Follow


Submissions from 2017

PDF

Female genital mutilation/cutting in Kenya: Is change taking place? Descriptive statistics from four waves of Demographic and Health Surveys, Bettina Shell-Duncan, David Gathara, and Zhuzhi Moore

PDF

Exploring the association between FGM/C and fistula: A review of the evidence, Pooja Sripad, Charity Ndwiga, and Kaji Tamanna Keya

PDF

Harmonizing national abortion and pregnancy prevention laws and policies for sexual violence survivors with the Maputo Protocol, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, Avni Amin, Ronald Johnson, Rajat Khosla, Ian Askew, Leopold Ouedraogo, Triphonie Nkurunziza, Sarah Rich, Elizabeth Westley, and Melissa Garcia

Submissions from 2016

Link

Gender-based violence in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: Prevalence and association with reproductive health behaviors, Jaleel Ahmad, M.E. Khan, Arupendra Mozumdar, and Deepthi S. Varma

Link

The risks of partner violence following HIV status disclosure, and health service responses: Narratives of women attending reproductive health services in Kenya, Manuela Colombini, Courtney James, Charity Ndwiga, The Integra Research Team, and Susannah H. Mayhew

PDF

Ending the medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting in Egypt, Sarah Ghattass, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, and Salma Abou Hussein

PDF

Ending the medicalization of female genital mutilation/cutting in Egypt [Arabic], Sarah Ghattass, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, and Salma Abou Hussein

PDF

Addressing intimate partner violence and power in relationships in HIV testing services: Results of an intervention piloted in Nairobi, Kenya, Nicole Haberland, Charity Ndwiga, Katharine McCarthy, Margaret Makanyengo, Rose Kosgei, Cecilia Choi, Julie Pulerwitz, and Sam Kalibala

PDF

Health impacts of female genital mutilation/cutting: A synthesis of the evidence, Samuel Kimani, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, and Carolyne Njue

PDF

L’expérience de femmes ayant subi une grossesse non désirée au Sénégal : Une étude qualitative, Fatou Mbow, Nafissatou Diop, Awa Diop Dabo, Awa Tounkara Cissé, and Seynabou Ba Diakhaté

PDF

L’expérience de femmes ayant subi une grossesse non désirée au Sénégal : Une étude qualitative [Compte rendu de la rencontre de partage des résultats], Fatou Mbow, Nafissatou Diop, and Babacar Mane

PDF

Evidence to End FGM/C Research Programme: Presentation at the sixtieth session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan

PDF

Root causes and persistent challenges in accelerating the abandonment of FGM/C, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan

PDF

The FGM/C research programme, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan

Link

The ongoing violence against women: Female genital mutilation/cutting, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan, Suellen Miller, and Jose M. Belizan

PDF

Monitoring and evaluating FGM/C abandonment programs, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan and Carolyne Njue

Link

Is working risky or protective for married adolescent girls in urban slums in Kenya? Understanding the association between working status, savings and intimate-partner violence, Eunice N. Muthengi, Tabither Gitau, and Karen Austrian

PDF

Routine screening for intimate partner violence: A guide for trainers, Odongo Odiyo, Chi-Chi Undie, and Margaret Mak'anyengo

Link

Food insufficiency, violence and HIV risk behaviors among female sex workers in India, Sangram Kishor Patel, Madhusudana Battala, and Rajatashuvra Adhikary

Link

Relationship between mobility, violence and major depression among female sex workers: A cross-sectional study in southern India, Sangram Kishor Patel, Deepika Ganju, Parimi Prabhakar, and Rajatashuvra Adhikary

Link

Intimate partner violence perpetration among adolescent males in disadvantaged neighborhoods globally, Sarah M. Peitzmeier, Anna Kagesten, Rajib Acharya, Yan Cheng, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Adesola Olumide, Robert Wm. Blum, Freya Sonenstein, and Michele R. Decker

PDF

Evidence to end FGM/C: Research to help girls and women thrive, Population Council

PDF

Evidence to end FGM/C: Research to help girls and women thrive [Arabic], Population Council

PDF

Programme de recherche pour mettre fin aux MGF/E, Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Kenya (Brief #2), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Kenya (Brief #4), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from South Africa (Brief #1), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Swaziland (Brief #3), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Uganda (Brief #6), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Uganda (Brief #7), Population Council

PDF

The Africa Regional SGBV Network Learning Brief Series: Learning updates from Zambia (Brief #5), Population Council

PDF

Does shifting gender norms on the community level lead to increased HIV services uptake?, Project SOAR

Link

Intimate partner violence among married couples in India and contraceptive use reported by women but not husbands, Elizabeth Reed, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, Julie Ritter, Anindita Dasgupta, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Arun Jadhav, Prajakta Palaye, and Anita Raj

PDF

Considerations on the use and interpretation of survey data on FGM/C, Bettina Shell-Duncan

PDF

A state-of-the-art synthesis on female genital mutilation/cutting: What do we know now?, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Reshma Naik, and Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs

Link

Family violence and maltreatment of women during the perinatal period: Associations with infant morbidity in Indian slum communities, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, Michele R. Decker, Sabrina Boyce, Julie Ritter, Dattaram D. Naik, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj

Link

Maternal morbidity associated with violence and maltreatment from husbands and in-laws: Findings from Indian slum communities, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, Julie Ritter, Anindita Dasgupta, Sabrina Boyce, Michele R. Decker, Dattaram D. Naik, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj

PDF

Screening for sexual and gender-based violence in emergency settings in Uganda: An assessment of feasibility, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Wossen Taye, Lilian Maate, Margaret Mak'anyengo, Anne Katahoire, David Apollo Kazungu, Darlson Kusasira, Zahra Mirghani, and Joanina Karugaba

PDF

Effectiveness of a community-based SGBV prevention model in emergency settings in Uganda: Testing the 'Zero Tolerance Village Alliance' intervention, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Jane Harriet Namwebya, Paul Orikushaba, Prosmolly Ayebale, William Onen, Fiona Nicholson, Rachel Chisinga-Francis, Peter Netshabako, Anne Katahoire, David Apollo Kazungu, Darlson Kusasira, Zahra Mirghani, and Joanina Karugaba

Link

Is routine screening for intimate partner violence feasible in public health care settings in Kenya?, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Margaret Mak'anyengo, and Ian Askew

Submissions from 2015

Link

Intimate partner violence and condom versus other modern contraception use among married women in rural India, Anindita Dasgupta, Niranjan Saggurti, Balaiah Donta, Madhusudana Battala, Mohan Ghule, Saritha Nair, Julie Ritter, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj

Link

The shrinking world of girls at puberty: Violence and gender-divergent access to the public sphere among adolescents in South Africa, Kelly Hallman, Nora Kenworthy, Judith A. Diers, Nick Swan, and Bashi Devnarain

PDF

Addressing mental health disorders and HIV vulnerability of marginalized adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Nrupa Jani, Lung Vu, Sam Kalibala, Gebeyehu Mekonnen, and Kay Lynn

PDF

Addressing gender-biased sex selection in Haryana, India: Promising approaches, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Rajib Acharya, Sharmistha Basu, and A.J. Francis Zavier

PDF

Gender-biased sex selection in India: A review of the situation and interventions to counter the practice, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Sharmistha Basu, Rajib Acharya, and A.J. Francis Zavier

Link

School-based girls' clubs as a means of addressing sexual and gender-based violence in Swaziland, Cebile Manzini-Henwood, Nokwanda Dlamini, and Francis Obare

PDF

Gender-biased sex selection in South Asia: The situation and promising approaches to restore balance, Population Council

PDF

Reproductive health needs of married girls in Assuit and Sohag Governorates [Arabic], Population Council

PDF

Sexual and gender-based violence: Baseline findings, Population Council

PDF

Sexual and reproductive health among young female sex workers in Bangladesh brothels—Baseline findings from Link Up, Population Council

PDF

Understanding factors influencing adverse sex ratios at birth and exploring what works to achieve balance: The situation in selected districts of Nepal, Mahesh Puri and Anand Tamang

Link

Household debt and relation to intimate partner violence and husbands' attitudes toward gender norms: A study among young married couples in rural Maharashtra, India, Elizabeth Reed, Balaiah Donta, Anindita Dasgupta, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Arun Jadhav, Prajakta Palaye, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj

PDF

Evidence of son preference and resulting demographic and health outcomes in Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Gul Rashida, Sabahat Hussain, and Anushe Hassan

Link

'Changing the World': The Africa Regional Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Network, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew

Link

What women think: Hypothetical notions of screening for intimate partner violence in Kenyan hospital settings, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Margaret Mak'anyengo, and Ian Askew

Link

Assessing the feasibility of police initiation of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual violence survivors in Lusaka, Zambia, Mary Zama, Mardieh Dennis, Jessica Price, and Stephanie M. Topp

Submissions from 2014

Link

Can economic assets increase girls' risk of sexual harassment? Evaluation results from a social, health and economic asset-building intervention for vulnerable adolescent girls in Uganda, Karen Austrian and Eunice N. Muthengi

Link

Prevalence and health impact of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence among female adolescents aged 15–19 years in vulnerable urban environments: A multi-country study, Michele R. Decker, Sarah M. Peitzmeier, Adesola Olumide, Rajib Acharya, Oladosu Ojengbede, Laura Covarrubias, Gao Ersheng, Yan Cheng, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, and Heena Brahmbhatt

Link

Strengthening the enabling environment for women and girls: What is the evidence in social and structural approaches in the HIV response?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Amelia Peltz

Link

Violence against women in South Asia: The need for the active engagement of the health sector, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, and Rajib Acharya

PDF

Sexuality, Gender Roles, and Domestic Violence in South Asia, M.E. Khan, John Townsend, and Pertti J. Pelto

Link

Non-disclosure of violence among female sex workers: Evidence from a large scale cross-sectional survey in India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Madhusudana Battala, Akash Porwal, and Niranjan Saggurti

PDF

Advancing women's health, Population Council

PDF

Expanding the evidence base on comprehensive care for survivors of sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa, Population Council

Link

Women's autonomy and experience of physical violence within marriage in rural India, Shagun Sabarwal, K.G. Santhya, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

Link

Impact of the RHANI Wives intervention on marital conflict and sexual coercion, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Jay G. Silverman, Dattaram D. Naik, Madhusudana Battala, Anindita Dasgupta, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj

PDF

Trafficking of minor girls for commercial sexual exploitation in India: A synthesis of available evidence, K.G. Santhya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Sharmistha Basu

Link

Non-consensual sex within pre-marital relationships: Experiences of young women in India, K.G. Santhya and A.J. Francis Zavier

PDF

Access to emergency contraception and safe abortion services for survivors of rape: A review of policies, programmes and country experiences in sub-Saharan Africa, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, and Ian Askew

Link

Community-level correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents in Bangladesh, Kristin VanderEnde, Sajeda Amin, and Ruchira Tabassum Naved

Submissions from 2013

Link

Microcredit and domestic violence in Bangladesh: An exploration of selection bias influences, Ashish Bajracharya and Sajeda Amin

Link

Local social support mitigates depression among women contending with spousal violence and husband’s risky drinking in Mumbai slum communities, Anindita Dasgupta, Madhusudana Battala, Niranjan Saggurti, Saritha Nair, Dattaram D. Naik, Jay G. Silverman, Balaiah Donta, and Anita Raj

Link

Violence-related coping, help seeking and health care-based intervention preferences among perinatal women in Mumbai, India, Michele R. Decker, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, Bushra Sabri, Meghna Jethva, Anita Raj, Balaiah Donta, and Jay G. Silverman

PDF

Scaling up advocacy for gender-based violence and child sexual abuse in the East, Central and Southern Africa region: Technical exchange and meeting, East Central and Southern African Health Community

Link

Early marriage, marital relations and intimate partner violence in Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar

PDF

The contracting world of girls at puberty: Violence and gender-divergent access to the public sphere among adolescents in South Africa, Kelly Hallman, Nora Kenworthy, Judith A. Diers, Nick Swan, and Bashi Devnarain

Link

Physical and sexual violence and symptoms of gynaecological morbidity among married young women in India, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, and Rajib Acharya

PDF

Gender-based violence: A qualitative exploration of norms, experiences and positive deviance, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, and Shagun Sabarwal

Link

Reproductive health concerns of women contending with spousal violence and husband's alcohol use in a Mumbai slum community, Saritha Nair, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Dattaram D. Naik, Anindita Dasgupta, and Balaiah Donta

Link

Randomized controlled trial to test the RHANI wives HIV intervention for women in India at risk for HIV from husbands, Anita Raj, Niranjan Saggurti, Madhusudana Battala, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Dattaram D. Naik, Daniela Abramovitz, Jay G. Silverman, and Balaiah Donta

Link

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

Link

Determinants of marital violence: Findings from a prospective study of rural women in India, Shagun Sabarwal, K.G. Santhya, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

PDF

Effectiveness of a comprehensive sexual and gender-based violence prevention project for in-school girls in Swaziland, Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA)

PDF

Access to emergency contraception and safe abortion services for survivors of rape and defilement in sub-Saharan Africa: A regional overview, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, and Ian Askew

Link

Toward a research agenda on gendered violence in sub-Saharan Africa, Chi-Chi Undie

PDF

Feasibility of routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Margaret Mak'anyengo, and Ian Askew

PDF

Mitigating the consequences of sexual violence in Zambia by decentralizing emergency medical responses to police victim support units: Report on the feasibility of police provision of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PEP) in Zambia, Mary Zama, Mardieh Dennis, Jessica Price, Stephanie M. Topp, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, and Jill Keesbury

Submissions from 2012

PDF

La violence faite aux adolescentes : un défi fondamental à la vraie égalité, Judith Bruce

PDF

Violence against adolescent girls: A fundamental challenge to meaningful equality, Judith Bruce

PDF

Addis Birhan Wendoch ('New Light Boys'): Working with boys and young men to create healthier futures, Woldemariam Girma, Diane Rubino, Annabel Erulkar, Worku Ambelu, and Ayenechew Kerie

PDF

A review and evaluation of multi-sectoral response services ('one-stop centers') for gender-based violence in Kenya and Zambia, Jill Keesbury, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Frederick Mugisha, Emmy Kageha, and Ian Askew

Link

A lifetime of violence: Results from an exploratory survey of Mexican women with HIV, Tamil Kendall, Marieke G. van Dijk, Katherine Wilson, Nizarindandi Picasso, Diana K. Lara, and Sandra G. Garcia

PDF

Testing the feasibility of police provision of emergency contraception in Malawi, Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre, Malawi Police Service, and Ministry of Health

Link

Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation, Rebecca Njuki, Jerry Okal, Charlotte E. Warren, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Chi-Chi Undie, Benjamin Bellows, and Ian Askew

PDF

The Africa Regional Sexual and Gender-based Violence Network Annual Partners Meeting: June 26-27 2012, Mombasa, Kenya—meeting report, Population Council

Link

Relationship between mobility, violence and HIV/STI among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, Sowmya Ramesh, Deepika Ganju, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Ram Manohar Mishra, and Niranjan Saggurti

PDF

The sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people in India: A review of the situation, K.G. Santhya and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

PDF

Rape sentencing study: A review of statutory sentencing provisions for rape, defilement, and sexual assault in East, Central, and Southern Africa, Jill Thompson and Felly Nkweto Simmonds

PDF

Routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya: An assessment of acceptability, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Margaret Mak'anyengo, Harriet Birungi, Jill Keesbury, and Ian Askew

Submissions from 2011

PDF

Abordar la violencia sexual basada en el género (SGBV) contra niñas adolescentes, Sajeda Amin and Althea D. Anderson