-19. Then, with a burst of artistic creativity, an online ‘zine’ was born. “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie During the...
The world was making progress in curbing female genital mutilation, a rite of passage to womanhood in many countries. COVID-19 is setting back those efforts. A six-year-old girl screams in pain while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996 (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Rhobi...
Want to ensure the impact of COVID-19 on the environment slows climate change? Then be sure to vote, a top environmentalist tells a News Decoder webinar. Tom Burke (upper left) leads webinar on COVID-19 and climate change. What can young people do to ensure that...
We’ve long known that a mother’s love can mould a child’s behaviour. Holding the baby can improve its health for life, research now shows. A new-born baby and his mother (Wikimedia Commons/Anishadhariwal ds) They say that a mother’s hug lasts long...
The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will fall mainly on youth. Here are ways young people can mitigate the impact. High school students keep their “social distance” during a graduation ceremony on a motor speedway track, Fort Worth, Texas, 19 May 2020. (AP...
COVID-19 has put a lid on carbon emissions, and some experts think it could eventually help slow climate change. Greenpeace activists protest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 14 May 2020. (EPA-EFE/MARTEN VAN DIJL) Could the coronavirus crisis turn out to be the...
For many, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Can we expect the global crisis to stir profound change? German Bundesliga football match in nearly empty stadium between Cologne and Mainz, Cologne, Germany, 17 May 2020 (Anke Waelischmiller/picture-alliance/dpa/AP...
Because the COVID-19 pandemic can be traumatic, young people need to set self-care plans to manage stress and keep their immune systems strong. Two young people practice yoga in front of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany, 5 April 2020. (J’rg...