Maintaining the Momentum of Family Planning Task Force Recommendations in Pakistan
This project was in response to the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s judgment on the Alarming Population Growth Rate in Pakistan. The Council assisted the [...]
Response to Devastating Flooding in Pakistan
Devastating flooding in Pakistan has affected more than one-third of the country and displaced 32 million people. The unprecedented monsoon season began in July and [...]
Integrated Health and Population Dashboard
Under the component of bolstering accountability on family planning policy and implementation of Council of Common Interests (CCI) decisions through the Gates-funded grant “Maintaining [...]
Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience in Pakistan
In 2016, the Population Council began to develop evidence on how to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations to adapt to environmental risks and [...]
Abriendo Futuros (Opening Futures) for Rural Indigenous Girls in Yucatan, Mexico
Abriendo Futuros (AF) is a girl-centered program aiming at improving the current and future life of Mayan adolescent girls (MAGs) in Yucatán. The program [...]
Evaluating the Complex Relationships Between Social and Natural Systems
Employing an interdisciplinary approach, researchers unearth the coupled and complex relationships between social systems (e.g., human relationships, behaviors, and dynamics) and natural systems (e.g., [...]
Selam Medirashachin (Safe Arrival)
Adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries are migrating from rural to urban areas in ever greater numbers. This increase in [...]
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 [...]