Selam Medireshachen (Safe Arrival): Reducing Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Migrant Girls in Ethiopia
Adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries are migrating from rural to urban areas in ever greater numbers. This increase in [...]
Baobab: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Refugee Settings
The global refugee crisis is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century, with ongoing, negative effects on the sexual and reproductive health [...]
Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya
AGI-K evaluated the short- and long-term impact of a multidimensional program for young adolescent girls in marginalized settings in Kenya. The second phase evaluated [...]
“SAUTI”/VOICE: Violence Response and Prevention through Information, Communication, and Evidence
The global refugee crisis is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) exacerbates the already dire [...]
Spotlight Initiative
The Population Council works with the Nigerian government and partners to strengthen the country’s response to gender-based violence (GBV) through a bottom-up community data-generation [...]
Great Expectations: Expanding the Possibilities for Research in Refugee Settings in the East and Horn of Africa
"I’ve lived in BidiBidi Settlement for the last 20 years with my mom. We fled to Uganda from South Sudan when I was 6 [...]
Conducting a Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Among Humanitarian-Affected Populations in Uganda: Fieldwork Strategies and Challenges
Violence against children is a global crisis affecting close to 1 billion children annually with devastating health consequences for their physical, emotional, and social development. Children [...]
“Just Another GBV Training Session”: Reflections on Psychosocial Response in the Context of Research
It was supposed to be "just another GBV training session." Or, so I thought. It was "just" one of more than 20 modules that formed [...]