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Submissions from 2019
FGM/C and ECM: Drawing lessons from research, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
Girl-Centered Participatory Assessment Tools, Kelly Hallman
Having a child before becoming an adult: Exploring the economic impact in a multi-country analysis, Women Deliver and Population Council
Integrated care delivery for HIV prevention and treatment in adolescent girls and young women in Zambia: Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Sujha Subramanian, Patrick Edwards, Sarah Roberts, Maurice Musheke, and Michael Mbizvo
Making the Most of Mentors: Recruitment, Training, and Support of Mentors for Adolescent Girl Programming—Toolkit, Miriam Temin and Eva Roca
Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study Data Sets, Paul C. Hewett and Barbara Mensch
Meeting the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children: Learnings from Project SOAR, Project SOAR
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
Prévention du mariage d’enfants dans la région de l’Est, Burkina Faso, Gisele Kaboré, Julien Ouedraogo, Annabel Erulkar, and Sara Chace Dwyer
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments in family planning for married youth in USAID priority countries [2 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments in family planning for married youth in USAID priority countries [4 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments to address adolescent pregnancy in USAID priority countries [2 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments to address adolescent pregnancy in USAID priority countries [4 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Proposing a conceptual framework to address social norms that influence adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Julie Pulerwitz, Robert Blum, Beniamino Cislaghi, Elizabeth Costenbader, Cynthia C. Harper, Lori L. Heise, Anjalee Kohli, and Rebecka Lundgren
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
School re-entry and retention policies in Kenya: Homa Bay County Head Teachers Dialogue, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, George Odwe, and Francis Obare
Situation analysis of reproductive health of adolescents and youth in Pakistan, Iram Kamran, Rehan M. Niazi, Kiren Khan, and Faisal Abbas
Social norms measurement: Catching up with programs and moving the field forward, Elizabeth Costenbader, Beniamino Cislaghi, Cari Jo Clark, Laura Hinson, Rachel Lenzi, Donna R. McCarraher, Courtney McLarnon-Silk, Julie Pulerwitz, Bryan Shaw, and Leigh Stefanik
Stigma as a barrier to family planning use among married youth in Ethiopia, Aparna Jain, Hussein Ismail, Elizabeth Tobey, and Annabel Erulkar
Strengthening capacity to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women: Supporting DREAMS programming, Project SOAR
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 Girl Roster: A practical tool for strengthening girl-centered programming, Population Council
Um Só Currículo: Actividades para uma Educação Integrada em Sexualidade, Género, HIV e Direitos Humanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
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
Valoriser le potentiel des mentores : recrutement, formation et soutien des mentores pour des programmes dédiés aux adolescentes, Miriam Temin and Eva Roca
"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
Youth Engaging for Success (YES)—Youth peer mentor in-service training: Facilitator guide, Project SOAR
Youth Engaging for Success (YES)—Youth peer mentor in-service training: Youth peer mentor guide, Project SOAR
Youth Engaging for Success (YES)—Youth peer mentor pre-service training: Facilitator guide, Project SOAR
Youth Engaging for Success (YES)—Youth peer mentor pre-service training: Youth peer mentor guide, Project SOAR
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
Acceptability and stakeholders perspectives on feasibility of using trained psychologists and health workers to deliver school-based sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents in urban Accra, Ghana, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Ernest Tei Maya, Terence Adda-Balinia, Dela Kusi-Appouh, Harriet Birungi, Placide Tabsoba, and Philip Baba Adongo
Adolescent Data Hub, Population Council GIRL Center
Adolescent Data Hub User Guide, 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
Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and costs of diagnosing HIV at birth in Lesotho and Rwanda, Michelle M. Gill, Heather Hoffman, Majoalane Mokone, Lynne Mofenson, Michel Tchuenche, and Steven Forsythe
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
Baseline evaluation of Project Mesha in Bihar: Factsheet results 2017-2018, Population Council
Benchmark assessment of orphaned and vulnerable children in areas of the Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) Project, Michael Mbizvo, Paul C. Hewett, Nkomba Kayeyi, Lyson Phiri, Saziso N. Mulenga, Bwalya Mushiki, and Mwelwa Chibuye
Benchmark assessment of orphaned and vulnerable children in areas of the Zambia Family (ZAMFAM) Project—Brief, Michael Mbizvo and Paul C. Hewett
Challenges to and opportunities for the adoption and routine use of early warning indicators to monitor pediatric HIV drug resistance in Kenya, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Jerry Okal, James K. Matheka, Irene Mukui, and Sam Kalibala
Child domestic work and transitions to commercial sexual exploitation: Evidence from Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Cluster randomized evaluation of the Nia Project: Study protocol, Eunice N. Muthengi and Karen Austrian
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: DREAMS Implementation Science: Phase 1 Analysis Data, Kenya, Sanyukta Mathur, Jerry Okal, Nanlesta Pilgrim, James K. Matheka, Nrupa Jani, and Julie Pulerwitz
Dataset: DREAMS Implementation Science: Phase 1 Analysis Data, Zambia, Sanyukta Mathur, Maurice Musheke, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Drosin Mulenga, Lunda Banda, Nrupa Jani, and Julie Pulerwitz
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
Developing strategies to address contraceptive needs of adolescents: Exploring patterns of use among sexually active adolescents in 46 low- and middle-income countries, Amanda Kalamar, Özge Tunçalp, and Michelle J. Hindin
Engendering healthy masculinities to prevent sexual violence: Rationale for and design of the Manhood 2.0 trial, Kaleab Z. Abebe, Kelley A. Jones, Alison J. Culyba, Nayck B. Feliz, Heather Anderson, Irving Torres, Sarah Zelazny, Patricia Bamwine, Adwoa Boateng, Benjamin Cirba, Autumn Detchon, Danielle Devine, Zoe Feinstein, Justin Macak, Michael Massof, Summer Miller-Walfish, Sarah Elizabeth Morrow, Paul Mulbah, Zabi Mulwa, Taylor Paglisotti, Lisa Ripper, Katie A. Ports, Jennifer L. Matjasko, Aapta Garg, Jane Kato-Wallace, Julie Pulerwitz, and Elizabeth Miller
Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in four settings: A study protocol, Isolde Birdthistle, Susan B. Schaffnit, Daniel Kwaro, Maryam Shahmanesh, Abdhalah Ziraba, Caroline W. Kabiru, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Natsayi Chimbindi, Kenneth Ondeng'E, Annabelle Gourlay, Frances M. Cowan, James R. Hargreaves, Bernadette Hensen, Tarisai Chiyaka, Judith R. Glynn, and Sian Floyd
Expanding access to family planning for married adolescent girls in the urban slums of Dhaka, Fauzia Akhter Huda and Nancy Termini LaChance
Exploring the association between female genital mutilation/cutting and early/child marriage, Evidence to End FGM/C Programme Consortium
Family planning/reproductive health training manual: For private sector physicians, Evidence Project
Forced child unions: From legal reform to social disruption—Formative research in five communities in Chisec, Alta Verapaz, Paola Broll and Cecilia Garcés
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de programación centradas en niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes: Cuaderno de trabajo—primer taller, Population Council
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de programación centradas en niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes: Cuaderno de trabajo—segundo taller, Population Council
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de programación centradas en niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes: Cuaderno de trabajo—tercer taller, Population Council
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de programación centradas en niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes: Ejercicio para la construcción de activos protectores—tercer taller, Population Council
Fortaleciendo las capacidades de programación centradas en niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes: Listado de Niños, Niñas, Adolescentes y Jóvenes—Herramienta de mapeo comunitario, Population Council
Girl-Centered Program Design in Indian Country, Kelly Hallman and Stephanie Martinez
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
Guía de participación política adolescente para la movilización e incidencia política a nivel municipal, Population Council
Health and socioeconomic well-being of young people living with HIV in Zambia: Evaluating the ZAMFAM Project, Project SOAR
Health sector inadequacies in attending to child survivors of sexual abuse in Kenya: An operations research, Carol Ajema, Chi-Chi Undie, Charity Mbugua, Jordan Kyongo, and Lina Digolo
High rates of sexual violence by both intimate and non-intimate partners experienced by adolescent girls and young women in Kenya and Zambia: Findings around violence and other negative health outcomes, Sanyukta Mathur, Jerry Okal, Maurice Musheke, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Sangram Kishor Patel, Ruchira Bhattacharya, Nrupa Jani, James K. Matheka, Lunda Banda, Drosin Mulenga, and Julie Pulerwitz
How empowered are girls/young women in their sexual relationships? Relationship power, HIV risk, and partner violence in Kenya, Julie Pulerwitz, Sanyukta Mathur, and Daniel Woznica
How to give adolescent girls voice, choice, and control: A framework for programs focused on empowering adolescent girls, Miriam Temin, Sajeda Amin, Thoai Ngo, and Stephanie Psaki
Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN): Adapting the Girl Roster™ for Lakota communities, Kelly Hallman and Stephanie Martinez
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
Male partners of adolescent girls and young women: Relationship characteristics and HIV risk—Findings from DREAMS implementation science research, Population Council
Male partners of young women in Uganda: Understanding their relationships and use of HIV testing, Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, Godfrey Siu, Anne Katahoire, Jerry Okal, Florence Ayebare, Nrupa Jani, Pamela Keilig, and Sanyukta Mathur
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
Migration and child domestic work: Evidence from Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Mothers' education and girls' achievement in Kibera: The link with self-efficacy, Benta Abuya, Joyce Mumah, Karen Austrian, Maurice Mutisya, and Caroline W. Kabiru