Adolescent Girls Empowerment Program
Social isolation, economic vulnerability, and lack of access to health care prevent healthy transitions from girlhood to womanhood, especially for vulnerable adolescent girls in [...]
GirlsRead! Developing Evidence-Based Approaches to Keep Girls in School
In Zambia where only 22% of females aged 20–24 have completed secondary school versus 31% of males, literacy levels among students are extremely low. [...]
BALIKA (Bangladeshi Association for Life Skills, Income, and Knowledge for Adolescents)
Despite significant progress in many gender and reproductive health indicators, two out of three girls in Bangladesh are married before the legal age of [...]
The Evidence for Gender and Education Resource (EGER)
Low- and middle-income countries have made enormous progress in expanding primary school enrollment since the 1990s, especially for girls. Yet questions remain about how [...]
Introducing the GIRL Center External Research Collaborators
Collaborators will develop research projects, co-author papers, participate in research agenda-setting, and mentor young researchers focused on adolescents. In addition, as the first cohort, [...]
Gendered Effects of COVID-19 School Closures
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 led to worldwide school closures, affecting over one billion students. School closures disproportionately impact girls and [...]
Getting Girls Back to School During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Operationalizing the School Re-entry Policy Guidelines in Kenya
COVID-19 disrupted the learning of many children globally, denying them access to social protection and other benefits associated with schooling. In Kenya, the Ministry [...]
Dr. Karen Austrian Appointed as Director of the Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center
The Population Council is thrilled to announce the appointment of our colleague Dr. Karen Austrian as the director of the Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center—a global [...]