Meet Our New GIRL Center External Collaborators
The Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center at the Population Council welcomes our second cohort of External Research Collaborators. This global network of [...]
Celebrating 20 Years of Abriendo Oportunidades: Transforming the Lives of Indigenous Girls in Guatemala
Emerging in the aftermath of Guatemala’s 36-year civil war, Abriendo Oportunidades® (AO®) launched in 2004 as a pilot initiative to address the structural exclusion [...]
The Population Council Celebrates International Women’s Day 2025
To celebrate International Women’s Day, researchers from across the Population Council’s global offices shared their perspectives on how research and evidence-based solutions improve the [...]
Creating a Sustainable Platform for Indigenous Girls’ and Women’s Empowerment
The Population Council’s Guatemala office is committed to policy impact, which is visible in its collaboration with government of Guatemala (GoG) agencies, and the [...]
Safe, Empowered Tech for Adolescents: A Framework for Research and Action
Adolescents’ use of the internet has exploded in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) alongside the proliferation of digital programming for development. While access is [...]
Safe, Empowered Technology for Adolescents (SETA)
This initiative uses evidence generation, thought leadership, and convening to ensure that digital interventions are impactful, accessible, scalable, and sustainable to all young people, [...]
Community-based Adolescent Girl Programming in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Balancing Act Between Scale and Quality
Mentors who run girls’ clubs can and do make a big difference in their communities. One of these mentors, Elizabeth, is a Maya K’iche’ [...]
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 and [...]