Through its research on adolescents and young people, the Population Council carries forward a global agenda to transform the lives of adolescents, especially girls. The agenda is more relevant than ever as adolescents face social, health, and economic challenges that have been further compounded by the Covid pandemic.

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Submissions from 2024

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Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya: Testing for Scale—Recommendations Report, Karen Austrian, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho, John A. Maluccio, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek

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Analysis of anthropometric outcomes in Indian children during the COVID-19 pandemic using National Family Health Survey data, Amit Summan, Arindam Nandi, and Ramanan Laxminarayan

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Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda, Peter Kisaakye, Gloria Seruwagi, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Stella Muthuri, Caroline W. Kabiru, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, and Chi-Chi Undie

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Childhood vaccinations and the demand for children: Long-term evidence from India, Arindam Nandi, Amit Summan, Thoai Ngo, and David E. Bloom

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Correlates of adherence to oral and vaginal pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) participating in the MTN-034/REACH Trial, Kenneth Ngure, Erica N. Browne, Krishnaveni Reddy, Barbara Friedland, Ariane van der Straten, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Rita Nakalega, Brenda Gati, Hadijah N. Kalule, Bekezela Siziba, Lydia Soto-Torres, Gonasagrie Nair, Morgan Garcia, Connie Celum, and Sarah T. Roberts

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COVID-19 pandemic and women's age at marriage: New evidence From India, Deepshikha Batheja, Abhik Banerji, Amit Summan, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Arindam Nandi

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Curriculum development for safe spaces, Population Council and SWEDD

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Data-to-Action Workshop Report: Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS), 2022, Chi-Chi Undie, Stella Muthuri, George Odwe, Gloria Seruwagi, Francis Obare Onyango, Peter Kisaakye, Stephen Kizito, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Andres Villaveces, Michelle Hynes, Begona Fernandez, Constanza Ginestra, Darlson Kusasira, Charles Bafaki, Lydia Wasula, and Katie Ogwang

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Do adolescent girls’ education and friendships have independent effects on early pregnancy? Results of a mediation analysis from a longitudinal cohort study in Nairobi, Kenya, Christina Misunas, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, and Nicole Haberland

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Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study, Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, and Manasi Kumar

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Gender and education evidence in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa

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Gender and education in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa

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Gender and education practice in Kenya, Meredith Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, and Lina López-Lalinde

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Girls Deliver Workshop on the Sidelines of CSW68, Population Council

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Girls First Fund: External evaluation, Brian Medina Carranza, Dela Nai, Neelanjana Pandey, Grace Saul, Angel del Valle, and Fatima Zahra

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Highlights from the first-ever violence against children and youth survey conducted exclusively in a humanitarian setting, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, Gloria Seruwagi, Begona Fernandez, Constanza Ginestra, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chi-Chi Undie

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Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) in Uganda, Baobab Research Programme Consortium; Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Refugees; UNHCR Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes; and Together for Girls

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Impact of DREAMS interventions on attitudes towards gender norms among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from a prospective cohort in Kenya, Kate Andrews Nelson, Faith Magut, Sarah Mulwa, Jane Osindo, Vivienne Kamire, Sammy Khagayi, Julie Pulerwitz, Sarah Cook, Annabelle Gourlay, Abdhalah Ziraba, Daniel Kwaro, Sian Floyd, and Isolde Birdthistle

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In spite of patriarchy: Pathways from school to wage work and careers among adolescent girls in Bihar, Orlanda Ruthven, Anupam Sharma, Bishwajit Mukherjee, Shamayita Das, Aparajita Gogoi, Madhu Joshi, and Sohini Paul

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Integrating mental health management into empowerment group sessions for out-of-school adolescents in Kenyan informal settlements: A process paper, Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, and Manasi Kumar

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Intersectionality, gender norms, and young adolescents in context: A review of longitudinal multicountry research programmes to shape future action, Prerna Banati, Nicola Jones, Caroline Moreau, Kristin Mmari, Anna Kagesten, Karen Austrian, and Rebecka Lundgren

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Leaving No One Behind: Fulfilling the Promise of Education for Pregnant and Parenting Girls in sub-Saharan Africa, Maimouna Bah and George Odwe

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Le développement curriculaire pour les espaces sûrs, Population Council and SWEDD

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Le rôle des leaders de groupes dans les espaces sûrs et les clubs des maris/futurs maris, Population Council, Equimundo, and SWEDD

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Les espaces sûrs, Population Council and SWEDD

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Le soutien à la scolarisation des filles et leur maintien à l’école, Population Council and SWEDD

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Long-term impacts of a cash plus program on marriage, fertility, and education after six years in pastoralist Kenya: A cluster randomized trial, Karen Austrian, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Eva Ireri Muluve, Abdullahi Aden, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Benta Abuya, and Beth Kangwana

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Measuring social norms related to child marriage among married women and men in Niger, Pooja Sripad, Jessie Pinchoff, Chaibou Dadi, and Leanne Dougherty

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Power, practice, and potential: Social protection and adolescent girls, GIRL Center, Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Research Collaborative, and UNICEF

Power, Practice and Potential: Social Protection and Adolescent Girls—Event on the sidelines of CSW68, GIRL Center, Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Research Collaborative, and UNICEF

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Power, Practice and Potential: Social Protection and Adolescent Girls—Slide deck, GIRL Center, Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Research Collaborative, and UNICEF

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Power, Voice, and Agency: Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Multiple Interventions for Evidence-Informed Contraceptive Decisions, Evalin Karijo, Karen Austrian, Miriam Temin, and Mame Soukeye Mbaye

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Prevalence of major depressive disorder and its determinants among young married women and unmarried girls: Findings from the second round of UDAYA survey, Shromona Dhara, Joyeeta Thakur, Neelanjana Pandey, Arupendra Mozumdar, and Subho Roy

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Processes, experiences, and impact: A summary report on community-led Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) results dissemination in Uganda, Gloria Seruwagi, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, George Odwe, Francis Obare Onyango, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Dagim Habteyesus, and Chi-Chi Undie

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Safe spaces, Population Council and SWEDD

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Schooling and Evidence-based Interventions for Adolescents and Young Girls in the Sahel, Mame Soukeye Mbaye, Miriam Temin, and Sharon Nashipae

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Selam Medirashachin (Safe Arrival) Project: Addressing the risk of trafficking, violence, and sexual abuse among newly arriving migrant girls in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Eyasu Hailu

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Soft skills training for Rohingya and host community youth in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Abdullah Al Mahmud Shohag, Ishtiak Morshed, Sigma Ainul, Md. Irfan Hossain, Mohammad Muktadir Hossain, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Ubaidur Rob

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Support for girls’ education and keeping them in school, Population Council and SWEDD

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The case for adolescent girls’ rights and investments in the implementation of the Pact for the Future and the 2030 Global Agenda: A collection of global data insights, GIRL Center

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The Girl Agenda Cannot Wait! Collaboration and Multi-Dimensional Investments Needed for Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment, Evalin Karijo and Karen Austrian

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The role of group leaders in safe spaces and clubs for husbands/future husbands, Population Council, Equimundo, and SWEDD

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The state of gender and education needs in Kenya: The missing step toward gender equity, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek

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Through her eyes: Measuring commercial sexual exploitation of girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Freedom Fund

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Uganda Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2022: Summary Report, Francis Obare Onyango, George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Stephen Kizito, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Francis Annor, Laura Chiang, Greta Massetti, Stella Muthuri, Gloria Seruwagi, Darlson Kusasira, Charles Bafaki, Katie Ogwang, and Chi-Chi Undie

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Understanding the education profiles of eight Latin American countries, GIRL Center

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Understanding the education profiles of seven East and Southern African countries, GIRL Center

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Violence Against Children and Youth in Humanitarian Settings: Findings from a 2022 Survey of all Refugee Settlements in Uganda, Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Refugees; UNHCR Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes; Baobab Research Programme Consortium; and Together for Girls

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Vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections (STI) / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adolescent girls and young women in India: A rapid review, Sohini Paul, Anupam Sharma, Radhika Dayal, Mahika Mehta, Sudeshna Maitra, Kuhika Seth, Monal Nagrath, Sowmya Ramesh, and Niranjan Saggurti

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Young female migrants and job placement brokers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Eyasu Hailu

Submissions from 2023

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Adaptation in Crisis: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Adolescent Girls in Humanitarian Emergency Settings, Population Council

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Adolescent education, health and wellbeing status in four counties in Kenya: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Population Council Kenya

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Adolescent girls’ agency and their labour force participation: Experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin and Momoe Makino

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Adolescent wellbeing in humanitarian and fragile settings: Moving beyond rhetoric, Neha S. Singh, Jocelyn DeJong, Kimberley Popple, Chi-Chi Undie, Rozane El Masri, Ritah Bakesiima, Mariana Calderon-Jaramillo, Ellen Peprah, Saha Naseri, Nadine Cornier, and Karl Blanchet

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Advancing the Agenda in Girls’ Education Research, Benta Abuya, David Evans, Selim Gulesci, Nicole Haberland, Susannah Hares, Rabea Malik, Alessia Mortara, and Pauline Rose

AGI-K REPORT Documentary 2023, Population Council Kenya

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A glass ceiling at the playhouse? Gender gaps in public and private preschool enrollment in India, Arindam Nandi, Soham Sahoo, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo

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A scoping review of survey research with gender minority adolescents and youth in low and middle-income countries, Isabel Pike, Cara Kraus-Perrotta, and Thoai Ngo

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A shot at economic prosperity: Long-term effects of India’s childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure, Amit Summan, Arindam Nandi, and David E. Bloom

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Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review of the literature, Astha Ramaiya, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Rosalijn Both, Ann Gottert, Silvia Guglielmi, Sam Beckwith, Mengmeng Li, and Robert W. Blum

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Best Practices to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Violence: Evidence review and programme considerations, Sycona

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Calling Attention to Experiences of Care for Hospitalized Newborns and Young Children to Improve Newborn and Child Survival, Chantalle Okondo

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Changes in mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexican youth: Insights from the Voces-19 study, Ietza Bojórquez-Chapela, Lina López-Lalinde, Ricardo Regules-García, and Isabel Vieitez Martínez

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Climate-related experiences and harms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a survey of 152,088 Mexican youth, Ricardo Regules, Jessie Pinchoff, Ana C. Gomez-Ugarte, Tara Abularrage, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Thoai Ngo

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Community-based empowerment program to delay marriage: Results from the More Than Brides Alliance intervention in India, Malawi, Mali and Niger, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Michelle Chau, Neelanjana Pandey, Mouhamadou Gueye, James Mkandawire, Aissa Diarra, and Sajeda Amin

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Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE): What do we know, and where do we go from here?, Nicole Haberland

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Comprehensive sexuality education linked to sexual and reproductive health services reduces early and unintended pregnancies among in-school adolescent girls in Zambia, Michael Mbizvo, Kondwani Kasonda, Nelly-Claire Muntalima, Joseph G. Rosen, Sophie Inambwae, Edith S. Namukonda, Ronald Mungoni, Natasha Okpara, Chifundo Phiri, Nachela Chelwa, and Chabu Kangale

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Coping with climate change: The role of climate related stressors in affecting the mental health of young people in Mexico, Jessie Pinchoff, Ricardo Regules, Ana C. Gomez-Ugarte, Tara Abularrage, and Ietza Bojorquez

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Country level data for the "The Radical Power of Education" report, Arindam Nandi, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo

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COVID-19 and the hidden damage to the childhood immunization agenda in India, Arindam Nandi

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COVID-19 lockdown and collective activities: Evidence from the world's largest self-help group program, Garima Siwach, Thomas de Hoop, Chinmaya Holla Udayakumar, and Sapna Desai

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Data Brief—Adolescent Economic Empowerment, Fatima Zahra

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Data Brief—Adolescent Mothers: From Cautionary Tales to Partners, Nay Alhelou

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Data Brief—Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Nay Alhelou

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Data Brief—Agency, Sarah Engebretsen

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Data Brief—Gender-Based Violence in Adolescence, Nay Alhelou

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Data Brief—Girls in Humanitarian Settings, GIRL Center

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Data Brief—Girls in the Digital Space, GIRL Center

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Data Brief—Government Integration, Rene Nevarez

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Data Brief—Holistic Approach to Adolescent Girls' Health, GIRL Center

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Data Brief—Meaningful Adolescent and Girl Engagement, Sarah Engebretsen

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Data Brief—Success Stories of Girls-led Climate Action, Their Impact on Their Communities, and Global Advocacy Movements, GIRL Center

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Data Brief—Why Education is a Feminist Issue, Meredith L. Kozak

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Depression-mediating pathways from household adversity to antiretroviral therapy nonadherence among children and adolescents living with HIV in Zambia: A structural equation modeling approach, Joseph G. Rosen, Michael Mbizvo, Lyson Phiri, Mwelwa Chibuye, Edith S. Namukonda, and Nkomba Kayeyi

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Determinants of school dropouts among adolescents: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India, Pradeep Kumar, Sangram Kishor Patel, Solomon Debbarma, and Niranjan Saggurti

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Developing a global approach for measurement of adolescent well-being, Regina Guthold, Holly Newby, Sarah Keogh, Rima A. Afifi, Karen Austrian, Sarah Baird, and et al.

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Do child marriage programs help girls weather shocks like COVID-19? Evidence from the More Than Brides Alliance Intervention, Andrea J. Melnikas, Grace Saul, Neelanjana Pandey, Momoe Makino, Sajeda Amin, and Michelle Chau

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Effects of a single cash transfer on school re-enrollment during COVID-19 among vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya: Randomized controlled trial, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, Eva Ireri Muluve, Faith Mbushi, and Karen Austrian

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El impacto del cambio climático en la salud: experiencias de la juventud de Bangladesh, Guatemala y Nigeria, Population Council and Women Deliver

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El impacto del cambio climático en los medios de subsistencia y en las oportunidades educativas de la juventud, Population Council and Women Deliver

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En quoi le changement climatique contribue-t-il à façonner les moyens de subsistance et les possibilités d'éducation des jeunes?, Population Council and Women Deliver

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Evaluation of Biruh Tesfa (Bright Future) for All: A program for out-of-school girls, migrants, and domestic workers in low-income Ethiopian cities, Annabel Erulkar, Eyasu Hailu, Henock Markos, Getnet Demissie, Tsegahun Tessema, and Hana Hailu

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Exploring the role of men in child marriage decision-making in rural Upper Egypt, Salma Abou Hussein, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Sally Radwan, and Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab

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Exploring the role of men in child marriage decision-making in rural Upper Egypt [Arabic], Salma Abou Hussein, Reham Abou El-Fadl, Sally Radwan, and Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab

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Exposure to pornographic content among Indian adolescents and young adults and its associated risks: Evidence from UDAYA survey in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Shobhit Srivastava, Shekhar Chauhan, Ratna Patel, Strong P. Marbaniang, Pradeep Kumar, Preeti Dhillon, and Neelanjana Pandey

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Fulfilling the Radical Power of Education, Nicole Haberland and Corinne White

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Girls Deliver: Building an Integrated Ecosystem for Adolescent Girls, Karen Austrian and Emily Cho

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Growth failure among children of adolescent mothers at ages 0–5 and 6–12 years in India, Arindam Nandi, Fatima Zahra, Karen Austrian, Nicole Haberland, and Thoai Ngo

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"How can I tell my mom such a story?": Sexual violence against children in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie and Margaret Mak'anyengo

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How climate change is shaping young people’s livelihoods and educational opportunities, Population Council and Women Deliver