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 2025
Africa Regional Report—Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa: Kenya Focus, Evalin Karijo and Estelle Koussoubé
Ampliando el ecosistema de Abriendo Oportunidades®: Enfoque en la Escuela de Oportunidades, Population Council
Ampliando el ecosistema de Abriendo Oportunidades®: Enfoque en las redes de mentoras, Population Council
Ampliando el ecosistema de Abriendo Oportunidades®: Equipando a jóvenes mentoras con habilidades y recursos para ampliar la programación centrada en las niñas en Belice, Population Council
Ampliando el ecosistema de Abriendo Oportunidades®: Sembrando semillas de cambio dentro de los sistemas de gobierno, Population Council
Applying Global Evidence to Foster Young People’s Thriving in the US: A Framework for Action, Miriam Temin and Sanyukta Mathur
Asking and telling in humanitarian contexts: A feasibility assessment of para-social worker-led screening for sexual violence against children in Uganda, Abir Nur, Gloria Seruwagi, George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, Prosmolly Ayebale, Monicah Rwotmon, Dagim Habteyesus, Yadeta Dessie, Francis Obare, Yohannes Wado Dibaba, Bonnie Wandera, Chi-Chi Undie, and et al.
Beneath the surface: Exploring socio-economic vulnerabilities of street-connected boys in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, Ishtiak Morshed, Md. Irfan Hossain, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Sigma Ainul
Bridging the gaps: Mental health support for out of school adolescents in urban slums in Kenya, Beth Kangwana and Manasi Kumar
Celebrating 20 Years of Abriendo Oportunidades: Transforming the Lives of Indigenous Girls in Guatemala, María Isabel Mayorga
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with violence against children in refugee settlements in Uganda, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Stella Muthuri, Peter Kisaakye, Dagim Habteyesus, Gloria Seruwagi, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Yadeta Dessie, Bonnie Wandera, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chi-Chi Undie
Climate change and mental health among young people, Population Council
Comparison of sexual risk behaviors among Zambian adolescent girls and young women living with and without HIV, Suzannah L. Scanlon, Natalie A. Blackburn, Jenny Beizer, Drosin Mulenga, Laura Nyblade, Sarah T. Roberts, Nachela Chelwa, Michael Mbizvo, and Sujha Subramanian
Dataset: Violence Against Children Survey in Refugee Settings in Ethiopia, Baobab Research Programme Consortium, Department of Refugees and Returnees Service, UNHCR Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes, and Together for Girls
Digital tracking of girls exposed to community led alternative rites of passage to prevent female genital mutilation/cutting, and child, early and forced marriages in Kenya: A longitudinal study, David Kawai, Bernard Mbogo, Yvonne Opanga, Samuel Muhula, Tammary C. Esho, Hilke Conradi, Viola J. Rutto, Denge Lugayo, and Dennis Matanda
Disruptive data: Optimizing national survey results to help young people thrive, Miriam Temin, Emily Pangalila, Sanyukta Mathur, and Farah Beche
Donor Roundtable—Sustaining Progress: Investing in adolescent girls amidst global challenges, Coalition for Adolescent Girls
Encuentros entre feministas jóvenes organizadas y actores clave: tensiones, financiamiento y supervivencia, Anel Bobadilla, Paulina Márquez, Esperanza Basurto, Natalia Tenorio, Sonia Cruz, and Ricardo Regules
Enhancing reproductive health among adolescent girls in India: Results of an individualized RCT to study the efficacy of the go Nisha go mobile game, Aparna Raj, Lalita Shankar, Anvita Dixit, Ananya Saha, Madhusudana Battala, Nizamuddin Khan, Kavita Ayyagari, Niranjan Saggurti, and Susan Howard
Ethiopia Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2024: Data-to-Action workshop report, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Abir Nur, Stella Muthuri, Peter Kisaakye, Bonnie Wandera, Gloria Seruwagi, Francis Obare, Andres Villaveces, Michelle Hynes, Misrak Mohammed, Mulualem Desta, and Chi-Chi Undie
Ethiopia Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2024: Summary report, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Yadeta Dessie, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Peter Kisaakye, Stephen Kizito, Stella Muthuri, Gloria Seruwagi, et al., and Chi-Chi Undie
Evaluation of the NISITU Program: A quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of a gender attitudes and gender-based violence program for adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya, Karen Austrian and Beth Kangwana
Experiences of childhood violence and violence perpetration and the association with inequitable gender norms and violence justification in humanitarian settings in Uganda, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, George Odwe, Caroline W. Kabiru, Dagim Habteyesus, Yadeta Dessie, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Bonnie Wandera, Gloria Seruwagi, Francis Obare, and Chi-Chi Undie
Exploring the intersection of young men's mobile-internet use, gender attitudes and intimate relationship dynamics: A mixed-methods study, Julie Pulerwitz, Pamela Keilig, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile, Bhekumusa Lukhele, and Ann Gottert
GIRL Center special feature: 2024 impact report, GIRL Center
Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center: Innovation Hub Overview 2025, Population Council
Growing the Abriendo Oportunidades® Ecosystem: Equipping young mentors with skills and resources to expand girl-centered programming in Belize, Population Council
Growing the Abriendo Oportunidades® Ecosystem: Sowing seeds of change within government systems, Population Council
Growing the Abriendo Oportunidades® Ecosystem: Spotlight on Escuela de Oportunidades, Population Council
Growing the Abriendo Oportunidades® Ecosystem: Spotlight on mentor networks, Population Council
Higher acceptability of the monthly dapivirine ring versus daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa in the REACH trial, Barbara Friedland, Erica N. Browne, Sarah T. Roberts, Kenneth Ngure, Rita Nakalega, Pippa Macdonald, Cynthia Nombeko Mpongo, Siyanda Tenza, Nomsa Mhlanga, Daniel Szydlo, Sherri Johnson, Tara McClure, Gonasagrie Nair, Connie Celum, Sharon L. Hillier, Ariane van der Straten, and MTN-034 REACH clinical trial team
How climate change is shaping young people’s health: A participatory, youth co-led study from Bangladesh, Guatemala and Nigeria, Jessie Pinchoff, Eno-Obong Etim, Damilola Babatunde, Eleanor Blomstrom, Sigma Ainul, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Brian Medina Carranza, Angel del Valle, and Karen Austrian
Impact of digital exposure on premarital sex and contraception use among unmarried Indian youth, Pragati Dattatraya Ubale, Punit Mishra, Aditi, Rajib Acharya, and T.V. Sekher
Influence de la connectivité sociale des adolescentes sur leur santé de la reproduction et résultats scolaires au Sénégal, Fatou Bintou Mbow and Thierno Souleymane Ball Anne
Jóvenes feministas en Yucatán: estudio de caso, Natalia Tenorio, Sonia Cruz, Esperanza Basurto, Anel Bobadilla, Paulina Márquez, and Ricardo Regules
La vida social del programa Abriendo Oportunidades® en Guatemala: Tres décadas habilitando espacios comunitarios y cívicos para niñas y mujeres indígenas, Population Council
LSHE/CSE and SRH linkages: The role of health care providers, Population Council
Pathways to prosperity for adolescent girls in Kenya, World Bank Group, Center for Global Development, and Population Council
Protecting Children in Crisis: School-Based Sexual Violence Screening in Refugee Settings, Stella Muthuri
Reproductive health education in Ghana: Perspectives of School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinators, Population Council, MSI Reproductive Choices, Ghana Education Service, and Ghana Health Service
Schooling and intimate partner violence: Retrospective analysis of India’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan using quasi-experimental techniques, Arindam Nandi, Nicole Haberland, Meredith L. Kozak, Fatima Zahra, and Thoai Ngo
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in climate policies and frameworks, Regenerate Africa, Population Council, MSI Reproductive Choices, and Margaret Pyke Trust
Sustaining Progress—Investing in Adolescent Girls Amidst Global Challenges: Learnings from a donor roundtable, Coalition for Adolescent Girls and Akili Dada
Sustaining progress: Investing in adolescent girls amidst global challenges—Slide deck, Coalition for Adolescent Girls
Tensions, funding, and sustainability: Young feminist organizing’s relations with donors and key stakeholders, Anel Bobadilla, Paulina Márquez, Esperanza Basurto, Natalia Tenorio, Sonia Cruz, and Ricardo Regules
The implementation and costs to deliver a youth-friendly multi-component program addressing stigma, HIV, and linkage to care for adolescent girls and young women in Lusaka, Zambia, Natalie A. Blackburn, Suzannah L. Scanlon, Jenny Beizer, Nachela Chelwa, Laura Nyblade, Sarah Roberts, Lyson Phiri, Drosin Mulenga, Michael Mbizvo, and Sujha Subramanian
The Realities of Unstoppable Humans—Nawiri Project Dissemination Podcast Series, Feminist For Peace Rights and Justice Centre
The social life of the Abriendo Oportunidades® Program in Guatemala: Three decades of enabling community and civic spaces for Indigenous girls and women, Population Council
“…this could be a noble idea and a game changer.” The potential of a dual prevention pill for HIV and pregnancy prevention among adolescent girls and young women in Zimbabwe, Adlight Dandadzi, Sanyukta Mathur, Petina Musara, Irene Bruce, Lorna Begg, Natasha T. Sedze, Prisca Mutero, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, and Barbara Friedland
Understanding sexual and reproductive health need of unmarried adolescents and youth in urban slums: Evidence from a formative study in Uttar Pradesh, India, Hitesh Sahni, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Basant Kumar Panda, Emily Das, Samrendra Behera, Neelanjana Pandey, Abhishek Kumar, Kate Graham, and Ian Salas
Violence against children and youth in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Factsheet, Baobab Research Programme Consortium
Wages withheld, deferred or deflected: The case of child domestic workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Lemi Negeri, Eyasu Hailu Mekonnen, Elizabeth Anderson, and Yuki Lo
Why the world’s adolescent girls need our support, Karen Austrian and Evalin Karijo
Young Feminist Organizing fanzine—Defender, insistir y resistir desde el territorio, Feministas Jóvenes Organizadas
Young Feminist Organizing fanzine—To defend, to insist and to resist from the territory, Feministas Jóvenes Organizadas
Young feminist organizing in the state of Yucatán, Mexico: A case study, Natalia Tenorio, Sonia Cruz, Esperanza Basurto, Anel Bobadilla, Paulina Márquez, and Ricardo Regules
Submissions from 2024
Abriendo Oportunidades—Community-based group mentoring to promote indigenous adolescent girls’ well-being: Impact findings from a cluster-RCT in Guatemala, Kelly Hallman, Angel del Valle, Alejandra Aponte, Alejandra Colom, Elizabeth Vásquez, Sarah Blake, and Corinne White
Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya: Testing for Scale—Recommendations Report, Karen Austrian, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho, John A. Maluccio, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Adolescent school retention post COVID-19 school closures in Kenya: A mixed-methods study, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Eva Ireri Muluve, Daniel Osuka, and Karen Austrian
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
An exploration of the landscape of Young Feminist Organizing/Organizations (YFO) in Kenya & Mexico, Jerry Okal, Ricardo Regules-García, Chantalle Okondo, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, and Beth Kangwana
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
Beyond Women: The Urgent Need to Address Adolescent Girls in the Care Economy, Maimouna Bah
Building locally anchored implementation science capacity: The case of the adolescent HIV implementation science alliance-supported local iS alliances, Susan Vorkoper, Kawango Agot, Dorothy E. Dow, Michael Mbizvo, Cyrus Mugo, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Fred Semitala, Brian C. Zanoni, and Rachel Sturke
Building resilience among adolescent girls in the Sahel: Regional summary report of a mixed-methods participatory research, Sarah Engebretsen and Karen Austrian
Childhood vaccinations and the demand for children: Long-term evidence from India, Arindam Nandi, Amit Summan, Thoai Ngo, and David E. Bloom
Community-based Adolescent Girl Programming in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Balancing Act Between Scale and Quality, Miriam Temin and Angel del Valle
Conclusions: Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa, Kehinde Ajayi, Estelle Koussoubé, and Fatima Zahra
Construire la résilience des adolescentes au Sahel : Rapport de synthèse régional d’une recherche participative à méthodes mixtes, Sarah Engebretsen and Karen Austrian
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
COVID-19 pandemic and women's age at marriage: New evidence From India, Deepshikha Batheja, Abhik Banerji, Amit Summan, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Arindam Nandi
Creating a Sustainable Platform for Indigenous Girls’ and Women’s Empowerment, Population Council
Curriculum development for safe spaces, Population Council and SWEDD
Dataset: 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
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
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
Ending child marriage in Zambia: Implications and considerations for accelerating progress in the context of Zambia’s Marriage (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 2023, Population Council
Examining concordance of sexual-related factors and PrEP eligibility with HIV risk perception among adolescent girls and young women: Cross-sectional insights from DREAMS sites in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia, Craig Heck, Domonique M. Reed, Jerry Okoth Okal, Effie Chipeta, Michael Mbizvo, and Sanyukta Mathur
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
Experiences of pregnant and parenting adolescents and young women during COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods study among girls and women in Kenya, Eva Ireri Muluve, Celia Karp, Daniel Osuka, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, Daniel Mwanga, Caroline Moreau, and Karen Austrian
Gender and education evidence in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa
Gender and education in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa
Gender and education practice in Kenya, Meredith Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, and Lina López-Lalinde
Girls Deliver Workshop on the Sidelines of CSW68, Population Council
Girls First Fund: External evaluation, Brian Medina Carranza, Dela Nai, Neelanjana Pandey, Grace Saul, Angel del Valle, and Fatima Zahra
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
i2i: Interventions to engage men and boys as clients, partners, and agents of change to improve SRHR, South-to-South HIV Prevention Learning Network
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
Innovations in Data Visualization: Local patterns in young people’s health equity in the U.S., Emily Pangalila, Miriam J. Temin, Sanyukta Mathur, Rene Nevarez, and Karen Austrian
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
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
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
Introduction: Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa, Estelle Koussoubé, Kehinde Ajayi, and Fatima Zahra
Leaving No One Behind: Fulfilling the Promise of Education for Pregnant and Parenting Girls in sub-Saharan Africa, Maimouna Bah and George Odwe
Le développement curriculaire pour les espaces sûrs, Population Council and SWEDD
Le rôle des leaders de groupes dans les espaces sûrs et les clubs des maris/futurs maris, Population Council, Equimundo, and SWEDD
Les espaces sûrs, Population Council and SWEDD
Le soutien à la scolarisation des filles et leur maintien à l’école, Population Council and SWEDD
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
Measuring social norms related to child marriage among married women and men in Niger, Pooja Sripad, Jessie Pinchoff, Chaibou Dadi, and Leanne Dougherty