SHAMVA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They ...

Young women and girls in Zimbabwe are using an ancient tradition to fight child marriages and campaign for gender equality. Inside a white tent in rural northeastern Zimbabwe, girls discuss sexuality, ...

The Frontline documentary 'Born Poor' follows kids in three families who try to overcome poverty from childhood through their ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids portrayed poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Now, those kids — Brittany, Johnny and Kaylie — are all ...

Samson Mhizha received funding from The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) through the University of Pretoria. I am with the University of Zimbabwe and a post-doctoral fellow with the University ...

More than a decade ago, the Emmy-nominated documentary Poor Kids explored poverty in the United States as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. Born Poor tells the stories of the same ...

One in six American children under age 5 — about 3 million — live in poverty, the highest rate of any age group. Children remain the poorest age group in America, with children of color, children ...