Young People

While pregnancy loss is common, gaps in official data mean its impacts on different demographic and geographic groups remain unknown.

Social media and 'finfluencers' are just some of the ways Gen Z are learning about money in a changing financial world.

Maddy Murphy, 16, has successfully auditioned for a prestigious Swiss dance academy, beating hundreds of other ballerinas from across the globe.

The Cockroach Janta Party claims victory following the resignation of India's education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. But is it enough to satisfy India's youth? 

New data shows First Nations children are spending longer behind bars without a sentence. Families and experts say the system is failing young people.

Advocates have urged the Crisafulli government to reconsider controversial legislation that would send youth offenders to boot camps, warning that any physical and psychological abuse may never come to light due to a "reasonable excuse" provision.

In a damning submission, an age-check firm warns big fines may be seen as a "small price to pay" if copping them allows Australia's ban to be "wrongly" be portrayed as a failure.

Fishing clubs across the state say more young people are picking up the rod and tackle, with some going digital and launching apps to track catches and hook the next generation of anglers.

Across the country's protest hotspots, India's gen Z are using meme culture as part of their hopes to bring the country into a new dawn.

The ABC has spoken with experts, advocates and residential care workers as part of a 19-month investigation into the sexual exploitation of children in state care.

More and more countries are following Australia's lead and introducing social media bans for children, but US policies are piecemeal and vary from state to state.

These men are being the role models they never had. They hope to curb Australia's masculinity crisis.

An alternative sentencing option put forward by the Queensland government is being compared to controversial boot camps of yesteryear. 

SA Police have arrested the alleged organiser of a 'fight club' and reported seven other teenagers they allege were linked to videos of amateur bouts that were posted online.

Advocates for young people say conditions in a Queensland watch house have not improved since three teenagers' human rights were breached. A tribunal heard the boys had limited privacy and had to use the toilet in front of others.

Two young women say taking the pill to manage painful periods had side effects they weren't expecting.

SA Police has reported three teenagers for allegedly fighting in a public place after amateur children's "fight club" videos were posted online, while the state's police commissioner says new laws could be introduced to make similar bouts harder to organise.

South Australia's premier says he is appalled by an amateur children's "fight club", while the state's police minister says people who post videos of the fights online may face legal action on top of the participants in the bouts.

Students who witnessed a violent fight between two men on a school bus have been left shaken by the incident.

Research suggests many under-16s are still active on social media platforms. BTN High explores why and tests the accuracy of popular technology used to estimate age.