Insights

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.

Our findings identify three key factors that sustain high rates of cousin marriage in Pakistan.

This article is part of the PDR supplement Contraceptive Transitions: Explanations and Evidence.

The Council’s President, Dr. Rana Hajjeh, visits the Guatemala office to learn about the impact of our work with Indigenous communities.

In a four-country qualitative study, the Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN) project’s most recent publication offers an in-depth look at women’s perspectives on self-injectable contraception.

The Center for Biomedical Research takes a comprehensive approach to developing and ensuring access to novel sexual and reproductive health (SRH) technologies.

Research examining the consequences of partnering early in life suggests that precocious exits from adolescence via teen union formation are often associated with negative outcomes.

We reflect on a pivotal dialogue that took place during UNGA 2024.