Investing in the Success of Adolescent Girls in Africa Requires a Targeted Approach
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21st, 2024Media Contacts:World Bank (in Washington, DC) - Caitlin Berczik, +1 (202) 458-9351, cberczik@worldbankgroup.org and Daniella Padilla Van Leggelo, +1 (202) [...]
Beyond Women: The Urgent Need to Address Adolescent Girls in the Care Economy
Jump to: En Français | En Español The care economy, which includes both paid and unpaid caregiving labor, is essential to our societies [...]
Power, Voice, and Agency: Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Multiple Interventions for Evidence-Informed Contraceptive Decisions
This blog is part of a series in partnership with Population Council, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC), and Population Services International (PSI), to recognize World [...]
Schooling and evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young girls in the Sahel
This blog is available in English and French. Jump to: En Francais The Sahel region faces major disparities in education that undermine the [...]
Resource Center for Equitable Educational Recovery in Guatemala (RECARGA)
The Council is partnering with the Global Fund for Children, the Summit and Tinker Foundations, and other donors, on implementing the initiative “Recuperando [...]
The Girl Agenda Cannot Wait! Collaboration and Multi-Dimensional Investments Needed for Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment
The call to invest in girls’ and women’ empowerment during the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) is [...]
Indigenous Girls’ Movements: Strengthening Indigenous Systems and Self-Determination (on the sidelines of UNFPII)
Please note this is a HYBRID event. To register for in-person participation, please go to the Eventbrite page. To register for online participation, please [...]
Fulfilling the Radical Power of Education
The radical power and potential of education must be both leveraged and revitalized in the face not only of a global learning crisis [...]
Adaptation in Crisis: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Adolescent Girls in Humanitarian Emergency Settings
Adolescent girls occupy central roles in families’ coping and survival strategies in times of crisis. Despite and because of this, adolescent girls suffer [...]
The Population Council Launches New Global Innovation Hub on Education and Groundbreaking Analysis to Tackle the Global Learning Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2023 Media contact: Joe Shaffner, Director of Communications, The Population Council, pubinfo@popcouncil.org New York City, [...]
Learning to Adapt: The vital role of education and gender equity in climate justice
The Population Council’s research on education centers gender equity in our approach to addressing global challenges. Recent evidence has highlighted gendered effects of [...]
Unlocking Potential: Bridging the Gap in Early Childhood Education For a Brighter Future
On this International Literacy Day, let us realize that universal foundational literacy and numeracy skills among children cannot be achieved without universal access to [...]