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 [...]
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Showing Us About the Global Learning Crisis
In the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women Around the World blog, Council researchers Nicole Haberland and Timothy Abuya discuss the impact of COVID-19 on progress in education worldwide. The authors [...]
Remember the Fundamentals as we Build Back Better in Girls’ Education
In a Brookings Education Plus Development blog, Council Senior Associate Karen Austrian and GIRL Center Director Stephanie Psaki remind us that while the world has changed dramatically over the [...]
Challenging Key Assumptions on the Links Between Education and Girls’ Health and Well-Being
The Population Council’s Girl Innovation Research and Learning Center (GIRL Center) published two new studies on global girls’ education, which challenge the long-held assumption that [...]