Indaba Conference—”Keep-the-Girls-In-School (KGS): Gender Responsive and Transformative Education”
From 17th to 19th May 2023, the Bakhita Partnership for Education (BPE) will convene the “Keep-the-Girls in School” Indaba to consider the state of [...]
Advancing the Agenda in Girls’ Education Research
Council researcher Nicole Haberland co-authored a recent piece in CGD Notes, a publication by the Center for Global Development (CGD), together with fellow [...]
Prioritizing Education to Invest in Girls
In celebration of the International Day of Education, we highlight some ongoing education programs and studies by the Population Council and its collaborators, to [...]
Investing in Younger Adolescent Girls in Kenya Leads to Long-term Sustained Improvements in Education and Health
Adolescent girls in Kenya and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa face a myriad of vulnerabilities including household poverty, violence, limited education opportunities, and [...]
What We Know and Don’t Know About Interventions to Address Gender-related Barriers to Girls’ Education
January 21, 2022—As gender disparities in education persist and continue to undermine girls’ opportunities, a new review finds that significant knowledge gaps remain in our understanding of which interventions [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New GIRL Center Research Challenges Key Assumptions on the Links Between Education and Girls’ Health and Well-being
December 17, 2019—The Population Council’s Girl Innovation Research and Learning Center (GIRL Center) published two new studies on global girls’ education, which challenge [...]
Fulfilling the Radical Power of Education
The radical power and potential of education must be both leveraged and revitalized in the face not only of a global learning crisis [...]
Adaptation in Crisis: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Adolescent Girls in Humanitarian Emergency Settings
Adolescent girls occupy central roles in families’ coping and survival strategies in times of crisis. Despite and because of this, adolescent girls suffer [...]
The Population Council Launches New Global Innovation Hub on Education and Groundbreaking Analysis to Tackle the Global Learning Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2023 Media contact: Joe Shaffner, Director of Communications, The Population Council, jshaffner@popcouncil.org New York City, [...]
Learning to Adapt: The vital role of education and gender equity in climate justice
The Population Council’s research on education centers gender equity in our approach to addressing global challenges. Recent evidence has highlighted gendered effects of [...]