International Women’s Day 2023 Highlight
This week, the Population Council celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD). The IWD theme of innovation and technology for gender equality will drive discussions [...]
Berhane Hewan Ethiopia
Berhane Hewan (Light for Eve, in Amharic) was a community-based intervention designed to both prevent child marriage and support girls who were already [...]
Iqbal Ehsan
Iqbal Ehsan is experienced in conducting qualitative research, developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and designing program implementation plans. He is capable in writing [...]
Fatima Zahra
Fatima Zahra is an associate at the GIRL Center and is based in Washington, DC. She is a social demographer who specializes in [...]
Addressing Gendered and Intersectional Inequalities and Inequities
Climate and environmental stressors affect different people, populations, and places in different ways, which is why disaggregated data are critical tools in the [...]
Prioritizing Education to Invest in Girls
In celebration of the International Day of Education, we highlight some ongoing education programs and studies by the Population Council and its collaborators, to [...]
Research Briefs
GIRL Center Research Briefs present the latest evidence on issues of critical importance and recommend future directions for research, policies, and programs. [...]
Population Council Fellow: Sophia Chae
Since its launch in 2017, the Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center has nurtured the next generation of adolescent-focused researchers. Dr. Sophia [...]
Population Council Fellow: Satvika Chalasani
Dr. Satvika Chalasani first learned about the Population Council when she was a PhD candidate at the Pennsylvania State University, working with Prof. John [...]
A World of 8 Billion: Progress and Possibilities
The United Nations has declared that on November 15, 2022, the world’s population will reach a historic milestone: the birth of the eighth [...]
Population Council Fellow: Momoe Makino
A year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Momoe Makino took a sabbatical from her position as a Research Fellow at the Institute [...]
More Than Brides Alliance
Child marriage is a violation of human rights, impedes sustainable development, and often has lasting negative impacts on health, education, and access to [...]