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“Time spent studying outside school is strongly influenced by household decisions that favor boys,” says a new Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper co-authored by Council senior associate Sajeda Amin. Read more in "Looking beyond universal primary education: Gender differences in time use among children in rural Bangladesh.” (PDF)

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Population and Development Review, December

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 reference: "Reference guides for health care organizations seeking accreditation for high-quality, gender-sensitive reproductive health services" (2009) (PDF) (PDF of appendixes)

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 Population Council has released a statement regarding the results of the PRO 2000 Microbicide Study. (more)

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

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)

The Council recognizes the 15-year anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. (more)

The Population Council was well represented at the 2009 International Conference on Family Planning in Kampala, Uganda (15–18 November). Staff shared their latest findings via a wide array of presentations and disseminated resources at an exhibit booth. (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)

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)