By Noora Alawadhi, age 11 and IndyKids Staff Recently, a new law was enacted in Saudi Arabia allowing women to drive cars. The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—who granted women the right to drive—has been portrayed as a hero and advocate for...
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons By SAMIA AFRIN, age 12 On January 29, 2016, members of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent released a report finding that the level of police brutality and poverty among blacks in the United States is as...
By SOLEDAD AGUILAR-COLÓN, age 13 Showing international support, this young Uruguayan demonstrator protests the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students. Her sign reads, “nos faltan 43,” or in English, “43 are missing.” PHOTO:...
By RIDA ALI, age 11, and IndyKids Staff PHOTO: kinoluiggi/flickr After meeting with parents of the 43 students who went missing in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, on September 26, 2014, the United Nations Commission Against Enforced Disappearances has condemned the Mexican...
By KATIE SCHLECHTER, IndyKids Staff After the strikes in 2009, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP) found that 75 percent of kids older than six showed one or more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. PHOTO: andlun1/Flickr On August 26, 2014, the...
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