The Population Council’s Poverty, Gender, and Youth program seeks to understand and address the disparities in opportunity that arise during adolescence, the critical requirements for reaching a successful, productive adulthood, the causes and consequences of gender inequality, and the social dimensions of poverty in developing countries.
Submissions from 2020
The influence of schooling on the stability and mutability of gender attitudes: Findings from a longitudinal study of adolescent girls in Zambia, Sophia Chae, Nicole Haberland, Katharine McCarthy, Ann M. Weber, Gary L. Darmstadt, and Thoai Ngo
Transitions to adulthood and the changing body mass index of adolescent girls in Zambia, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Paul C. Hewett, Kathryn Spielman, and Karen Austrian
Trends in fertility and fertility preferences in sub-Saharan Africa: The roles of education and family planning programs, John Bongaarts
UDAYA, Adolescent Survey, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, 2018–19, K.G. Santhya
Understanding the resilience and mental health impacts of natural disasters in India: A narrative review, Sangram Kishor Patel, Gopal Agrawal, and Bincy Mathew
U.S. state-level projections of the spatial distribution of population consistent with shared socioeconomic pathways, Hamidreza Zoraghein and Brian C. O'Neill
Voices of rural people: Community-level assessment of effects and resilience to natural disasters in Odisha, India, Sangram Kishor Patel, Bincy Mathew, Ankit Nanda, Biswajit Mohanty, and Niranjan Saggurti
We need a pro-poor and pro-Black response to COVID-19, Thoai Ngo
We wanted to know how coronavirus affects Nairobi's slum residents. What we found, Karen Austrian and Timothy Abuya
What about adolescent girls? Implementation insights from a new evidence review on ‘safe space-style’ community-based girls’ groups, Miriam Temin and Craig Heck
Women's groups and COVID-19: Challenges, engagement, and opportunities, Thomas de Hoop, Sapna Desai, Garima Siwach, Chinmaya Holla, Yulia Belyakova, Sohini Paul, and Roopal Jyoti Singh
Submissions from 2019
Accelerating action to end child marriage in Bangladesh—Project brief, Population Council
Access to facilities for women experiencing domestic violence, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and K.G. Santhya
Adolescent girls' voices on enhancing their own productivity in Pakistan: Highlights 2019, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, and Rehan M. Niazi
A review on extreme weather events and livelihood in Odisha, India, Sangram Kishor Patel, Bincy Mathew, Ankit Nanda, Sanghamitra Pati, and Hiralal Nayak
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Asset Cards [Arabic], Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Asset Cards [Portuguese], Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Asset Cards [Spanish], Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Asset Cards [Swahili], Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Causal effects of education on sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Stephanie Psaki, Erica Chuang, Andrea J. Melnikas, David B. Wilson, and Barbara Mensch
Child marriages and unions in Latin America: Understanding the roles of agency and social norms, Alice Y. Taylor, Erin Murphy-Graham, Julia Van Horn, Bapu Vaitla, Angel del Valle, and Beniamino Cislaghi
Climate change and contraception, John Bongaarts and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Climate change and women in South Asia: A review and future policy implications, Sangram Kishor Patel, Gopal Agrawal, Bincy Mathew, Sunita Patel, Biswajit Mohanty, and Abhishek Singh
Climate, population, and vulnerability in Pakistan: Exploring evidence of linkages for adaptation, G.M. Arif, Muhammad Riaz, Nadeem Faisal, Mohammad Jamal Khan Khattak, Zeba Sathar, Muhammad Khalil, Maqsood Sadiq, Sabahat Hussain, and Kiren Khan
Delivering results in girls' education: How to evaluate what works, what doesn't, and what we don't know, Stephanie Psaki
Does education improve health in low- and middle income countries? Results from a systematic review, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, Erica Chuang, and Andrea J. Melnikas
Drug seller provision practices and knowledge of misoprostol in Bangladesh, Kate Reiss, Katherine Keenan, Kathryn Church, Sally Dijkerman, Shahida Akter Mitu, Sadid Nuremowla, and Thoai Ngo
Empirically based spatial projections of US population age structure consistent with the shared socioeconomic pathways, Erich Striessnig, Jing Gao, Brian C. O'Neill, and Leiwen Jiang
Evidence-based process for prioritizing positive behaviors for promotion: Zika prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean and applicability to future health emergency responses, Jessie Pinchoff, Arianna Serino, Alice Payne Merritt, Gabrielle Hunter, Martha Silva, Priya Parikh, and Paul C. Hewett
Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health: Systematic review, Barbara Mensch, Erica Chuang, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Stephanie Psaki
Examining early marriage in India: Qualitative findings, Neelanjana Pandey, Komal Saxena, and Andrea J. Melnikas
Exploring gender and partner communication: Theory of Planned Behavior predictors for condom use among young, urban adults in Zambia, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, Jessie Pinchoff, Christopher B. Boyer, and Thoai Ngo
Gender norms and health: Insights from global survey data, Ann M. Weber; Beniamino Cislaghi; Valerie Meausoone; Safa Abdalla; Iván Mejía-Guevara; Pooja Loftus; Emma Hallgren; Ilana Seff; Lindsay Stark; Cesar G. Victora; Romina Buffarini; Aluisio J.D. Barros; Benjamin W. Domingue; Devika Bhushan; Ribhav Gupta; Jason M. Nagata; Holly B. Shakya; Linda Richter; Shane A. Norris; Thoai Ngo; Sophia Chae; Nicole Haberland; Katharine McCarthy; Mark R. Cullen; Gary L. Darmstadt; and Gender Equality, Norms and Health Steering Committee
Making the Most of Mentors: Recruitment, Training, and Support of Mentors for Adolescent Girl Programming—Toolkit, Population Council
Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Data Sets, Paul C. Hewett and Barbara Mensch
More Than a Backdrop: Understanding the Role of Communities in Programming for Adolescent Girls—Action Guide, Sarah Blake and Miriam Temin
More Than Brides Alliance: Midline evaluation report, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Santosh Kumar Singh, James Mkandawire, Mouhamadou Gueye, Aissa Diarra, and Sajeda Amin
« More than Brides Alliance (MTBA) » : Rapport d’évaluation à mi-parcours au Mali et au Niger, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Mouhamadou Gueye, Aissa Diarra, and Sajeda Amin
Opportunities and challenges for the introduction of a new female condom among young adults in urban Zambia, Katherine Gambir, Jessie Pinchoff, Olasubomi Obadeyi, and Thoai Ngo
PROTOCOL: Policies and interventions to remove gender‐related barriers to girls’ school participation and learning in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review of the evidence, Erica Chuang, Barbara Mensch, Stephanie Psaki, Nicole Haberland, and Meredith L. Kozak
Spatio-temporal patterns of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in relation to drinking water salinity at the district level in Bangladesh from 2016 to 2018, Jessie Pinchoff, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Abdullah Al Mahmud, and Charlotte E. Warren
Support for gender stereotypes: Does madrasah education matter?, M. Niaz Asadullah, Sajeda Amin, and Nazmul Chaudhury
The effects of adolescent childbearing on literacy and numeracy in Bangladesh, Malawi, and Zambia, Stephanie Psaki, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jyotirmoy Saha, Barbara Mensch, and Sajeda Amin
The evaluation of the Woman's Condom marketing approach: What value did peer-led interpersonal communication add to the promotion of a new female condom in urban Lusaka?, Jessie Pinchoff, Christopher B. Boyer, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, Gina Smith, Namwinga Chintu, and Thoai Ngo
The Girl Roster: A practical tool for strengthening girl-centered programming, Population Council
The heterogeneity and change in the urban structure of metropolitan areas in the United States, 1990–2010, Stefan Leyk, Deborah Balk, Bryan Jones, Mark R. Montgomery, and Hasim Engin
The links between women’s employment and children at home: Variations in low- and middle-income countries by world region, John Bongaarts, Ann K. Blanc, and Katharine McCarthy
Transforming the attitudes of young men about gender roles and the acceptability of violence against women, Bihar, K.G. Santhya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Neelanjana Pandey, Aparajita Gogoi, Madhu Joshi, Santosh Kumar Singh, Komal Saxena, and Sandeep Ojha
Understanding the relationships between HIV and child marriage: Conclusions from an expert consultation, Suzanne Petroni, Rachel Yates, Manahil Siddiqi, Chewe Luo, Arwyn Finnie, Damilola Walker, Alice Welbourn, Catherine Langevin-Falcon, Claudia Cappa, Tia Palermo, Thoai Ngo, Sarah Baird, Jacqueline Makokha, Sagri Singh, Mandira Paul, Patience Ndlovu, Rukia Mannikko, Anita Raj, Wole Ameyan, Hendrica Okondo, and Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Unintended consequences of mHealth interactive voice messages promoting contraceptive use after menstrual regulation in Bangladesh: Intimate partner violence results from a randomized controlled trial, Kate Reiss, Kathryn L. Andersen, Erin Pearson, Kamal Biswas, Fahmida Taleb, Thoai Ngo, Altaf Hossain, Sharmani Barnard, Christopher Smith, James Carpenter, Jamie Menzel, Katharine Footman, Katherine Keenan, Megan Douthwaite, Reena Yasmin, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Tanzila Tabbassum, Manuela Colombini, Loraine Bacchus, and Kathryn Church
Urbanization in India: Population and urban classification grids for 2011, Deborah Balk, Mark R. Montgomery, Hasim Engin, Natalie Lin, Elizabeth Major, and Bryan Jones
"When he asks for sex, you will never refuse": Transactional sex and adolescent pregnancy in Zambia, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Zoe Duby, and Paul C. Hewett
Submissions from 2018
Abriendo Oportunidades a la incidencia política en mi comunidad: Guía Curricular, Population Council
Abriendo Oportunidades: Material didáctico para sesiones de trabajo, Population Council
Accelerating action to end child marriage in Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Jyotirmoy Saha, Masuma Billah, Nargis Sultana, Eashita Haque, and Surojit Kundu
Adolescent Data Hub, Population Council GIRL Center
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP), Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Endline results—Executive summary, Population Council
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Financial literacy and savings—Two-year follow-up, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, and Paul C. Hewett
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Health, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, and Paul C. Hewett
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Nutrition, Paul C. Hewett, Amanda L. Willig, Jean Digitale, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, Jere R. Behrman, and Karen Austrian
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Sexual and gender-based violence, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, and Paul C. Hewett
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Programme: Endline technical report, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Paul C. Hewett, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, and Jere R. Behrman
Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya: Midline results report, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Joyce Mumah, Beth Kangwana, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Benta Abuya, Valsa Shah, and John A. Maluccio
Adolescent girls’ primary school mobility and educational outcomes in urban Kenya, John A. Maluccio, Mohamed Hussein, Benta Abuya, Eva Muluve, Eunice N. Muthengi, and Karen Austrian
Adolescent girls' voices on enhancing their own productivity in Pakistan, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, Maqsood Sadiq, and Rehan M. Niazi
Adolescent rights and the 'first 1,000 days' global nutrition movement: A view from Guatemala, David Flood, Anita Chary, Alejandra Colom, and Peter Rohloff
A study of employment outcomes among technical and vocational secondary education graduates in Egypt [Arabic], Salma Nasser and Ali Rashed
A systematic review of adolescent girl program implementation in low- and middle-income countries: Evidence gaps and insights, Nicole Haberland, Katharine McCarthy, and Martha Brady
Building resilience in communities most vulnerable to environmental stressors, Jessie Pinchoff
Child domestic work and transitions to commercial sexual exploitation: Evidence from Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Climate change-induced hazards and local adaptations in agriculture: A study from Koshi River Basin, Nepal, Abid Hussain, Golam Rasul, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Shahriar Wahid, and Sabarnee Tuladhar
Climate change, resilience, and population dynamics in Pakistan: A case study of the 2010 floods in Mianwali District, Zeba Sathar, Muhammad Khalil, Sabahat Hussain, Maqsood Sadiq, and Kiren Khan
Cluster randomized evaluation of the Nia Project: Study protocol, Eunice N. Muthengi and Karen Austrian
Community-level assessment of droughts in Odisha: Effects, resilience, and implications, Sangram Kishor Patel
Community-level assessment of floods and cyclones in coastal Odisha, India: Impact, resilience, and implications, Sangram Kishor Patel
Community-level assessment of heatwaves in Odisha State, India: Effects, resilience and implications, Sangram Kishor Patel
Contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy among young women and men in Accra, Ghana, Kate Grindlay, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Thoai Ngo, Gillian Eva, Leonard Gobah, Sarah T. Reiger, Sruthi Chandrasekaran, and Kelly Blanchard
Dataset: Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP), Karen Austrian
Dataset: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K), Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, John A. Maluccio, Joyce Mumah, and Benta Abuya
Dataset: Married adolescent girls in rural Assiut and Souhag: Limited choices and unfulfilled reproductive health needs, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab
Dataset: Safe and Smart Savings, Karen Austrian
Delivering impact for adolescent girls: Emerging findings from Population Council research, Population Council
Determinants of urban growth during demographic and mobility transitions: Evidence from India, Mexico, and the US, Leiwen Jiang and Brian C. O'Neill
Extreme weather events induced deaths in India 2001–2014: Trends and differentials by region, sex and age group, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Monika Walia, and Niranjan Saggurti
Food and nutrition security in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, Golam Rasul, Abid Hussain, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, and Narendra Dangol
Forced child unions: From legal reform to social disruption—Formative research in five communities in Chisec, Alta Verapaz, Paola Broll and Cecilia Garcés
From fertility preferences to reproductive outcomes in the developing world, John Bongaarts and John B. Casterline
GirlsRead! E-Reader Curriculum, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, Nicole Haberland, Abdul-Kahad Alhassan, Beatrice Ani-Asamoah, Pamela Nyirenda, and Barbara Mensch
GirlsRead! Girls’ Rights: An Empowerment Curriculum, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, Nicole Haberland, Barbara Mensch, Pamela Nyirenda, and Diana Bulanda-Shalala
GirlsRead! Zambia: DREAMS Innovation Challenge, Population Council
Global warming policy: Is population left out in the cold?, John Bongaarts and Brian C. O'Neill
Guía de participación política adolescente para la movilización e incidencia política a nivel municipal, Population Council
How presentation of drug detection results changed reports of product adherence in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, Petina Musara, Elizabeth T. Montgomery, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, Kubashini Woeber, Carolyne Akello, Miriam Hartmann, Helen Cheng, Lisa Levy, Ariana Katz, Cynthia I. Grossman, Zvavahera M. Chirenje, Ariane van der Straten, Barbara Mensch, and Microbicide Trials Network-003D Study Team
Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN): Adapting the Girl Roster™ for Lakota communities, Kelly Hallman
Insights and evidence gaps in girl-centered programming: A systematic review, Nicole Haberland, Katharine McCarthy, and Martha Brady
Las uniones infantiles forzadas: de la reforma legal a la disrupción social—Investigación formativa en cinco comunidades en Chisec Alta Verapaz, Paola Broll and Cecilia Garcés
Marriage and sexual and reproductive health of Rohingya adolescents and youth in Bangladesh: A qualitative study, Sigma Ainul, Iqbal Ehsan, Eashita Haque, Sajeda Amin, Ubaidur Rob, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Joseph Falcone
Married adolescents and family planning in rural Ethiopia: Understanding barriers and opportunities, Helen Ketema and Annabel Erulkar
Measuring gender equality in education: Lessons from trends in 43 countries, Stephanie Psaki, Katharine McCarthy, and Barbara Mensch