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...
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...