Child Domestic Workers
There are an estimated 17.2 million child domestic workers globally, most of whom are girls. Despite their large numbers, research related to this marginalized [...]
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 married [...]
Strengthening Capacities of Egyptian Researchers to Study Issues Related to Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
With funds from the Ford Foundation, the Population Council/Egypt implemented a series of projects to build the capacity of junior researchers in Egypt to [...]
Ishraq Program: Increasing Girls’ Protective Assets in Rural Upper Egypt
Ishraq (Sunrise) is a flagship comprehensive second-chance program to improve the educational, health, and social outcomes for adolescent out-of-school girls, 12–15 years of age, [...]
Addressing Family Planning Needs of Male and Female Factory Workers in Egypt
Across eight garment factories in Port Said’s Free Investment Zone, the Council’s Evidence Project implemented a program to connect 18- to 35-year-old male and [...]
Improving Climate-Impacted Health Outcomes and Systems
To inform local and global interventions, a number of projects examine the impacts of climate and environmental stressors on a variety of health indicators. [...]
Priming Clients for HIV Prevention Consultations
PrEP uptake has rapidly increased in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet delivery of oral PrEP remains a challenge as health systems in many countries [...]
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 global [...]