The GEJE innovation hub focuses on tackling the global learning crisis and inequities in participation. GEJE generates data and insights on the ripple effects of education, unpacks how progress in education can translate into economic and social equity, and identifies programs that are working to eliminate inequity and injustice.
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Featured publication: The Radical Power of Education
Submissions from 2017
The effects of school violence on education in Malawi, Stephanie Psaki, Barbara Mensch, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
The Nia Project: Baseline report, Eunice N. Muthengi, Emily Farris, and Karen Austrian
The Nia Project: Baseline survey instruments, Karen Austrian
The Nia Project—Brief, Eunice N. Muthengi, Emily Farris, and Karen Austrian
Trends in the age at reproductive transitions in the developing world: The role of education, John Bongaarts, Barbara Mensch, and Ann K. Blanc
Submissions from 2016
Abriendo Oportunidades: Guía Curricular Plan de Vida 2016—Cuadernillo español, Population Council
Abriendo Oportunidades: Guía Curricular Plan de Vida 2016—Cuadernillo Q’eqchi, Population Council
Abriendo Oportunidades: Sesión—Mi plan de vida, Population Council
Addressing child marriage and adolescent pregnancy as barriers to gender parity and equality in education, Stephanie Psaki
Boîte à Outils: Renforcement des Compétences, Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Engaging parents to promote girls' transition to secondary education: Evidence from a cluster randomised trial in rural Gujarat, India, K.G. Santhya, A.J. Francis Zavier, Pallavi Patel, and Neeta Shah
Kenya: Helping adolescent mothers remain in school through strengthened implementation of school re-entry policies, Esther Lwanga Walgwe, Nancy Termini LaChance, Harriet Birungi, and Chi-Chi Undie
The Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya (AGI-K): Study protocol, Karen Austrian, Eunice N. Muthengi, Joyce Mumah, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Caroline W. Kabiru, Benta Abuya, and John A. Maluccio
Webinar—Investing When it Counts: Making the Case for Very Young Adolescents, Population Council
Submissions from 2015
Abriendo Oportunidades: Guía Curricular Integrada 2015, Cecilia Garcés and Paola Broll
Abriendo Oportunidades Program: Integrated Curriculum Guide (8 to 17 years old)—Two-year cycle, Cecilia Garcés and Paola Broll
Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program (AGEP): Program overview, Population Council
Age at menarche, education, and child marriage among young wives in rural Maharashtra, India, Anita Raj, Mohan Ghule, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, Donta Balaiah, and Jay G. Silverman
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Asset Cards, Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Instruction Guide, Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Building Assets Toolkit: Developing Positive Benchmarks for Adolescent Girls—Resource Manual, Judith Bruce, Sarah Engebretsen, and Kimberly Glazer
Education, numeracy, and literacy: Baseline findings, Population Council
Education sector response to early and unintended pregnancy: A policy dialogue in Homa Bay County, Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie, Ian MacKenzie, Harriet Birungi, Stephen Barongo, Diosiana Ahindukha, and Caleb Omondi
Education sector response to early and unintended pregnancy: A review of country experiences in sub-Saharan Africa, Harriet Birungi, Chi-Chi Undie, Ian MacKenzie, Anne Katahoire, Francis Obare, and Patricia Machawira
Equity in Access to University Education in Egypt: The Actual Cost of University Education, Population Council
Expanding access to education for teenage mothers in Homa Bay County: What ‘might’ work, Chi-Chi Undie
Expanding access to secondary school education for teenage mothers in Kenya: A baseline study report, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, George Odwe, and Francis Obare
Gender equality in university education in Egypt [Arabic], Nagwa Megahed
Girls' education, Population Council
iMatter: Teaching about Puberty, Gender, and Fairness, Nicole Haberland and Debbie Rogow
Las adolescentes indígenas: Una prioridad de hoy para un mejor futuro nacional en el 2015, Population Council
School quality and its association with agency and academic achievements in girls and boys in secondary schools: Evidence from Bihar, India, K.G. Santhya, A.J. Francis Zavier, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Socio-economic equity in university education in Egypt [Arabic], Magued Osman
Strengthening school health programming in Nairobi City County, Joyce Mumah
The actual cost bourne by university students in Egypt: A qualitative study [Arabic], Population Council and Ilham Fateem
The education sector response to early and unintended pregnancy (EUP): A review of selected SADC countries, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, and Patricia Machawira
Um Só Currículo: Directrizes para uma Educação Integrada em Sexualidade, Género, HIV e Direitos Humanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Urban Adolescents' Needs Assessment Survey in Bangladesh: Summary, BIED, BRACU, and Population Council
Submissions from 2014
BALIKA fact sheet: Highlight on schooling, Population Council
Challenges in measuring the sequencing of life events among adolescents in Malawi: A cautionary note, Barbara Mensch, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Christine A. Kelly, Paul C. Hewett, and Monica J. Grant
Evaluation of health and education impacts of a girls’ safe spaces program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar and Girmay Medhin
Health + Equality + School Engagement: Scenarios USA reinvents sex education, Rafael Mazin and Andrea Lynch
Population and health dynamics in Nairobi's informal settlements: Report of the Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS 2012), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Supporting girls in their transition to secondary education: An exploratory study of the family, school and community environments of adolescent girls in Gujarat, K.G. Santhya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, A.J. Francis Zavier, Rajib Acharya, and Neeta Shah
Women's education, family planning, or both? Application of multistate demographic projections in India, Leiwen Jiang and Karen Hardee
Submissions from 2013
Adolescent girls, Population Council
Emotional and psychosocial aspects of menstrual poverty in resource-poor settings: A qualitative study of the experiences of adolescent girls in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Joanna Crichton, Jerry Okal, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu
Integrating gender and rights into sexuality education: Field reports on using It's All One, Deborah Rogow, Nicole Haberland, Angel del Valle, Nicole Lee, Grace Osakue, Zhihong Sa, and Michelle Skaer
Meeting the commitments of the ICPD Programme of Action to young people, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, A.J. Francis Zavier, and K.G. Santhya
Menstruation and school absenteeism: Evidence from rural Malawi, Monica J. Grant, Cynthia B. Lloyd, and Barbara Mensch
The effect of school status and academic skills on the reporting of premarital sexual behavior: Evidence from a longitudinal study in rural Malawi, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Monica J. Grant, Barbara Mensch, Paul C. Hewett, and Johanna Rankin
Transitions to adulthood in a high fertility context: The case of sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Donatien Beguy, and Estelle M. Sidze
Submissions from 2012
Berhane Hewan ('Light for Eve'): Increasing opportunities to delay marriage and promote schooling, Annabel Erulkar and Eunice N. Muthengi
Challenges facing the Egyptian education system: Access, quality, and inequality, Caroline Krafft
Challenges facing the Egyptian education system: Access, quality, and inequality [Arabic], Caroline Krafft
Education and decisions about the timing of marriage in Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Eunice N. Muthengi
Fertility differences among developing countries: Are they still related to family planning program efforts and social settings?, Anrudh K. Jain and John A. Ross
Improving education, Population Council
Is early childhood care and education a good investment for Egypt? Estimates of educational impacts, costs, and benefits, Caroline Krafft
Is early childhood care and education a good investment for Egypt? Estimates of educational impacts, costs, and benefits [Arabic], Caroline Krafft
Is mobility the missing link in improving girls' schooling in Pakistan?, Christine Callum, Zeba Sathar, and Minhaj ul Haque
Looking beyond universal primary education: Gender differences in time use among children in rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin and S. Chandrasekhar
Poverty, marriage timing, and transitions to adulthood in Nepal, Ashish Bajracharya and Sajeda Amin
Priorités pour l'éducation des adolescentes, Cynthia B. Lloyd
Priorities for adolescent girls' education, Cynthia B. Lloyd
The effect of traditional birth attendant training on maternal and neonatal care, Peter C. Miller, Gul Rashida, Zeba Tasneem, and Minhaj ul Haque
The power of girls' schooling for young women's empowerment and reproductive health, Batool Zaidi, Zeba Sathar, Minhaj ul Haque, and Fareeha Zafar
Understanding wealth-based inequalities in child health in India: A decomposition approach, Satvika Chalasani
Submissions from 2011
Dataset: Siyakha Nentsha: Enhancing the Health, Economic and Social Capabilities of Highly Vulnerable Young People, 2008-2011, Population Council
It's All One Curriculum: Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [Arabic], International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
It's All One Curriculum: Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [Bangla], International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
It's All One Curriculum: Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [Chinese], International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
It's All One Curriculum: Guidelines for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [Arabic], International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
It's All One Curriculum: Guidelines for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education [Chinese], International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un seul programme : Activités pour une approche pédagogique unifiée de la sexualité, du genre, du VIH et des droits humains, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un seul programme : Guide pour une approche pédagogique unifiée de la sexualité, du genre, du VIH et des droits humains, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un sólo currículo: Actividades para un enfoque integrado hacia la educación en sexualidad, género, VIH y derechoshumanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Un sólo currículo: Pautas para un enfoque integrado hacia la educación en sexualidad, género, VIH y derechoshumanos, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Submissions from 2010
Education and transition to work among youth in Andhra Pradesh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in India: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Measuring agency among unmarried young women and men, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Mallika Alexander, Laila Garda, and Savita Kanade
Participation in civil society and political life among young people in Maharashtra: Findings from the Youth in India—Situation and Needs study, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Singh, K.G. Santhya, Faujdar Ram, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Usha Ram, and S.K. Mohanty
The causes of educational differences in fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts
The causes of educational differences in fertility in sub-Saharan Africa, John Bongaarts
The nature of mothers' work and children's schooling in Nepal: The influence of income and time effects, Ashish Bajracharya
White paper: Enhancing adolescent financial capabilities through financial education in Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Laila Rahman, Sigma Ainul, Ubaidur Rob, Bushra Zaman, and Rinat Akter
Submissions from 2009
Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Educational inequalities in the midst of persistent poverty: Diversity across Africa in educational outcomes, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Paul C. Hewett
Education and transition to work among youth in Tamil Nadu, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Bihar: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Jharkhand: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
Ensuring education for all in Rajasthan: Highlighting the obstacles, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Population Council
It's All One Curriculum: Activities for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
It's All One Curriculum: Guidelines for a Unified Approach to Sexuality, Gender, HIV, and Human Rights Education, International Sexuality and HIV Curriculum Working Group, Nicole Haberland, and Deborah Rogow
Looking beyond universal primary education: Gender differences in time use among children in rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin and S. Chandrasekhar
New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls—A Girls Count Report on Adolescent Girls, Cynthia B. Lloyd and Juliet Young
The effectiveness of a community-based education program on abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew
Submissions from 2008
Education and transition to work among youth in Maharashtra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
Submissions from 2007
Assessing the multiple disadvantages of Mayan girls: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala, Kelly Hallman, Sara Peracca, Jennifer Catino, and Marta Julia Ruiz