Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive
Transitions to Adulthood
Briefs available in this series:
Overview
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The Population Council's approach: Promoting healthy, safe, and productive transitions to adulthood (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) (PDF no português) |
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Leveling the playing field: Building girls' sports programs in the developing world (PDF) (PDF no português) |
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Introducing adolescent livelihoods training in the slums of Allahabad, India (PDF) |
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Supporting married girls: Calling attention to a neglected group (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) |
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Enhancing financial literacy, HIV/AIDS skills, and safe social spaces among vulnerable South African youth (PDF) (PDF en français) |
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For Mayan girls, leadership skills and participation in a national network lead to social, economic, and political gains (PDF) (PDF en español) |
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Reaching vulnerable youth in Ethiopia (PDF) |
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Understanding sex without consent among young people: A neglected priority (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) |
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Empowering young mothers in India: Results of the First-time Parents Project (PDF) |
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Addressing the needs of married adolescent girls in Burkina Faso (PDF) (PDF en français) |
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Analyzing data to target the most vulnerable adolescents and identify their needs (PDF) (PDF en français) |
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Child marriage in the context of the HIV epidemic (PDF) (PDF no português) |
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Bringing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt (PDF) |
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Empowering adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh: Kishori Abhijan (PDF) |
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Programs to address child marriage: Framing the problem (PDF) (PDF en français) |
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Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence (PDF) (PDF no português) |
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Assessing the multiple disadvantages of Mayan girls: The effects of gender, ethnicity, poverty, and residence on education in Guatemala (PDF) (PDF en español) |
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Enhancing the benefits of girls' livelihood initiatives (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) (PDF no português) |
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Influencing girls’ lives: Acceptability and effectiveness of a livelihoods skill building intervention in Gujarat (PDF) |
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Addressing early marriage in areas of high HIV prevalence: A program to delay marriage and support married girls in rural Nyanza, Kenya (PDF) |
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Reaching disadvantaged rural girls, creating social support, and discouraging child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia (PDF) |
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Biruh Tesfa: Creating a “Bright Future” for migrant girls in urban areas of Ethiopia (PDF) |
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Sexuality and HIV education: Time for a paradigm shift (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) |
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Girls left behind: Redirecting HIV interventions toward the most vulnerable (PDF) (PDF en français) (PDF en español) (PDF no português) |
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Girls' schooling in developing countries: Highlights from Population Council research (PDF) (PDF en español) |
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Obtaining more accurate and reliable information from adolescents regarding STI/HIV risk behaviors (PDF) |
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The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF) (PDF en français) |
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Reducing the social exclusion of girls (PDF) (PDF en español) |
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Assessing equity of access in youth programs (PDF) |
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Expanding safe spaces and developing skills for adolescent girls (PDF) (PDF no português) |
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Identifying sources of adolescent exclusion due to violence: Participatory mapping in South Africa (PDF) |
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Reforming marriage practices in Bangladesh (PDF) |
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Education during humanitarian emergencies: The situation of displaced children and youth in Darfur, Sudan (PDF) |
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What's New
Venture capitalist Howard Cox was recently elected to the Population Council's board of trustees. (more)
Breakthrough in microbicide research: A gel tested by CAPRISA in South Africa indicates that it is safe and effective in reducing the risk of HIV and herpes infections among women participants; confirmatory research is needed. (more) Naomi Rutenberg, Population Council vice president and director of the HIV and AIDS program, discussed the results of the CAPRISA study on PRI's "The Takeaway." (offsite link)
Mahidol University has awarded Council president Peter J. Donaldson an honorary doctorate in demography in recognition of the significant role he has played in the development of population and social science research in Thailand. (more)
A Closer Look: Stories of Impact, the Population Council’s 2009 annual report, is now available. Read first-person accounts and view striking photographs of our lifesaving work around the world. This year we are also featuring a short documentary, slideshows, and podcasts about our projects. (more)
The Population Council celebrates five decades of American women’s access to the birth control pill. The Council continues to work toward improving reproductive health for all through research and testing of an array of reversible contraceptive methods for both men and women. (more)
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