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Submissions from 2020
Midline report: Accelerating action to end child marriage in Bangladesh, Masuma Billah, Eashita Haque, Surojit Kundu, Md. Saddam Hossain, Momoe Makino, and Sajeda Amin
Pre-pandemic influences on Kenyan girls' transitions to adulthood during COVID-19, Meghan Bellerose, Maryama Diaw, Jessie Pinchoff, Beth Kangwana, and Karen Austrian
Promoting gender egalitarian norms and practices among boys in rural India: The relative effect of intervening in early and late adolescence, Ashish Kumar Gupta and K.G. Santhya
Reclaiming matrilineal traditions and building Girl Societies in indigenous Montana, Kelly Hallman, Eva Roca, and Stephanie Martinez
Reclamation: Returning to matrilineal traditions, building a new generation of indigenous Girl Societies, Kelly Hallman, Stephanie Martinez, Lisa Polen, and Angel del Valle
Sexual and gender minority adolescents must be prioritised during the global COVID-19 public health response, Jessica DeMulder, Cara Kraus-Perrotta, and Hussain Zaidi
SHGs and Covid-19: Challenges, engagement, and opportunities for India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Garima Siwach, Sapna Desai, Thomas de Hoop, Sohini Paul, Yulia Belyakova, and Chinmaya Holla
SWEDD & COVID-19: Considering adolescent girls during crises, Population Council
SWEDD & COVID-19: Gender-based violence and adolescent girls, Population Council
SWEDD & COVID-19: Opportunities and risks for adolescent girls, Population Council
The health, economic, and social effect of COVID-19 and its response on gender and sex: A literature review, Hannah Briggs and Thoai Ngo
The impact of COVID-19 on opportunities for adolescent girls and the role of girls' groups, Hannah Briggs, Nicole Haberland, Sapna Desai, Thomas de Hoop, and Thoai Ngo
The impact of the Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP) on short and long term social, economic, education and fertility outcomes: A cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia, Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jere R. Behrman, Jean Digitale, Natalie Jackson Hachonda, Maximillian Bweupe, and Paul C. Hewett
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
Tracing change in female genital mutilation/cutting through social networks: An intersectional analysis of the influence of gender, generation, status, and structural inequality, Amadou Moreau and Bettina Shell-Duncan
Understanding barriers to clinical management of rape (CMR) services among survivors of rape in crisis settings in Borno state, Osasuyi Dirisu
Webinar—Adaptations in Crisis: Stress Testing our Intentional Design Model for Girls' Programs, Annabel Erulkar, Rima Mourtada, Sajeda Amin, Alexandra Machado, Katia Almeida, Angel del Valle, and Kelly Hallman
Webinar—A Look at Subnational Variations for Effective Girl-Centered Programming, Judith Bruce, Sarah Green, Sophie Soares, Eva Roca, and Christina Misunas
Webinar: Girl Societies in Indian Country Update, IMAGEN
Webinar: Strengthening the Circle for Native American Girls During COVID-19, IMAGEN
What about adolescent girls? Implementation insights from a new evidence review on ‘safe space-style’ community-based girls’ groups, Miriam Temin and Craig Heck
Submissions from 2019
Accelerating action to end child marriage in Bangladesh—Project brief, Population Council
Adolescent girls' voices on enhancing their own productivity in Pakistan: Highlights 2019, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, and Rehan M. Niazi
A gender synchronized family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: Study protocol for the CHARM2 cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation, Anvita Dixit, Sarah Averbach, Jennifer Yore, Gennifer Kully, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Nicole E. Johns, Florin Vaida, Prashant Bharadwaj, Natalie Wyss, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj
Are interventions focused on gender-norms effective in preventing domestic violence against women in low and lower-middle income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Agumasie Semahegn, Kwasi Torpey, Abubakar Manu, Nega Assefa, Gezahegn Tesfaye, and Augustine Ankomah
Building Indigenous Girl Networks in South Dakota, Kelly Hallman and Stephanie Martinez
Dataset: Vulnerable street boys and girls in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nrupa Jani, Lung Vu, Sam Kalibala, Gebeyehu Mekonnen, and Kay Lynn
Delivering results in girls' education: How to evaluate what works, what doesn't, and what we don't know, Stephanie Psaki
Does childrearing affect women's economic opportunities?, John Bongaarts, Ann K. Blanc, and Katharine McCarthy
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
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 and Power Metrics database, Population Council
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
Gender norms and HIV testing/treatment uptake: Evidence from a large population-based sample in South Africa, Julie Pulerwitz, Ann Gottert, Kathleen Kahn, Nicole Haberland, Aimee Julien, Suarez A. Selin, Rhian Twine, Dean Peacock, X. Gómez-Olivé, Sheri A. Lippman, and Audrey Pettifor
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
Health care providers’ perspectives on delivering gender equity focused family planning program for young married couples in a cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Maharashtra, India, Saritha Nair, Anvita Dixit, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Gajanan Velhal, Anindita Dasgupta, Shahina Begum, Sarah Averbach, Balaiah Donta, Jay G. Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj
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
Measuring gender norms about relationships in early adolescence: Results from the global early adolescent study, Caroline Moreau, M. Li, Sara De Meyer, Loi Vu Manh, G. Guiella, Rajib Acharya, Bamidele M. Bello, Beatrice W. Maina, and Kristin Mmari
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
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
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
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
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
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 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' voices on enhancing their own productivity in Pakistan, Iram Kamran, Tahira Parveen, Maqsood Sadiq, and Rehan M. Niazi
Baseline evaluation of Project Mesha in Bihar: Factsheet results 2017-2018, Population Council
Can a gender equity and family planning intervention for men change their gender ideology? Results from the CHARM intervention in rural India, Paul Fleming, Jay G. Silverman, Mohan Ghule, Julie Ritter, Madhusudana Battala, Gajanan Velhal, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Balaiah Donta, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj
Cluster randomized evaluation of the Nia Project: Study protocol, Eunice N. Muthengi and Karen Austrian
Community mobilization to modify harmful gender norms and reduce HIV risk: Results from a community cluster randomized trial in South Africa, Audrey Pettifor, Sheri A. Lippman, Ann Gottert, Chirayath M. Suchindran, Amanda Selin, Dean Peacock, Suzanne Maman, Dumisani Rebombo, Rhian Twine, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, and Catherine MacPhail
Dataset: Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP), Karen Austrian
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
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
FGM/C decision-making process and the role of gender power relations in Sudan, Ahmed Gamal Eldin, Suad Babiker, Majdi Sabahelzain, and Muna Eltayeb
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
Gender norms, gender role conflict/stress and HIV risk behaviors among men in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Ann Gottert, Clare Barrington, Heath Luz McNaughton-Reyes, Suzanne Maman, Catherine MacPhail, Sheri A. Lippman, Kathleen Kahn, Rhian Twine, and Audrey Pettifor
Gender, power, and violence: A systematic review of measures and their association with male perpetration of IPV, Katharine McCarthy, Ruchi Mehta, and Nicole Haberland
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda: Findings from a randomized controlled trial, Kate Doyle, Ruti G. Levtov, Gary Barker, Gautam G. Bastian, Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Shamsi Kazimbaya, Anicet Nzabonimpa, Julie Pulerwitz, Felix Sayinzoga, Vandana Sharma, and Dominick Shattuck
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
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
Making sense of marriage: Gender and the transition to adulthood in Nairobi, Kenya, Isabel Pike, Sanyu A. Mojola, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Male partners of adolescent girls and young women: Relationship characteristics and HIV risk—Findings from DREAMS implementation science research, Population Council
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