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The Population Council mourns the death of
friend and colleague Sheldon J. Segal

Sheldon J. Segal, who led a team of Population Council scientists that produced several highly effective, long-acting contraceptives, died October 17th at his home in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He was 83 years old. Services have been scheduled. (more)

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New Lessons for Empowering Girls

Many factors contribute to gender inequity, but enhancing the quality and relevance of learning opportunities for adolescent girls can prepare and empower them.

Education prepares girls for a range of adult responsibilities beyond the traditional roles of homemaker, mother, and spouse. Education benefits both the girls and their families and communities.

New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls, just published by the Population Council, demonstrates that education for girls during adolescence can be transformative. (more)

New Lessons is part of the Girls Count series, an initiative of the Coalition for Adolescent Girls. The coalition is funded by the Nike Foundation and the United Nations Foundation.

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Population and Development Review, September

Population and Development Review supplement: Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth (more) (contents)

Studies in Family Planning, September

Population Briefs, October

Momentum, December

New videos:

Population Council president Peter Donaldson describes his recent visit to Ethiopia. (video)

Biruh Tesfa ("Bright Future") provides safe spaces for out-of-school girls in urban slum areas of Ethiopia. (video) (more)

Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus (BCS+) is a toolkit for family planning service providers working in high HIV/STI prevalence settings. (video) (more)

The application deadline for the 2010 Fred H. Bixby Fellowship Program is 15 January 2010. (more)

An editorial, "Oh mother, why must you have to die?" by Saroj Pachauri, the Council's South and East Asia regional director, recently appeared in The Times of India. (offsite link)

The Population Council applauds President Obama for lifting the US entry ban for non-citizens living with HIV or AIDS. (more)

Through the RISHTA project, local doctors in the slums of Mumbai, India, are working to reduce the incidence of STIs and sexually risky activities. (more)

Read letters about Council projects for girls from Council staff members to Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Half the Sky, on The New York Times Web site: girls' schooling; a woman fighting FGM/C; and a successful project for girls in Egypt.