Judith Bruce
Senior Associate
Judith Bruce is a senior associate and policy analyst with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth program. Since joining the Council in 1977, she has coordinated a program of policy-oriented research on issues related to women’s and adolescent girls’ social and economic development. Recently she served as co-chair of the Expert Group Meeting on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl-child. Her areas of expertise include women's roles and status, with a focus on intrafamily dynamics, investments in children, and adolescence, especially vulnerable adolescent girls. She has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1977, and in 1993 received the Association for Women in Development’s bi-annual award for outstanding contributions to the field. A graduate of Harvard University, Bruce has written and lectured extensively on population policy, the quality of reproductive health services, adolescent girls’ status in the developing world, family and partnership dynamics, and women’s access to and control of resources inside and outside the household.
Judith Bruce
Senior Associate
Adolescent Policy Analysis, Capacity Building, and Advocacy Project (more)
This project is designed to provide decision-makers, NGOs, youth advocates, UN country representatives, and members of government ministries with the appropriate knowledge and tools to effectively make the case for implementing policies and programs that are evidence-based and targeted at vulnerable subgroups of young people, in particular girls.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: Population policy and demographic analysis
Countries: Guatemala, Liberia, Malawi
Developing Capacity for Targeted, Evidence-based Programming and Asset Building for Adolescent Girls (more)
The Council is helping to build the capacity of NGOs, UN country teams, and government agencies to develop effective health, social, and economic asset-building programs for adolescent girls.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: Financial literacy/livelihoods; Scaling up interventions; Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Global, Kenya, Liberia
Critical Communities for Investment in Adolescent Girls (more)
This project will provide data and maps on vulnerable adolescent girls and build support among donors and interested stakeholders to make investments that improve the health and rights of the poorest girls in the poorest communities.
(1/2009 - 4/2011)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Population policy and demographic analysis; Social isolation/support
Countries: Global
Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Youth HIV Risk (more)
Council researchers explored the effects of gender, poverty, orphanhood, and social isolation on adolescent HIV and pregnancy risk and gender-based violence in South Africa.
(1/2004 - 12/2007)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; People living with HIV; Social isolation/support
Countries: South Africa
Judith Bruce
Senior Associate
Evidence-based approaches to protecting adolescent girls at risk of HIV (PDF)Bruce,Judith; Temin,Miriam; Hallman,Kelly
AIDSTAR-One Spotlight on Gender
Publication date: 2012
La violence faite aux adolescentes : un défi fondamental à la vraie égalité (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
GIRLS FIRST! Perspectives de programmation centrée sur les filles
Publication date: 2012
The cost of reaching the most disadvantaged girls: Programmatic evidence from Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda (PDF)
Sewall-Menon,Jessica; Bruce,Judith; Austrian,Karen; Brown,Raven; Catino,Jennifer; Colom,Alejandra; Del Valle,Angel; Demele,Habtamu; Erulkar,Annabel S.; Hallman,Kelly; Roca,Eva; Zibani,Nadia
Technical report
Publication date: 2012
Violence against adolescent girls: A fundamental challenge to meaningful equality (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
GIRLS FIRST! Perspectives on Girl-Centered Programming
Publication date: 2012
First generation of gender and HIV programs: Seeking clarity and synergy (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Haberland,Nicole; Joyce,Amy; Roca,Eva; Nelson Sapiano,Tobey
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 23)
Publication date: 2011
The new population challenge (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Bongaarts,John; Mazur,Laurie
from A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge, pp. 260-275
Publication date: 2009
La siguiente generación de programas para adolescentes: satisfacer las necesidades interrelacionadas de salud, sociales y económicas del sector poblacional más vulnerable
Bruce,Judith; Stern,Claudio
from Adolescentes en México. Investigación, experiencias y estrategias para mejorar su salud sexual y reproductiva
Publication date: 2008
Lost girls: The child brides of Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia
Bruce,Judith; Cohen,David Elliott
from What Matters: The World's Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time
Publication date: 2008
Reaching the girls left behind (abstract)
Bruce,Judith; Hallman,Kelly
Gender and Development 16(2): 227-245
Publication date: 2008
Casamento infantil no contexto da epidemia do VIH (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promover transições para a idade adulta saudáveis, seguras e produtivas Sumário (N 11)
Publication date: 2007
Child marriage in the context of the HIV epidemic (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 11)
Publication date: 2007
Girls left behind: Redirecting HIV interventions toward the most vulnerable (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 23)
Publication date: 2007
Jovens abandonadas: redireccionar as intervenções de VIH no sentido das mais vulneráveis [Girls left behind: Redirecting HIV interventions toward the most vulnerable] (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promover transições para a idade adulta saudáveis, seguras e produtivas Sumário (N 23)
Publication date: 2007
Las niñas rezagadas: dirigir las intervenciones de VIH hacia las más vulnerables [Girls left behind: Redirecting HIV interventions toward the most vulnerable] (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promoción de transiciones a la vida adulta sanas, seguras y productivas Resumen (N 23)
Publication date: 2007
Les filles sont oubliées : rediriger les interventions en matière de VIH vers les plus vulnérables [Girls left behind: Redirecting HIV interventions toward the most vulnerable] (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Promouvoir la santé, la sécurité et la productivité transitions vers l'âge adulte Document (N 23)
Publication date: 2007
The girls left behind: Outside the box and out of reach (HTML)
Bruce,Judith
Global AIDSLink 101
Publication date: 2007
Protecting young women from HIV/AIDS: The case against child and adolescent marriage (abstract) (PDF)
Clark,Shelley; Bruce,Judith; Dude,Annie
International Family Planning Perspectives 32(2): 79-88
Publication date: 2006
Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): prestar apoio social e oportunidades de microcrédito e de poupanças a mulheres jovens em áreas com uma prevalência de VIH elevada [Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence] (PDF)
Erulkar,Annabel S.; Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica; Dondo,Aleke; Sebstad,Jennefer; Matheka,James K.; Khan,Arjmand Banu; Gathuku,Anne
Promover transições para a idade adulta saudáveis, seguras e produtivas Sumário (N 15)
Publication date: 2006
Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence (PDF)
Erulkar,Annabel S.; Bruce,Judith; Dondo,Aleke; Sebstad,Jennefer; Matheka,James K.; Khan,Arjmand Banu; Gathuku,Anne
SEEDS (no. 23)
Publication date: 2006
Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): Providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence (PDF)
Erulkar,Annabel S.; Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica; Dondo,Aleke; Sebstad,Jennefer; Matheka,James K.; Khan,Arjmand Banu; Gathuku,Anne
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 15)
Publication date: 2006
The diverse universe of adolescents, and the girls and boys left behind: A note on research, program and policy priorities (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica
Paper commissioned by the United Nations Millennium Project for the report Public Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals
Publication date: 2006
The diverse universe of adolescents, and the girls and boys left behind: A note on research, program and policy priorities [Arabic] (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica
Paper commissioned by the United Nations Millennium Project for the report Public Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals
Publication date: 2006
The girls left behind: The failed reach of current schooling, child health, youth-serving, and livelihoods programs for girls living in the path of HIV
Bruce,Judith; Haberland,Nicole; Chong,Erica; Grant,Monica J.; Joyce,Amy
Policy paper
Publication date: 2006
Including married adolescents in adolescent reproductive health and HIV/AIDS policy (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Clark,Shelley
Paper prepared for the WHO/UNFPA/Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents
Publication date: 2004
Les implications du mariage précoce pour les politiques de VIH/SIDA (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Clark,Shelley
Publication date: 2004
The implications of early marriage for HIV/AIDS policy (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Clark,Shelley
Brief based on background paper prepared for the WHO/UNFPA/Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents
Publication date: 2004
The implications of early marriage for HIV/AIDS policy [Arabic]
Bruce,Judith; Clark,Shelley
Publication date: 2004
Married adolescent girls: Human rights, health, and developmental needs of a neglected majority (abstract)
Bruce,Judith
Economic and Political Weekly 38(41): 4378-4380
Publication date: 2003
Preparing the twenty-first century's first generation of adults: Policy and program perspectives (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
from Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming-Background Documents for the Meeting, pp. 9-28
Publication date: 2003
Steps in building evidence-based programs for adolescents (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
from Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming-Background Documents for the Meeting, pp. 29-42
Publication date: 2003
Population growth and policy options in the developing world
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith; Pinstrup-Andersen,Per; Pandya-Lorch,Rajul
from The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation, pp. 61-65
Publication date: 2001
Sola no eres nada, juntas flotamos: El Movimiento Manuela Ramos (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Rogow,Debbie
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 10)
Publication date: 2001
Alone you are nobody, together we float: The Manuela Ramos Movement (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Rogow,Debbie
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 10)
Publication date: 2000
Controlling earned income and savings opportunities: A right for all--A revolution for young working women
Bruce,Judith
Global Alliance for Workers and Communities Progress Report 1(3): 6-7
Publication date: 2000
Taking back young lives: Policy issues for adolescent girls in the developing world (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Bruce,Judith; Mensch,Barbara S.
Journal of the American Medical Women's Association 54(3): 153-154,160
Publication date: 1999
El Método COPE para mejorar el cuidado de la atención: La experiencia de la Asociación para la Planificación Familiar de Kenia
Bradley,Janet; Bruce,Judith; Diaz,Soledad; Huezo,Carlos; Mworia,Kalimi
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 9)
Publication date: 1998
La Familia en la Mira: Nuevas Perspectivas Sobre Madres, Padres e Hijos
Bruce,Judith; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Leonard,Ann; Engle,Patrice L.; Duffy,Niev
Publication date: 1998
Population policy options in the developing world
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith
2020 Brief, A Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment October
Publication date: 1998
The Uncharted Passage: Girls' Adolescence in the Developing World (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Bruce,Judith; Greene,Margaret E.
Publication date: 1998
Using COPE to improve quality of care: The experience of the Family Planning Association of Kenya (PDF)
Bradley,Janet; Bruce,Judith; Diaz,Soledad; Huezo,Carlos; Mworia,Kalimi
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 9)
Publication date: 1998
Empowering the next generation: Girls of the Maqattam garbage settlement (PDF)
Assaad,Marie; Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 19)
Publication date: 1997
Empowering the next generation: Girls of the Maqattam garbage settlement [Arabic] (PDF)
Assaad,Marie; Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 19)
Publication date: 1997
Gente Joven: Un diálogo sobre la sexualidad con adolescentes mexicanos
Marques,Magaly; Paxman,John M.; Bruce,Judith
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 5)
Publication date: 1996
Families in Focus: New Perspectives on Mothers, Fathers, and Children
Bruce,Judith; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Leonard,Ann
Publication date: 1995
The causes of unmet need for contraception and the social content of services
Bongaarts,John; Bruce,Judith
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 69)
Publication date: 1994
Gente Joven/Young People: A dialogue on sexuality with adolescents in Mexico
Marques,Magaly; Paxman,John M.; Bruce,Judith
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 5)
Publication date: 1993
Implications of reproductive health for objectives and efficacy of family planning programs
Jain,Anrudh K.; Bruce,Judith
Programs Division Working Paper (no. 8)
Publication date: 1993
Finding the ties that bind: Beyond headship and household
Bruce,Judith; Lloyd,Cynthia B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 41)
Publication date: 1992
Man/Hombre/Homme: Respuestas a las necesidades de la salud reproductiva masculina en América Latina
Rogow,Debbie; Bruce,Judith; Leonard,Ann
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 2)
Publication date: 1991
Fundamental elements of the quality of care: A simple framework (abstract) (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Studies in Family Planning 21(2): 61-91
Publication date: 1990
Fundamental elements of the quality of care: A simple framework [Arabic] (abstract) (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Studies in Family Planning 21(2)
Publication date: 1990
Man/Hombre/Homme: Meeting male reproductive health care needs in Latin America (PDF)
Rogow,Debbie; Bruce,Judith; Leonard,Ann
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 2)
Publication date: 1990
Assessing the quality of family planning services in developing countries
Kumar,Sushil; Jain,Anrudh K.; Bruce,Judith
Programs Division Working Paper (no. 2)
Publication date: 1989
Les coopératives des vendeuses de marché: Accorder crédit aux femmes
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1984
Cooperativas de vendedoras de los mercados: Dan préstamos a las mujeres
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1982
Market women's cooperatives: Giving women credit
Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 3)
Publication date: 1982
Judith Bruce
Senior Associate
Scaling for change: Strategic investment in the poorest girls in the poorest communities (PDF)Presentation at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, 20-22 September
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2011
Case study of an asset-building program for adolescent girls: Biruh Tesfa ('Bright Future')-A program to support migrant girls in urban slum areas of Ethiopia (PDF)
Presentation at Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Project: Institutional Strengthening Workshop, Monrovia, 13-15 July
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Fostering an evidence-based, collaborative country response to the problems facing adolescents, especially girls: An update (PDF)
Presentation at Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Project: Institutional Strengthening Workshop, Monrovia, 13-15 July
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Gender equality dialogue: Voices from the women's and girls' rights and empowerment field respond
Plenary session at Engaging Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality, Rio de Janeiro, 31 March
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Making critical and timely investments in adolescent girls' health: Why and how
Presentation at the G8 International Parliamentarians Conference: Strategic Investments in Times of Crisis--The Rewards of Making Women's Health a Priority, Rome, 22 June
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Overview of girls in Liberia: Finding and planning for 'your girls' (PDF)
Presentation at Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Project: Institutional Strengthening Workshop, Monrovia, 13-15 July
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Preparing communities, families, partners, and peers to support girls in accessing new opportunities (PDF)
Presentation at Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Project: Institutional Strengthening Workshop, Monrovia, 13-15 July
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2009
Challenges in developing evidence-based, targeted and cost-effective investments in adolescents
Presentation, Monrovia, Liberia, 10-11 June
Bruce,Judith; Weiner,Adam
Publication date: 2008
Reaching the girls left behind: Targeting adolescent programming for equity, social inclusion, health, and poverty alleviation (PDF)
Prepared for Financing Gender Equality: A Commonwealth Perspective, Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers' Meeting, Uganda, June
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2007
The girls left behind: Framing presentation-Reaching marginalized disadvantaged girls to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Presentation at the consultation meeting A Focus on Out-of-school Girls in Rural Areas in Yemen, Sana'a, 13 April
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2007
The girls left behind: Out of the box and out of reach (PDF)
Presentation at the meeting Gender Dimensions of HIV and Adolescent Programming in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 11 April
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2007
Child marriage, married adolescents: A challenge to social, health, and HIV policy
Presentation prepared for a U.S. Congressional Briefing, Washington DC, September
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2005
The twelve-year-old girl: She's got the whole world in her hands
Presentation at Countdown 2015 Town Meeting, Minneapolis, 28 September
Bruce,Judith
Publication date: 2004
Married adolescent girls' autonomy and isolation
Presentation at the WHO/UNFPA/Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents, Geneva, 9-12 December
Haberland,Nicole; Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica
Publication date: 2003
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