What Girls Deliver Brings to Women Deliver: A Q&A with GIRL Center Director Karen Austrian
Karen Austrian, director of the Council’s GIRL Center, shares why she’s looking forward to Women Deliver 2026, what the Girls Deliver community brings to the conference, and how the GIRL Center ensures that girl-focused research remains part [...]
Applying Global Evidence to Foster Young People’s Thriving in the US: A Framework for Action
The GIRL Center is a global hub advancing gender equity through conducting cutting-edge research, communicating ideas and evidence, and nurturing talent. Our body of [...]
The Power of Young Feminist Organizing in Kenya and Mexico
Young feminist organizers in Kenya and Mexico have the knowledge and experience to serve their communities and larger social movements. However, they face obstacles [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]