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Submissions from 2020
Bangladesh: COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices & Needs—Responses from three rounds of data collection among adolescent girls in districts with high rates of child marriage, Sajeda Amin, Ubaidur Rob, Sigma Ainul, Md. Irfan Hossain, Forhana Rahman Noor, Iqbal Ehsan, and Mehnaz Manzur
Building Assets for Humanitarian Settings, Women's Refugee Commission and Population Council
Characteristics of brokers in relation to the migration of girls and young women in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar
Chi-Chi Undie interviewed on teen pregnancy and school re-entry in Kenya: RELI and Well Made Strategy podcast, Chi-Chi Undie
Close to home: Evidence on the impact of community-based girl groups, Miriam Temin and Craig Heck
Dataset: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K), Karen Austrian, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, John Maluccio, Benta Abuya, Beth Kangwana, and Yohannes Wado Dibaba
Demographic, nutritional, social and environmental predictors of learning skills and depression in 20,000 Indian adolescents: Findings from the UDAYA survey, Samuel Scott, Anjali Pant, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Sachin Shinde, and Purnima Menon
Designing and evaluating scalable child marriage prevention programs in Burkina Faso and Tanzania: A quasi-experiment and costing study, Annabel Erulkar, Girmay Medhin, Eva Weissman, Gisele Kaboré, and Julien Ouedraogo
Does schooling protect sexual health? The association between three measures of education and STIs among adolescents in Malawi, Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Christine A. Kelly, Satvika Chalasani, and Paul C. Hewett
Education and sexually transmitted infections among Malawian adolescents / Niveau d'instruction et infections sexuellement transmissibles chez les adolescent(e)s au Malawi, Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Evidence review: Promoting adolescent girls' health and well-being in low-resource settings in the era of COVID-19, Sarah Blake, Miriam Temin, and Adolescent Girls Investment Plan (AGIP) Evidence Subcommittee
Final evaluation results: Expanding access to secondary school education for teenage mothers in Homa Bay County, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, George Odwe, and Francis Obare
Gender specific differences in COVID-19 knowledge, behavior and health effects among adolescents and young adults in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India, Jessie Pinchoff, K.G. Santhya, Corinne White, Shilpi Rampal, Rajib Acharya, and Thoai Ngo
Intra-grade variability in educational and psychosocial competencies of school going adolescent girls, in the coastal region of Kenya: Implications for school based interventions, Beth Kangwana, Eunice N. Muthengi, and Karen Austrian
Keeping girls in schools to reduce child marriage in rural Bangladesh—Program brief, Population Council
Keeping girls in schools to reduce child marriage in rural Bangladesh—Research Brief and Baseline Highlights, Sigma Ainul, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Md. Irfan Hossain, Forhana Rahman Noor, Iqbal Ehsan, Sajeda Amin, and Ubaidur Rob
Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Survey (MSAS), Paul C. Hewett and Barbara Mensch
National guidelines for school re-entry in early learning and basic education, Ministry of Education
Pre-pandemic influences on Kenyan girls' transitions to adulthood during COVID-19, Meghan Bellerose, Maryama Diaw, Jessie Pinchoff, Beth Kangwana, and Karen Austrian
Rainfall shocks, cognitive development and educational attainment among adolescents in a drought-prone region in Kenya, Laura Nübler, Karen Austrian, John A. Maluccio, and Jessie Pinchoff
Social, health, education and economic effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in Kenya: Responses from the first round of adolescent data collection, August 2020—Kilifi, Population Council
Social, health, education and economic effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in Kenya: Responses from the first round of adolescent data collection, August 2020—Kisumu, Population Council
Social, health, education and economic effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in Kenya: Responses from the first round of adolescent data collection, August 2020—Wajir, Population Council
The effect of education on determinants of climate change risks, Brian C. O'Neill, Leiwen Jiang, Samir KC, Regina Fuchs, Shonali Pachauri, Emily K. Laidlow, Tiantian Zhang, Wei Zhou, and Xiaolin Ren
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
Trends in fertility and fertility preferences in sub-Saharan Africa: The roles of education and family planning programs, John Bongaarts
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
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 marriage in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method study, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Kamil Fuseini, Dela Nai, Erika Goldson, Selina Owusu, Ismail Ndifuna, Icilda Humes, and Placide Tapsoba
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 education improve health in low- and middle income countries? Results from a systematic review, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, Erica Chuang, and Andrea J. Melnikas
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
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
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
School re-entry and retention policies in Kenya: Homa Bay County Head Teachers Dialogue, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, George Odwe, and Francis Obare
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
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
Valoriser le potentiel des mentores : recrutement, formation et soutien des mentores pour des programmes dédiés aux adolescentes, Miriam Temin and Eva Roca
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 Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Health, 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
A study of employment outcomes among technical and vocational secondary education graduates in Egypt [Arabic], Salma Nasser and Ali Rashed
Cluster randomized evaluation of the Nia Project: Study protocol, Eunice N. Muthengi and Karen Austrian
Dataset: Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP), Karen Austrian
Dataset: Married adolescent girls in rural Assiut and Souhag: Limited choices and unfulfilled reproductive health needs, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab
Delivering impact for adolescent girls: Emerging findings from Population Council research, Population Council
Forced child unions: From legal reform to social disruption—Formative research in five communities in Chisec, Alta Verapaz, Paola Broll and Cecilia Garcés
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
Insights and evidence gaps in girl-centered programming: A systematic review, Nicole Haberland, Katharine McCarthy, and Martha Brady
Measuring gender equality in education: Lessons from trends in 43 countries, Stephanie Psaki, Katharine McCarthy, and Barbara Mensch
Mothers' education and girls' achievement in Kibera: The link with self-efficacy, Benta Abuya, Joyce Mumah, Karen Austrian, Maurice Mutisya, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Program Modalidades Flexibles: Integrated Curriculum Guide—Primer semestre, Population Council
Program Modalidades Flexibles: Integrated Curriculum Guide—Segundo semestre, Population Council
Reading and numeracy skills after school leaving in southern Malawi: A longitudinal analysis, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Barbara Mensch, Stephanie Psaki, Monica J. Grant, Christine A. Kelly, and Paul C. Hewett
Resources for nurturing childcare practices in urban and rural settings: Findings from the Colombia 2010 Demographic and Health Survey, Helga Bjørnøy Urke, M.B. Mittelmark, D.A. Amugsi, and Dennis Matanda
Skill retention after school-leaving: Analysis of data from the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Study, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Barbara Mensch, Stephanie Psaki, Monica J. Grant, Christine A. Kelly, and Paul C. Hewett
Trabajando en incidencia política hacia una mejor vida para las niñas, jóvenes y mujeres en mi comunidad, Population Council
What works to improve outcomes for Kenya's adolescent girls?, Population Council
Submissions from 2017
Addressing pregnancy prevention needs of adolescents in East and Southern Africa through education and health sector partnerships, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, Esther Lwanga Walgwe, Francis Obare, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Joyce Mumah
Adolescent pregnancy in Zambia, Population Council
Associations between violence in school and at home and education outcomes in rural Malawi: A longitudinal analysis, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Dataset: Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and malaria: A systematic review (materials), Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, Andrea J. Melnikas, and Erica Chuang
Dataset: Survey of Young People in Egypt (SYPE), Population Council
Dataset: The economic returns to investing in girls, Thoai Ngo, Erica Chuang, and Kelly Hallman
Dataset: UDAYA, Adolescent Survey, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, 2015–16, Population Council
Ensuring adolescents in Bihar stay—and learn—in school, Sapna Desai, Neelanjana Pandey, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Ensuring adolescents in Uttar Pradesh stay—and learn—in school, Sapna Desai and Neelanjana Pandey
Ensuring adolescents in Uttar Pradesh stay—and learn—in school [Hindi], Sapna Desai and Neelanjana Pandey
Eradicating child marriage in the Commonwealth: Is investment in girls’ education sufficient?, Sajeda Amin, M. Niaz Asadullah, Sara Hossain, and Zaki Wahhaj
Evaluation of a safe spaces program for girls in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Girmay Medhin
Guía Curricular de Abriendo Oportunidades: Para niños de 8 a 12 años, Population Council
Herramientas para la formación y el acompañamiento a mentoras del programa Abriendo Oportunidades®, Cecilia Garcés and Alejandra Munguia
Measuring gender equality in education: Lessons from 43 countries, Stephanie Psaki, Katharine McCarthy, and Barbara Mensch
Strengthening school-based sexual and reproductive health education and services in Accra, Ghana, Nancy Termini LaChance and Terence Adda-Balinia