Insights

María Isabel Mayorga, International Research Fellow, highlights the power of young Indigenous leaders as catalysts for social change.

Niranjan Saggurti, Population Council India Country Director, explores how countries experiencing rapid demographic transition should reframe their approach to address population challenges by centering women’s reproductive needs and desires.

Patricia C. Vaughan and James Sailer reflect on their longstanding history with the Council, their priorities ahead, and their shared vision for the future.

Under this year’s Day of the African Child theme, “Planning and Budgeting for Children’s Rights,” the Population Council’s Stella Muthuri shares how the Baobab Research Programme Consortium builds a future where every African child can prosper.

Since 2011, the Population Council has been at the forefront in promoting respectful care for women and newborns globally.

A special online issue of selections from Studies in Family Planning, edited by Saumya RamaRao and Victoria Boydell.

This excerpt comes from the preface of PDR’s 50th anniversary special issue, Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Celebrating 50 Years of Population and Development Review.

On International Women’s Day, researchers from across the Council shared how their research priorities can advance women’s and girls’ health and rights and what actions are needed to make progress.