Forging Hopeful Futures: A Racial, Gender, and Economic Equity Program to Reduce Youth Violence
This cluster randomized trial evaluates the effectiveness of Forging Hopeful Futures (FHF). FHF is a multi-component, community-based program that addresses racial, gender, and economic [...]
Strengthening Soft Skills Among Rohingya Youth in Cox’s Bazar
The Council is implementing and evaluating a life skills and financial literacy training program for Rohingya and host-community youth in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Why [...]
Finding Hope Away from Home: Supporting Displaced Populations in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Today is the 22nd annual World Refugee Day, which commemorates both the anniversary of the 1951 United Nations (UN) Refugee Convention and our international [...]
Demographic Trends and Population Health: Tackling Inequality in a World of Eight Billion People
In a new BMJ Global Health commentary, Thoai Ngo discusses a shift in the way we tackle interactions between the 3Cs (climate crisis, conflict, [...]
Adolescent Girls Prospective Cohort Study in Nigeria
The Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center, with funding from the Children Investment Fund Foundation, is implementing a longitudinal cohort study [...]
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, [...]
Integrating Health and Nutrition Messages into Self-Help Groups
The states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India account for around half of the country’s maternal and child disease burden. Three out of every [...]
Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
In the Sahel region of West Africa, extensive poverty and inequality hinder social and economic stability and development. Recurring conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters, and [...]